US Medical Head, One Rare

Sanofi • Morristown, MA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The US Medical Head, One Rare serves on the Sanofi Specialty Care North America Medical Leadership Team and leads the development and execution of medical strategy for the combined Rare Disease and Rare Blood Disorders (RBD) portfolio, including hemophilia, rare hematology, and the broader rare disease pipeline. The role works closely with Global Medical teams, Research & Development, Drug Safety, Sales & Marketing, Regulatory, and other stakeholders to deliver medical strategy across the One Rare organization. It provides direct leadership to home-office and field-based medical teams, including the One Rare Field Lead and their team.

The position leads the One Rare US Medical team, portfolio strategy and budget, stakeholder engagement, evidence-generation plans, and medical content review and approval. It also supports patient-finding and diagnostic initiatives, training and education, implementation of registries and humanitarian programs, and compliance with applicable ethical, regulatory, and legal requirements. The role is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Morristown, New Jersey, and requires travel as needed, up to 50%.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline, such as MD, PhD, or PharmD.
• At least 15 years of experience in Medical or related areas, including at least 7 years leading a medical function.
• At least 10 years of experience leading high-performing teams, with a track record of developing talent.
• Experience in Rare Disease and/or Rare Blood Disorders.
• Strong track record developing and executing medical strategies in key markets.
• Track record building and maintaining a regional KOL network.
• Experience working across departments and building effective partnerships in a global, matrixed organization.
• Extensive experience and an excellent track record dealing with safety issues.
• Highest ethical standards and knowledge and ability to comply with relevant ethical, regulatory, and legal standards.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced training or certification in Hematology and/or experience in Rare Disease Medical.
• Entrepreneurial and strategic vision, with excellence in strategy development and delivery.
• Strong people and budget management abilities, including leading and organizing others without direct authority.
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and networking skills.
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving mindset balanced with creative thinking.
• Excellent planning, project, time, budget, and resource/portfolio management skills.
• Ability to multitask and perform well under pressure.
• Strong understanding of organizational and intercultural sensitivities and ability to apply this in daily work.
• Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the One Rare US Medical team, fostering teamwork, engagement, and performance, and attracting, developing, and retaining talent across Rare Disease and RBD.
• Lead development, execution, and monitoring of medical brand strategy across the One Rare portfolio, working with functional leads on tactics and budgets.
• Own and manage the One Rare US medical budget.
• Lead the US One Rare stakeholder engagement strategy, develop and maintain key opinion leader relationships, and represent One Rare US Medical and Sanofi Specialty Care to external audiences.
• Partner with Patient Advocacy to incorporate the patient voice into medical strategy and stakeholder engagement.
• Help align One Rare medical strategy and ways of working with North America Medical’s data-driven, AI-enabled evidence generation and HCP and patient engagement transformation.
• Partner with Integrated Evidence & Patient Outcomes, Medical Value & Organized Systems Engagement, and Payer Account Director teams to strengthen evidence generation, real-world data, and patient outcomes measurement.
• Lead local data generation plans that supplement clinical development registration data in support of local market access and product life cycle management.
• Support patient-finding and diagnostic initiatives, including EHR-based diagnostic algorithms and digital biomarker tools.
• Ensure appropriate review and approval of medical and scientific content across Regulatory, Safety, Scientific, Medical, and Commercial outputs.
• Oversee training and education events for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support US implementation of rare disease registries and humanitarian programs.
• Ensure team compliance with FDA, OIG, HIPAA, other applicable ethical and regulatory guidelines, and internal standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with other therapeutic areas to leverage One Rare Medical expertise and programs where appropriate.
• Travel as required to support and attend conferences, symposia, and other important meetings, up to 50%.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare and prevention and wellness programs.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in company employee benefit programs.
• Rewards package that recognizes employee contributions.

What This Job Offers

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