Sanofi Group Looking for Launch Lead, Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes at Ontario Full Time

Reference No. R2715481

Position Title: Launch Lead, Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes

Department: Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes ​

Location: Mississauga, Ontario

About Sanofi Specialty Care

Sanofi’s specialty care business unit focuses on rare diseases, rare blood disorders, neurology, immunology, and oncology.  Sanofi’s ambition is to leverage science and innovation to improve people’s lives and be the industry leader in immunology and oncology. Its approach is shaped by a long history of developing highly specialized treatments and forging close relationships with physician and patient communities.

At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.  We believe our cutting-edge science and manufacturing, fueled by data and digital technologies, have the potential to transform the practice of medicine, turning the impossible into possible for millions of people. 

Position Summary :

We are seeking a highly motivated and visionary leader interested in shaping the management of people at risk of developing/or with T1 diabetes.

As the Brand Lead, you will be primarily responsible to co-build and adapt the Glocal brand strategy in Canada for a first-in-class therapy in Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes.

Reporting to the Canadian Head of Autoimmune AT1D, this role is strategically positioned to realize the ambition for T1D and contribute to the overall future success of Sanofi.

Key Responsibilities :

• Co-building with Global Brand team (GBT) the Glocal brand strategy (Integrated Growth Plan), providing insights on local ecosystem, trends and care pathways (e.g., treatment landscape, T1D awareness level, main prescribers and referrers along the patient pathway, etc.) to inform the strategic development process and adapting it to the local context.

• Given the Glocal plans, strategically assessing the timing, resourcing and opportunity of launching potential indications (delay onset, early intervention) in Canada.

• Adapting brand positioning to country specificities, to maximize customer relevancy and brand value at country level.

• Developing, in collaboration with cross-functional teams, a local multi-factorial stakeholder engagement strategy for a broad stakeholder ecosystem (incl. HCPs, KOLs, DOLs, PAGs, governments, payers, think tanks, scientific societies, etc.) by understanding how they impact each other and ensuring engagement is tailored to stakeholders’ level of maturity regarding the T1D paradigm transformation.

• Building on global framework, defining the local customer segmentation incl. prioritization.

• Building on global framework, localizing ‘personas’ in priority segment(s) with a deep understanding of their preferences to ensure optimal customization of engagement content at country level.

• Localizing global content and messaging (when appropriate) leveraging multiple data sources and innovative value story techniques to ensure a compelling value narrative is available at country level and is tailored to the different segments of customers based on local go-to-market model.

• Sharing compelling narrative across multiple engagement platforms to educate a broad range of stakeholders at country level and shift the paradigm of Type 1 Diabetes.

• Leveraging sophisticated data and analytical capabilities to identify and prioritize the most attractive growth opportunities at country level.

• Developing adequate tactics from the strategy to develop core initiatives for the brand & indication(s) and to implement them consistently and measurably during the Launch phase.

• Tracking KPI’s and metrics to measure commercial performance

• Defining and executing commercial pre-launch activities in collaboration with cross-functional launch team and the country Launch lead (e.g., Medical, Market Access, Public Affairs).

• Developing forecasts based on market insights and market research data to quantify long-term revenue potential.

Key Requirements:

Education and Experience :

• Advanced Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, or a related field. MBA is a plus

• Desired experience in Specialty / Rare disease / Type 1 Diabetes

• At least 5-7 years of industry experience in Commercial / Marketing roles

• Proven experience in successfully defining and driving commercial launch strategy for an innovative product requiring monitoring/screening and/or strong disease area shaping

• Demonstrated successful Brand P&L Ownership accountability

Soft skills :

• Growth-focused and executional mindset

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to effectively engage internal and external stakeholders, build and cultivate strong working relationships

• Unconventional thinking, always looking for new ways to achieve business goals

• Ability to work agile, demonstrate creativity and be a strong team player

• Capability to deal with a vast number of information and prioritize according to business relevance

• Self-driven, results-oriented with ambition for optimal results

• Resilience, rigor and reliability

• Ability to build proper environment to enable Playing to Win culture to flourish (e.g., stretch & Patient focus)

Technical skills :

• Brand management capabilities, incl. driving local brand positioning

• Experience with contributing to Global Brand planning processes

• In-depth understanding of the market, competition and future market trends​

• P&L management, Scenario Planning, Risk Management

• Strong analytical capabilities, incl. forecasting

• Ability to develop, with cross-functional teams, a local multi-factorial stakeholder engagement strategy for a broad stakeholder ecosystem by understanding how they impact each other

• Strong analytical skills

• Deep understanding of the entire local healthcare ecosystem

• Ability to take data-driven decisions on priority segments and initiatives for growth (based on customer needs)​

• Driver and curious to learn new initiatives in digital pharma marketing excellence

Languages :

• Strong communication and presentation skills in English (French is a plus) both written and verbal

Travel: 30%

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