Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs. 

The Director of U.S. Communications will serve as lead for the therapeutic areas of Rhinology, Gastroenterology & Allergy (RGA) and Rheumatology within the Specialty Care business unit. This position is responsible for overseeing strategic planning across external and internal communications for RGA and Rheumatology. The position reports to the Head of U.S. Communications for Specialty Care and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In addition to strategic oversight for currently marketed assets with indications across the RGA spectrum and Rheumatology, the Director will also lead U.S. communications for a potential assets in late-stage clinical trial development. The Director will also work to communicate Sanofi’s leadership, innovation, and commitment to patients including our medicines, advocacy efforts, patient support services and applicable CSR initiatives.

This role works within a team of communicators who support the current and future Immunology products at Sanofi.

Main Responsibilities

• Provides communications inputs and counsel, including strategic communications and execution and driving business results for the RGA and Rheumatology business, which includes current and future potential indications for Dupixent and Kevzara, as well as the potential for late-stage pipeline assets

• Works within a highly matrixed environment with key interfaces to communications colleagues in the U.S. and Global organizations, as well as Medical, Legal, Regulatory, Marketing, Corporate, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs functions including Public Affairs & Patient Advocacy, and Market Access

• Responsible for strategic development and execution of product communications programs

• Provides strategic leadership in the creation and implementation of impactful communication programs across current and future indications, including approval and launch preparation across all potential indications

• Serves as lead communications business partner for the U.S. RGA business, including supporting corporate communications and thought leadership for General Manager in RGA and Rheumatology

• Helps drive disease awareness programs, branded communication activities, data and regulatory milestone activity and support, and digital communications

• Maximizes awareness of brands and milestones among external and internal stakeholders and the general, trade and online media

• Develops integrated campaigns to create and manage stakeholder perceptions that support business goals and help meet brand sales targets

• Delivers innovative approaches and plans in the digital and social media landscape

• Develops product media strategy and actively engages and generates positive results for Sanofi

• Manages issues associated with products to protect the company and brand reputation

• Anticipates, prepares for and manages media issues with the press.

• Ensures close coordination and timely reporting with Global Media Relations and Investor Relations

• Serves as an internal communications counselor and ensures consistent strategic communications through applicable internal channels

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business Administration or Journalism

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent collaboration, negotiation, and influencing skills; demonstrated ability to work with senior leaders

• Strong issues management capabilities

• Strong organizational skills

• Pharmaceutical product PR communications background  

• Experience in internal and external communications; experience with co-promoting products

• Ability to collaborate in a heavy matrix environment

• 10-12 years of experience in product PR, Communications, and/or Corporate Communications in pharmaceuticals/biotech or with a healthcare public relations agency

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong ability to work effectively across functions and levels and business units; proven collaborator

• Ability to research, develop, deliver and measure communications strategies and plans with a goal of showcasing communications successes to internal and external audiences

• Expertise in communications concepts, practices, strategies and tactics based on understanding of key audiences and corporate objectives

• Strong understanding of media relations and external affairs industry topics

• Proactive, self-starter and able to work independently and in team environment

• Co-promote experience a plus

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; 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.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.