Strategic Planning Manager

Job title: Strategic Planning Manager

• Location: São Paulo
• Regime de Trabalho: Hibrido

About the job

The Strategic Planning Manager is a strategic role within the Dupixent Franchise Brazil, responsible for leading long-term planning, franchise governance, and transversal initiatives that maximize portfolio value. This position acts as the strategic architect and central orchestrator across Market Access, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Public Affairs, GTMC, and Finance, ensuring enterprise-wide alignment and operational excellence.

Main responsibilities:

Franchise Governance

Establish and maintain strategic governance frameworks, ensuring alignment across all Dupixent indications and relevant stakeholders, guaranteeing consistency in decision-making and execution of franchise priorities.

One Dupixent Strategy

Develop and execute integrated strategic plans that unify the franchise vision, optimizing market positioning and competitive advantage of Dupixent in Brazil.

Long-term Planning

Responsible for 10-year strategic roadmaps, identifying growth opportunities, market expansion strategies, and portfolio optimization initiatives, including new indications and therapeutic expansion.

Transversal Initiatives

Lead cross-functional strategic and innovative projects spanning Market Access, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Public Affairs, GTMC, and Finance, focused on maximizing franchise value and ensuring integrated execution.

Strategic Analysis

Conduct market intelligence, competitive landscape analysis, and scenario planning to inform strategic decisions and anticipate movements in the immunology market. Bring outside-in perspective, as well as innovative approaches.

Team Development & Organizational Catalyst

Act as a catalyst for high-performance team culture, driving continuous evolution of strategic processes, capabilities, and embracing new ways of working. Champion talent development through coaching, training, and knowledge sharing, fostering a culture of strategic excellence, innovation, and collaborative leadership across the franchise ecosystem.

Stakeholder Management

Collaborate with senior leadership, regional teams, and external partners to ensure strategic alignment and excellence of execution, acting as a high-level liaison with internal and external stakeholders.

Individual Contributors

• Maintain knowledge of and comply with the principles of Ethics and Integrity, Sanofi policies and codes of conduct that regulate the pharmaceutical market.

• Comply with and promote Sanofi Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies, with the aim of preventing accidents, avoiding health risks, promoting employee well-being and reducing environmental impacts resulting from the execution of work activities.

• Support Sanofi Diversity & Inclusion strategy and initiatives to ensure all employees and partners are treated with respect and receive equal opportunities.

Managers Contributors

• Promote the culture of Ethics and Business Integrity in your team by serving as a role model by ensuring appropriate knowledge and adherence to the principles of ethics and integrity, Sanofi policies and codes of conduct that regulate the pharmaceutical market.

• Comply with and promote Sanofi Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies in relation to the team it manages, which includes the Road Safety Program (Road Safety) with the purpose of preventing accidents, avoiding health risks, promoting the well-being of employees and reducing environmental impacts resulting from the execution of their work activities.

• Support Sanofi Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and initiatives to ensure all employees and partners are treated with respect and receive equal opportunities.

Skills Power — Key Competencies

The essential competencies for this position reflect the ability to transform strategic vision into tangible results, combining long-term planning, organizational influence, and analytical resolution of complex problems.

Strategic Planning & Thinking

Ability to think systemically, connect dots across different areas, anticipate future scenarios, and translate complexity into clear, actionable strategies. Must balance long-term vision (10 years) with short-term execution, identifying transformational opportunities and emerging risks in the immunology market.

Stakeholder Engagement

Ability to engage and influence stakeholders across different hierarchical levels and functional areas — from senior leadership to regional teams and external partners — fostering alignment and collaboration for strategic execution.

Problem Solving

Ability to identify, structure, and resolve complex business problems with an analytical and data-driven approach, transforming strategic challenges into growth opportunities for the franchise.

People Development & Catalyst Mindset

Ability to elevate team performance, invest in talent development, create a culture of strategic excellence and innovation. Must be a mentor and coach who inspires collaboration, shares knowledge, and transforms how the team works.

Governance & Process Excellence

Expertise in designing and implementing robust governance frameworks, establishing clear decision-making structures, defining accountability, and ensuring consistency in execution. Must be an architect of processes who continuously evolves ways of working without creating bureaucracy.

About you

Experience: Previous experience in strategic planning, management consulting, or business roles in the pharmaceutical/healthcare sector. Experience in cross-functional project management and leading without formal authority.

Soft skills:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to visualize the long-term landscape and connect tactical initiatives to the franchise's strategic vision.
• Influential Leadership: Ability to lead without formal authority, mobilizing cross-functional teams toward common objectives.
• Executive Communication: Ability to articulate complex strategies clearly and persuasively to different audiences (C-level, technical teams, external partners).

Technical skills:

• Advanced Strategic Planning: Mastery of long-term planning methodologies (10+ years), including roadmapping, portfolio optimization, and strategic foresight.
• Strategic Analysis Tools: Proficiency in scenario planning, competitive intelligence, SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, BCG Matrix, and other strategic frameworks.
• Market Intelligence: Ability to conduct market analysis, competitive landscape, market access dynamics, and immunology sector trends.
• Immunology/Biologics Market Knowledge: Deep understanding of the immunology ecosystem, including biologics dynamics, patient journey, key stakeholders, and regulatory landscape

Education: Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Health Sciences, or related fields; MBA or postgraduate degree in Strategy is a plus.

Languages: Advanced English (required); Fluent Portuguese (required)

Why choose us?

The Strategic Planning Manager of Dupixent Franchise Brazil could directly impact one of Sanofi's most transformative brands, Dupixent, which generated €15.7 billion in global sales in 2025, growing 25.2% at constant exchange rates. Working in this position means contributing to the mission of "Chase the Miracles of Science", bringing innovative treatments to patients with immunological diseases in Brazil.

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