Medical Science Liaison, T1D Immunology, San Francisco

Sanofi•San Francisco, CA

9d•$146,250 - $211,250•Remote

About The Position

The Mission of Sanofi’s MSL Team and the Medical Science Liaison is to be the trusted scientific partner in the field for external experts and decision-makers engaging in mutual scientific exchange to deliver the therapeutic specific Sanofi medical strategy, capture actionable insights from health care providers (HCPs) and key opinion leaders (KOLs) to ultimately support improved health for patients. Sanofi’s Field Medical Team enhances the understanding of the scientific and medical value of our products in the therapeutic area and gathers new insights by bringing cutting edge scientific exchange today that accelerates medical innovation tomorrow. Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you'll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization. Sanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Requirements

Medical, Pharmacy or post graduate level science degree (E.g., PharmD, MD/DO, DNP, PhD, PA)
2+ years of experience in a Field medical role or pharmaceutical industry OR Clinical Experience in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and/or immunology.
Live in current territory/ willing to relocate and have strong understanding of healthcare landscape of the territory.
Valid driver’s license in USA with a safe driving record and ability to pass background check.
Responsible for operating motor vehicle using safe driving practices, knowledge of and compliance with all company policies and obeying all traffic laws.

Nice To Haves

Fluency in spoken and written business English
An in-depth knowledge and clinical experience of the diabetes disease state, therapeutic area, the relevant products in the portfolio and in the pipeline.
Strong communication and presentation skills to simplify complex topics, facilitate scientific exchange and enable and facilitate networking across multiple stakeholders both internal and externally to Sanofi.
Familiarity with omnichannel tools and being able to communicate via digital channels from remote (non-office based) environment.
A good understanding of (or prior experience in) clinical development and clinical research.
The ability to critically evaluate clinical study protocols, reports, and publications.
Good knowledge of pharmacovigilance and local regulatory process and its impact on the product portfolio.
Strong business acumen, understanding importance of and being able to build strategic plans and implement medical initiatives.
Role modelling, upholding integrity and ethics values and adhering to high standards.

Responsibilities

Be the trusted scientific partner to key external experts by conducting timely, appropriate, and frequent scientific exchanges to enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value of our products.
Generate actionable and valuable insights and propose solutions.
Create cross-functional partnerships and collaborate with internal stakeholders.
Execute the therapeutic area medical plan.
Comply with the local and corporate compliance frameworks for external and internal interactions and complete all global/local mandatory trainings.
Through scientific engagement and exchange, build and develop enduring needs-based peer-to-peer relationships with healthcare professionals (HCPs), key opinion leaders (KOLs) within academic and clinician institutions.
Understand HCP/KOLs perspectives and needs to adapt scientific content that is relevant and valued to the healthcare provider.
Identify areas of mutual collaboration and develop and implement territory specific strategic medical action plans that are aligned to the country medical plan.
Communicate in an accurate, fair, and balanced manner, the benefits, risks, appropriate use and clinical value of our products and solutions.
Operate independently (with minimal supervision) and develop health care networks to navigate the complex local health care environments at national, regional, and local levels.
Generate and share actionable and valuable insights and propose solutions/actions in a timely manner, utilizing appropriate tools available.
Gather data, facts and observations on the external healthcare environment and communicate in a timely manner to internal team to support medical strategy and voice of KOL/HCP.
Work closely with their office based medical colleagues to shape, develop, and co-execute the country medical plan.
Develop and maintain an internal stakeholder network.
Provide scientific support for internal functions such as commercial, market access, regulatory/PV and R&D regarding scientific trainings and updates.
Complete all MSL SOP trainings and all other corporate assigned compliance trainings.
Complete the MSL onboarding (and certification) program.
Regularly incorporate continued best practice of the Scientific Engagement Model and Insights process.
Continue to develop and maintain technical therapy area expertise and advanced transversal skills aligned to job competency.
Create individual development plan aligned with career aspirations.