Mission & Tasks

Responsible for management of the medical aspects of a product(s) or therapy(s) life-cycle, serving as key accountable lead. Develops strategy to ensure successful launch of future product(s) and increased market share of existing product(s). Partners to drive non-registration or local registration clinical studies driven by his/her team performed with products within his/her range. Provides medical/scientific support for clinical development and commercial activities

Key Responsibilities & Activities:

1- Management Responsibilities:

• Ensure a clear medical strategy for CHC portfolio, including medical launch strategy for the pipeline assets and established products that aligns with medical vison and business.

• Through integrated cross-functional launch and planning processes, ensure the Medical CHC team is partnering effectively in the development of portfolio brand strategy and involving relevant parts of the organization

• Demonstrate medical leadership and is perceived as a role model in representing Sanofi core values

• Ensure delivery of medical commitments at a cluster level by clearly defining the desired outcome(s) from prioritized activities defined in medical strategies, and define operational milestones to deliver on these medical commitments

• Key activities include – developing insights / anticipating trends, identified & executing on science inspired innovation opportunities (claim enhancement, product development, life cycle management, medical evaluation of BD opportunities, local switch opportunities), scientific endorsement & stakeholder management, risk mitigation.

2-Medical operations:

• Responsible for overseeing the planning and the execution (tracking) of all trial and non-trial medical activities including approval processes, timing, and resources

• Ensure adherence to medical budget (jointly with finance)

• Develop, harmonize, and ensure implementation of medical governance principles and forums to develop and manage deliverables

• Accountable for cluster medical affairs trial execution and tracking (including tracking of ISS) – (working with CSU/MR/BoS)

• Identifies and act on medical affairs need for outsourcing, define, and adhere to criteria for Vendor selection and management

• Applying scientific rigor to all materials developed and purposed for the external and internal consumer/customer/ healthcare professionals.

3-Integrated Brand Planning

• In partnership with the key stakeholders ensure common understanding of the integrated brand planning process and role expectations.

• Define, implement, and track Local market Medical planning process

• Define quality output expectations for MA members in the creation of medical elements of brand plans.

• Work within Medical CHC Africa Team to ensure sufficient resources are available across teams to deliver on priority brand commitments.

4-Stakeholder Management

• Ensure a process for stakeholder management planning (DOL/KTL/KOL/SL) that align with brand priorities is in place and collaborate with medical leads to achieve results through this process.

• Identify, expand, and manage key relationships that can be partners in realizing win-win outcome to shape healthcare.

• Identify and maintain key internal relationships with regional and global medical and operational teams to inform and support activities being undertaken by the Local market/MCO/ zone.

5-Scientific exchange and communication:

• Develops scientific exchange and communication strategy and tactics leveraging global plans and tactics

• Ensures timely execution of publication plans, medical education plans, scientific insight generations, stakeholder mapping and segmentation

• Partners with global Scientific Exchange and Communication function to develop innovative engagement models and platforms, ensuring adoption of new models within the CHC

• Develops strategies for country specific partnership models with Medical Societies, Patient Organizations and Centers of Excellence.

• Ensure appropriate representation & collaboration within Extended Global Category Medical Teams

6-Compliance

• At all times ensure consistency with voluntary and compulsory codes of conduct, appropriate legislation, and compliance with internal SOPs.

• Working with Medical Excellence, promote awareness, understanding and alignment of activities to our compliance standards.

7-Transversal activities

• Work transversally with the Sales, Marketing, Medical Communications & Programs teams to identify and deliver on innovative medical marketing programs and related initiatives.

• Support and track digital innovation within Medical CHC Africa

• Work transversally with various functions to support portfolio deliverables

8-PV & Quality Activities

• Ensure adherence to Pharmacovigilance training and reporting obligations.

• Health, Safety and EnvironmentTake reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and others.Cooperate with Sanofi management in the provision of a healthy and safe workplace.

• Identify and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors and immediately notify the Manager of any serious incidents; complete an Incident / Injury Report and forward to Human Resources/HSE or Facilities within specified timelines where necessary.

• Undertake duties in accordance with the current Sanofi Policies and Procedures.

• Report non-conformance in accordance with the requirements of the Sanofi quality system.

Latitude of Action :

The role holder is required to work autonomously and to take decisions in line with CHC Global Science hub Policy, Standards and Processes.

Role Impact:

It is a key role for as leading the medical affairs in CHC GBU.

Scope:

It works directly with CHC Affiliate Scientific Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Pharmacovigilance, Supply Chain and commercial teams

Required Technical skills:

- Continuous improvement management

- Knowledge of GxP and health-related regulations

- Key Therapeutic area knowledge

- Key Medical systems

- Key Regulatory and company requirements, specifically pharmaceutical drug Regulations, e.g. drug law, GMP, Pharmacopeia, ICH

- Experience in Clinical & Medical Research

Required Soft Skills:

- Business Partnering

- Communication skills

- Leadership and assertiveness skills

- Negotiation and Influential skills

- TA knowledge

- Project management skills

Languages:

- English & Arabic are a must

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