Job Title: R & D Patient Engagement Country Lead
Location: Cambridge, MA
Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.
R&D Patient Engagement Leads are responsible for ensuring patient engagement is implemented in key countries to drive the differentiation, acceleration, awareness and access of our clinical trials. Working closely with the Health Value Translation Leads, they support the creation of the Patient Disease Strategy (PDS) by facilitating the integration of patient insights & perspectives locally, focusing on both the forward (e.g. local to Global Project Teams) and back (e.g. Global to local levels) translations of insights into tangible strategies. This position extends beyond the classical patient insights generation and clinical trial operations activities by having direct accountability for aligning the PDS at the local level.
This position is also responsible for making sure local stakeholders are aligned with the PDS, notably the engagement strategy, mindful of Regulatory Policy, Clinical Operations and payer value implications. Verticalization of local patient pathways and patient relevant business insights, to inform the PDS, the Clinical Development Plan, the Integrated Patient Journey (IPJ) and the clinical trial designs is core to ensuring the local country perspectives are embedded early and effectively.
We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?
Main Responsibilities:
Responsible for the development and oversight of patient advocacy R&D collaborations at the local levels and ensuring these are connected to the global strategy, across our multi-therapeutic portfolio, starting at the earliest phases of R&D. These collaborations are expected to achieve the following:
Alignment with local and/or global Public Affairs (PA) as it relates to the strategic intent and plans for each local Patient Advocacy Group (PAG)
Be strategic and transparent across local and global stakeholders to maximize engagements (e.g. include PA and Medical Affairs (MA) in patient meetings to address their objectives)
Mutual benefit between Sanofi and the PAG at the indication level with positive customer experience reflected in surveys such as the Partnership Quality Survey (PQS)
Deliver local differentiation, acceleration, awareness and access goals for each program/indication/clinical trial and reflect in the PDS
Acceleration of the clinical trial and/or program can be evidenced because of the collaboration (e.g. Patient Experience Data (PED) utilized to optimize study design, PED integrated into Regulatory strategy for accelerated review, patient recruitment timelines impacted). The objectives and expected outcomes of each collaboration are to be documented at the start of the engagement efforts and in the PDS.
Fully leverage digital and data opportunities that exist within patient advocacy groups
Responsible, in collaboration with peers in other countries, for achieving the annually defined PQS survey results that reflect % of PAG partners rating Sanofi R&D activities as "excellent."
Responsible for establishing, aligning and integrating strategic opportunities to accelerate clinical trials with Clinical Study Units (CSU) to have a measurable impact
Accountable for working with peers in other countries and the Health Value Translation (HVT) Leads to perform patient data/ PDS gap analyses and address knowledge needs for each indication.
Expertly leverage digital opportunities to achieve efficiencies in job function and accelerate deliverables
Ensure the Target Value Proposition/Target Product Profile/Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (TVP/TPP/ iEGP) reflect local patient priorities
Translate local insights to ensure patient preference is clearly identified in endpoint and outcomes measurement selection
Act as the main point of contact to the HVT and Clinical Outcomes Assessment (COA) teams to define meaningful patient insights from the respective country, to increase the value of the asset as reflected in the PDS (TVP/TPP/TPL/iEGP)
Responsible for creating the local IPJ for each indication
Responsible for the identification and integration of local Real World Evidence (RWE) data opportunities into the PDS
Accountable for identifying clinical trial innovations with a strong focus on patient-centric digital strategies and working cross-functionally to integrate/adopt.
The R&D Patient Engagement Country Lead is also expected to:
Assume leadership opportunities to evolve the role and Sanofi's Integrated Patient Engagement (IPE) objectives
Participate in cross-functional external patient centric initiatives, e.g. Patient Focused Drug Development (PFDD), Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), TransCelerate, PALADIN to shape the broader R&D patient-centric ecosystem
Leverage and integrate external trends/policies into development
Work closely with Public and Corporate Affairs, Ethics & Business Integrity to stay abreast of regional regulations and changes
Cross-functionally collaborate to develop and deliver internal/external webinars and publications related to Sanofi’s R&D IPE achievements
Assist with management of innovation projects being piloted
About You
Qualifications:
M.S. or Ph.D. in life sciences/health related field or PharmD + a minimum of 5 years experience working in patient-centric, public affairs or advocacy organizations
Demonstrated expertise in: team leadership that promotes collaboration, proactive portfolio planning, effective team communication, critical thinking & problem solving, team training, multi-tasking and change management
Proficiency in Office tools, public speaking and high affinity for AI solutions
Implement innovations that may require significant stakeholder influence and management
As a Global team member, must be able to accommodate flexible working hours
Excellent knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, clinical development, clinical operations, patient advocacy and healthcare systems within local region
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 and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.
