Team Lead – Scientific Writing

About The Job

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.

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

People Management

• Lead team of writers or similar roles (in content creation)
• Coach and develop expertise within the team (on content/methods/processes)
• Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated TA/GBU and product – with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement
• Ensure new technologies are leveraged
  
  

Performance

• Act as strategic thought partner to assigned TA(s) within an assigned GBU
• Develop and maintain expertise in assigned TA and on key trends/developments in the industry
• 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)
• Lead and support development of tools, technology, and processes to constantly improve quality and productivity
  
  

Process Management

• 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
• Contribute to overall quality enhancement by ensuring high scientific standards for the output produced by the scientific writing group
• Secure adherence to compliance procedures and internal/operational risk controls in accordance with all applicable regulatory standards
• Ensure all publication and medical education materials are delivered as per agreed timelines and quality
• Ensure creating and developing tools, technology, and processes to constantly improve quality and productivity
• Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery
  
  

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication needs and assist in developing assigned deliverables
• 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

• Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree
• 9+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia
• 6+ years of experience in leadership role and ability to influence and negotiate
• Must experience in stakeholder management; communication skills; people management; and ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Proficient in multiple TAs/domains under one GBU; scientific communications/writing; medical communications/writing; publication planning; and/or project management
• Excellent English language (spoken and written)
  
  

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.
• Collaborate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on continuous learning and professional development.
• Drive process improvement and innovation in partnership with a motivated and supportive team.
  
  

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, disability, or gender identity.

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nullPursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.