Global Medical Maintenance Expert Team Lead

Job Title Global Medical Maintenance Expert Team Lead

Location: Hyderabad

Job Type: Permanent

About the job

SANOFI CHC PURPOSE AND ASPIRATION

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we have one shared mission – we work passionately, every day, to ‘serve healthier, fuller lives’ now and for the generations to come. In order to do so, we strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view. Everything we do is centered around people’s interests – our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees – across the world. We are building loved brands that serve 1bn consumers worldwide, through our key platforms: Allergy, Physical & Mental Wellness, Pain, Digestive Wellness and Cough, Cold & Flu. We aspire to become the best Fast Moving Consumer Health (FMCH) company In & For the world and we aim to build a work environment where people can thrive, grow, enjoy and be at their best.

Our Team

As part of the CHC Global Medical Affairs team, our Global INN Medical team is primarily responsible for driving medical strategy, and implementing relevant medical activities for Core and Non-Core CHC portfolio under the Global INN scope.

Job Purpose

The Global Medical Maintenance Expert Team Lead will oversee global medical maintenance experts, and will closely collaborate with global medical affairs in designing and implementing lifecycle management activities of global non-core CHC portfolio across therapeutic areas

Main Responsibilities:

• Team management (lead change and inspire others, set goals and create accountability for team performance)

• Delivery of medical contribution and documentation for strategic submissions to health authorities including new applications, renewals, variations, etc.

• Drives preparation and presentation in front of Governance Committees, for clinically driven topics relevant to assigned non-core CHC portfolio

• Conducts rigorous analysis of medical/scientific data and participates in the elaboration and/or the evaluation of their publication.

• Facilitates internal medical trainings on CHC-relevant therapeutic areas and disease pathologies.

• Reviews and approves promotional and non-promotional communication materials for non-core CHC portfolio.

• Performs due diligence and regular performance monitoring of external medical vendors

• Proactively identifies and communicates to higher management potential medical risks and options for issue resolution

• Follows CHC governance, ensuring Sanofi/industry standards are maintained at all times while looking for opportunities to streamline processes in the future

• Ensures ethics, transparency, quality, and compliance of all medical activities (internal policy, procedures)

About the job

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Medical or Pharmacy Degree. Scientific/health related degree (PhD, Phar.D.) is acceptable if supported by good experience.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in Medical Affairs, preferably with global/regional scope

• Experience in cross-functional and cross-geographic collaboration, preferably in consumer healthcare setting

• Previous people management experience, an advantage

Knowledge & Skills:

• Medical/Technical Regulatory writing

• Proficiency in Microsoft office applications (including SharePoint) and document management systems (e.g. Veeva)

• Knowledge of international regulations, guidelines, good practices related to pharmaceutical industry standards and practices of Scientific Communications and Stakeholder engagement in pharmaceutical setting

• Project management skills and agility in handling changing priorities and timelines

• Proactive, time- and detail-oriented, high level of professionalism

• Strong analytic skills and ability to integrate scientific and consumer-relevant data

• Capability to build and maintain internal and external networks

• Ability to anticipate and evaluate complex problems and propose viable solutions

• Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with others; the genuine desire to be part of a team, involving multi-functional disciplines, and contribute to organizational and team goals

Language/s:

• Fluent spoken and written English

• An Additional language is desirable

Cultural traits / P2W Behavior

• Push to go beyond the level we have operated until now: constantly challenge the status quo focusing on the priorities that will deliver the best outcomes and letting go what won’t: be intolerant to mediocracy, believe we can and must do better and aim at higher but never at the expenses of our values and judgment

• Put the interest of the organization ahead of own of those of his/her team: consider both short and long term impact of decisions; puts collective and global goals above individual or local goals; share resources and capabilities with those with the greatest need and impact; enable decision making at appropriate level

• Act in the interest of our patients and customers: actively engage with customers to know their current and future needs; brings an external perspective into decisions

• Take action and don’t wait to be told what to do: take smart and informed best bets with the information at hand and anticipate the consequences of her/his actions; use personal judgement and others’ advice to make bold and impactful decisions which move us forward

• Role model our 4 values: teamwork, integrity, respect, courage

Required Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Thinking - ability to evaluate relevant areas of operation, formulate objectives and set priorities in a contextually relevant way, and develop plans consistent with long-term organizational interests

• Business Acumen – Ability to effectively use economic, financial, market, stakeholder, and industry-specific indicators to fully understand and improve business results

• Judgement- The ability to draw logical conclusions based on acquired information and analytical rigor in problem-solving, the ability to make effective decisions even when information is ambiguous or incomplete

• Team Leadership – Ability to build cohesive, high-performance teams that take accountability and achieve required results

• Interpersonal relationships - treating others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.

• Change Leadership - The ability to demonstrate support and drive for innovation and organizational transformation

• Personal Leadership - Personal leadership translates into courage, choice, and commitment through the pursuit of excellence, trust, and accountability.  Ability to put patient, stakeholder, and organizational interests above personal interests

• Drive -Takes the lead and initiates activities with a high degree of passion and commitment as well as the drive, desire and need to achieve challenging goals, to improve performance or to meet personal standards of excellence

• Learning Agility – Ability to navigate first time/unfamiliar situations effectively by extrapolating from other areas of expertise and knowledge. Ability to continuously improve and develop self

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