Head of Adult Vaccines Franchise

Reference No. R2800198

About the Job

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Sanofi's Vaccines Business Unit partners with public health, medical, and scientific actors to expand access to vaccines and immunizing agents, increase vaccination coverage, while developing new vaccines in service of Public Health. Sanofi is the world leader in influenza vaccines, we produce a broad range of vaccines to help protect people around the world from severe diseases at each and every stage of life and we have the ambition to deliver over €10bn in annual vaccines sales by 2030, fueled by an accelerated pace of innovation.

Reporting to the Canada Vaccines General Manager, the Adult Vaccines Franchise Head will be a key member of the Vaccines leadership team. The position will be responsible for developing and executing on a comprehensive marketing and commercial strategy designed to ensure all Canadian adults have access to Sanofi’s current and future vaccines and immunization agents through public programs.

The individual will work in close collaboration locally with cross functional strategic partners in medical, sales, public affairs, business operations, regulatory affairs and communications, and with the Global teams. Direct reports to this role will include marketing functions.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic direction and development of the adult vaccines portfolio, achieving and exceeding targeted business goals for main brands such as Fluzone High Dose, Fluzone and preparing successful launches including for our COVID, RSV/hMPV older adult and next generation flu vaccines.

• Lead with a strategic and competitive mindset the brands development and execution for existing vaccines and prepare successful future launches.

• Provide strategic leadership and develop a best in class and agile franchise team, ensuring talent identification & development within the organization, and succession planning.

• Ensure the day-to-day management of the adult franchise through the appropriate individuals, drive the prioritization of franchise initiatives, and ensure franchise P&L on target vs budget including accurate planning, forecasting, budget setting, and OPEX management to meet the company BOI targets.

• Forge strong relationships with key immunization stakeholders and ensure engagement with patient and industry associations working in collaboration with the public affairs team.

• As a member of the Vaccines Canada Leadership Team, contribute to the strategic development and operational efficiencies of Vaccines business.

• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration with internal cross functional teams (e.g. medical, sales, business operations, public affairs, regulatory, communications etc.), global teams and external stakeholders. Continuously look for opportunities to modernize and adopt AI and digital tools to develop added-valued and a true competitive edge.

• Constantly seek for additional business opportunities, share best practices and nurture innovation, with a continuous improvement mindset.

• Embody science driven and patient focused culture and actively demonstrate company values of integrity, courage, respect, and teamwork.

• Comply with all forms of legal and statutory regulation within domain of responsibility, including compliance with applicable SOPs, industry codes of practice and best practices, and actively support and promote a compliance culture and safe environment throughout the organization.

About You

• Experience:

  • At least 10 years of industry experience in Commercial / Marketing roles with skills in brand planning, Omnichannel strategy, launch excellence.

  • At least 5 years' experience in vaccines in Canadian Market.

  • Demonstrated successful P&L ownership accountability.

  • Proven experience in successfully defining and driving game-changing commercial strategy in evolving and competitive markets as well as for launching best in class products.

• Skills:

  • Ability to provide strategic guidance and an inspiring vision, sees the “big picture” and reads emerging trends and patterns very effectively from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy.

  • Strong accountability and executing for results: prioritize outcomes over activity, ability to progress in the face of uncertainty and inertia, and to challenge default positions while focusing on solutions, taking risks in one's own sphere of responsibility.

  • Leadership and people development: Ability to build, engage and develop teams, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and drive performance. A leader who is self-reflective and aware of their own limitations; leads by example and drives the organization's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement.

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to build and cultivate effective relationships, and to influence and collaborate internally and externally at all organizational levels.

  • Demonstrated leadership ability to innovate and drive change within an organization. Ability to work agile, demonstrate creativity and be a strong team player.

  • Self-driven, results-oriented with ambition for optimal results

  • Resilience, rigor and reliability

  • Ability to build proper environment to enable Playing to Win culture to flourish (e.g Stretch, Take Action, Act for Patients & Customers)

• Technical skills:

  • Mastery in business strategy/ development

  • Experience in building partnerships with key stakeholders and leveraging omnichannel.

  • Knowledge in product positioning, segmentation & targeting, operational/tactical marketing, resource allocation, resource effectiveness.

  • Deep understanding of the entire local vaccines healthcare ecosystem and ability to drive and execute strong engagement plans.

  • Strategic thinking and strong analytical skills, capability to deal with a vast number of information and prioritize according to business relevance, strategic analysis and scenario planning that includes consideration of challenges, alternative solutions and managing risks.

• Education: Advanced Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, or a related field. MBA is a plus.

• Languages: Strong communication and presentation skills in English (French is a plus) both written and verbal

Why Choose Us? 

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs

This position is for a new vacant role that we are actively hiring for.

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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