**Head Of Medical Operations, Compliance & Governance UKIE** + _Location: Reading, UK_ **About the job** Are you ready to join the UKIE Specialty Care Medical team and make a lasting impact? We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Medical Operations Manager to join our team in the UK. You could be the person responsible for overseeing and optimising medical operations processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and supporting the delivery of high-quality medical affairs initiatives. **Specialty Care** We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world. **Main responsibilities:** + Manage and coordinate medical operations activities, including Medical Affairs studies, externally-sponsored studies, RMMs, expanded access programmes + Develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) to enhance efficiency and ensure compliance with UK and EU regulations + Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align medical operations with overall business goals and strategies + Oversee budget planning and resource allocation for medical operations projects + Manage relationships with external vendors and contract research organisations (CROs) and adhere to relevant regulatory requirements + Mentor a team of medical operations professionals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation + Examine and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to medical operations + Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in medical operations and assure audit- and inspection-readiness + Enterprise leadership beyond function essential **About you** + Life sciences, pharmacy or related field degree, advanced degree (MSc, PhD preferred) + Significant, demonstrable experience in medical operations in the pharmaceutical industry + Strong knowledge of UK and EU regulatory requirements for medical affairs and clinical research + Excellent project management skills, leadership experience, interpersonal skills and problem solving + Able to think and plan strategically, collaborate across peer groups and be adaptable + Drive the Sanofi Play To Win behaviours **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 Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources. **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. At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) ! Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions. With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo) As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live. All in for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sanofi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=2s)