Global Transplant Medical Lead, HSCT

Sanofi • Cambridge, MA

6d • $206,250 - $343,750 • Hybrid

About The Position

Sanofi is seeking a Global Transplant Medical Lead to support pre-launch, launch, and life-cycle management activities for belumosudil (Rezurock) in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The role serves as an internal scientific expert and leads development and execution of an integrated global medical and scientific strategy, including evidence generation and scientific information exchange. It partners with Commercial, Market Access/HEVA, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Legal, and other teams, and leads external engagement with healthcare professionals and payers to support evidence-based decisions and improve patient care and treatment outcomes.

The position leads global medical strategy and launch readiness, scientific communications and publication planning, medical education, evidence generation, clinical study oversight, and stakeholder engagement for HSCT and related hematologic conditions. It contributes medical expertise to regulatory strategy, benefit-risk assessments, and product safety and risk-management activities. The role also promotes digital health, data insights, omnichannel engagement, and adoption of emerging technologies and AI applications in medical affairs, while ensuring medical activities meet applicable regulations, company procedures, and ethical standards.

Requirements

• Medical degree (MD or equivalent, such as DO or MBBS), or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD); a PhD in a relevant life-science discipline may be considered with substantial Medical Affairs experience.
• At least 8 years of Medical Affairs experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Strong interpersonal, written, oral, and presentation skills, including the ability to influence others and explain complex science to diverse audiences.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and judgment skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external colleagues and work effectively across cultures.
• Commitment to ethics and scientific standards.
• Ability to prioritize projects and manage expectations.

Nice To Haves

• Board certification in Hematology or significant transplantation experience.
• Deep scientific expertise in HSCT, including experience in allogeneic HSCT.
• Prior medical-role experience, preferably with global responsibilities.
• Experience in an international company and a complex, matrixed, team-oriented organization.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute global medical strategies and plans.
• Experience developing medical communications strategies, publication plans, scientific platforms, and congress plans.
• Experience supporting clinical trials and product launches in medical affairs within HSCT or hematologic oncology.
• Ability to influence without authority across R&D, Commercial, Regulatory, and Legal teams.
• Clinical practice experience in HSCT, hematology, hematologic oncology, or bone marrow transplantation.
• Familiarity with HSCT clinical endpoints, transplant registries such as EBMT or CIBMTR, and outcomes research in hematologic malignancies.
• Experience with governance bodies such as MRC, GPT, or equivalents.
• Additional language skills.
• Experience with omnichannel stakeholder engagement and digital customer-experience strategies.
• Familiarity with data-insights platforms, analytics tools, and AI-powered medical-intelligence systems such as MedIS or similar platforms.
• Experience with global brand strategy development and strategic planning.
• Knowledge of HEOR in HSCT or hematologic oncology.
• Experience with content strategy and scientific communication across multiple channels.
• Understanding of customer-experience strategy and stakeholder journey mapping.
• Experience with product life-cycle management from a medical affairs perspective.
• Experience with digital health technologies and data-driven decision-making in medical affairs.
• Demonstrated ability to foster innovation and technology adoption within medical teams.
• Strong project-management skills and experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Lifelong learner who consistently seeks opportunities to learn.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the global medical strategy for belumosudil life-cycle management in HSCT, aligned with franchise objectives and patient needs.
• Represent Sanofi as a scientific expert and thought leader at international congresses, advisory boards, and engagements with key opinion leaders in transplant and hematologic oncology.
• Build cross-functional partnerships with R&D, Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, Legal, and other teams to support integrated, patient-centric decision-making.
• Provide medical and scientific support for HSCT clinical trials, including development and implementation of medical development initiatives.
• Participate in Global Product Teams, Medical Review Committee, and other governance bodies to drive cross-functional strategy.
• Support product launches and life-cycle management by developing medical launch-readiness plans, scientific communication strategies, and HCP engagement frameworks.
• Develop pre-launch and launch activities for cGVHD/Rezurock and prepare for possible future indications.
• Develop integrated communications strategies and publication plans to advance the scientific life-cycle-management narrative.
• Provide medical strategic advice and expertise to internal stakeholders.
• Provide medical input to regulatory strategies and procedures.
• Provide medical input to product benefit-risk assessments, PBRERs, and risk-management plans.
• Oversee global medical studies in accordance with ICH-GCP guidelines.
• Identify needs for post-marketing clinical trials and registries and support their management and execution.
• Drive evidence-generation strategies, including real-world evidence and investigator-initiated studies; review study outlines and protocols for global and country studies and review ISS requests.
• Partner with Scientific Communications on strategies and content for congresses, booths, company-sponsored symposia, and internal and external training.
• Ensure medical activities comply with applicable regulations, Sanofi SOPs, and ethical standards.
• Use digital health technologies and data insights to inform medical strategy and decision-making.
• Promote innovation and technology adoption within the global medical team and stay current with emerging digital tools and AI applications in medical affairs.
• Lead omnichannel stakeholder engagement strategies and targeted HCP journeys for transplant physicians, hematologists, and oncologists.
• Collaborate with data and analytics teams to generate actionable insights from real-world evidence and medical intelligence platforms relevant to HSCT outcomes.
• Lead external medical education and internal training programs for global and regional medical teams.
• Establish and maintain relationships with international external experts and international and supranational bodies.
• Plan and execute global scientific meetings with international experts, including advisory boards, clinical research updates, and advocacy boards.
• Ensure consistent governance, quality, and compliance of medical deliverables in accordance with global regulations, standards, and policies.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs.
• At least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in company employee benefit programs.
• Rewards package recognizing employee contributions and impact.
• Opportunities for career growth, including promotion or lateral moves, domestically or internationally.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree