The MVO team member (MVO, Associate Director) serves as the medical scientific lead for population-based healthcare decision makers to facilitate scientific exchange on disease state management and the value of Sanofi General Medicines BU products, to provide insights to internal teams on key evidence gaps relevant to healthcare decision-makers, and to identify/facilitate research, education, and other collaborations per applicable SOPs.  This role will be responsible for developing and implementing customized medical account plans to address medical needs and opportunities for scientific partnerships in alignment with Sanofi medical strategies and tactics.  A key responsibility will be to facilitate scientific exchange on disease state management and the clinical/economic value of Sanofi products to help inform healthcare decision making and improve patient outcomes.

The position supports the strategic and cross functional alignment within the organization in order to achieve the medical mission of safe and appropriate use of Sanofi therapies through collaboration with Medical Communications and Publications, Medical Science Liaisons, and Health Outcomes personnel for assigned products.  In particular, this position serves as the OL field strategic lead for General Medicine Business Unit portfolio, and, in doing so, liaises with the respective therapeutic area medical units and other internal stakeholders to provide input and to develop and implement field strategy, tactics, and associated resources and training needs for the OL team.  In partnership with multiple internal stakeholders, the OL aids in developing short and long-term strategies to integrate and advance the communication and needs.  This position reports to  OL, Senior Director and is a member of the Sanofi North American Medical Affairs team and is a REMOTE position.

Job Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as medical scientific lead for assigned healthcare accounts and organizations.
• Identify, develop and maintain credible scientific partnerships with key medical, pharmacy, quality & health economics/outcomes/analytics healthcare decision-makers and opinion leaders within assigned accounts.
• Lead development and execution of customized medical account plans for assigned accounts in alignment with current Sanofi medical strategies and tactics and per approved policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Facilitate scientific exchange, education and provides access to medical, health policy, and health economic information (e.g., clinical presentations, dossier, budget impact models, etc.), and tailor information to meet the evidence needs of healthcare decision-makers, in alignment with current medical brand strategies and in a compliant manner.
• Collect and share customer insights and evidence gaps that help to inform and advance product portfolio development and customer engagement, including medical brand strategies, customer educational needs, scientific/health outcomes communications, and research priorities. Director level OL will assist in developing insights into strategy.
• Develop key medical contacts related to clinical, evidence-based disease management/health outcome initiatives, aligned with overall medical brand strategy.
• Identify key contacts with applicable national/regional/local medical, payer, and advocacy associations.
• Provide support  for Sanofi scientific advisory boards and symposia. Attend and participate as appropriate in corporate and scientific conferences.
• Work cross-functionally with US Market Access (USMA) Account Director team, as well as field commercial & FBM teams when needed and as appropriate, to coordinate engagement of and response to customers’ medical/scientific needs including  alignment with additional Sanofi resources (e.g., Medical Directors, Brand Team member, HEOR/HEVA, or other functions).
• Provide input to the MVO Team for the development and delivery of field tools, resources, materials and training (e.g. product dossier, economic models, slide kits, articles, review summaries etc.)
• Participate in internal cross-functional teams to provide input on evidence needs, educational opportunities, and resources.
• Serve as mentor/preceptor for fellows and students. Associate Directors added mentor responsibility for other OLs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Equivalent Experience

• Understanding and knowledge of current US healthcare system, healthcare delivery, and biotechnology drug/devise development process required. (Foundational for Liaison level; Proficient for Associate Director level)
• Knowledge of HEOR disciplines, and basic understanding of biostatistics and evidence-based medicine required (i.e. research methodology, developing clinical protocols, clinical reports, etc.).
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills required. (Foundational for Liaison level; Proficient for Associate Director level)
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and work effectively in a constantly changing environment in both an independent and collaborative manner.
• Demonstrates a customer service mindset and the ability to gain insights and identify customer needs and opportunities.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen. (Proficient for Liaison level and Associate Director level)
• Demonstrated ability and knowledge to effectively communicate medical, scientific, health economic, and business information to internal and external stakeholders.

Educational Background/Job-Related Experience

• Education: Advanced degree required; Doctoral degree - MD, PharmD, or PhD (clinical) strongly preferred; MBA or additional degree in health economics, health outcomes, public health or health policy is a plus.
• Managed care (e.g., medical/clinical executive within managed healthcare organization) or similar Outcomes experience within the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., MVO, HEOR/HEVA/RWE) understanding with 1-2 years (MVO) required.
• Clinical and/or pharmaceutical industry experience and displayed proficiency in therapeutic fields that align to the product portfolio supported strongly preferred (e.g., Diabetes, Cardiovasulcar Disease, Biosurgery).

Sanofi focuses on developing specialty treatments for debilitating diseases that are often difficult to diagnose and treat, providing hope to patients and their families. Sanofi Corporation 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.

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