Group Lead - Scientific Writing

Our Team: Sanofi Business Operations (BO) is an internal Sanofi resource organization setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions. BO strives to be a strategic and functional partner for tactical deliveries to Medical, HEVA, and Commercial organizations in Sanofi, Globally. Main responsibilities: The overall purpose and main responsibilities are listed below: To create synergies and provide functional and operational direction to one GBU operations across various therapeutic areas and processes so that cost savings up to 10 mil euros are achieved with deliveries optimized through multi-layered teams · People: (1) Lead teams of writers (junior to Team Lead) in content creation/corresponding support team (content enhancement/copyediting)/operations team, including but not limited to project specialists (junior to Project Manager) or similar roles; (2) Coach and develop Team Lead, expert and senior writers or similar roles (on content/methods/processes); (3) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated TA(s)/GBU(s) and product – with an end objective to develop; and (4) Ensure new technologies are leveraged · Performance: (1) Act as strategic thought partner to ≥1 therapeutic areas (TAs) within an assigned GBU; (2) Develop and maintain expertise in ≥1 TA and on key trends/developments in the industry; (3) Provide inputs for publication and communication plan/publication and medical education materials/other strategic deliverables, and ensure delivery as per plan (agreed timelines and quality); and (4) Lead and support development of tools, technology, and processes in order to constantly improve quality and productivity undefined · Process: (1) Support delivery of projects in terms of resourcing, quality, timeliness, efficiency, and high technical standards for deliveries made by the medical writing group, including scientific documents and clinical/medical reports; (2) Contribute to overall quality enhancement by ensuring high scientific standards for the output produced by the scientific writing group; (3) Secure adherence to compliance procedures and internal/operational risk controls in accordance with any and all applicable regulatory standards; (4) Manage end-to-end process through PromoMats, iEnvision (previously-Datavision, and Matrix); (5) Ensure all publication and medical education materials are delivered as per agreed timelines and quality; and (6) Ensure creating and developing tools, technology, and process to constantly improve quality and productivity undefined · Stakeholder: Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement About you · Experience : 10+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia; strong ability in managing a multi-layered team of ≥10 members; and ability to influence and negotiate · Soft skills : Stakeholder management; communication skills; people management; and ability to work independently and within a team environment · Technical skills : As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure – Proficient in multiple TAs/domains under one GBU; scientific communications/writing; medical communications/writing; publication planning; and/or project management) Education : Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree · Languages : Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written) 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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com !