New Products Launch Lead

Reference No. R2830245

Position Title: New Products Launch Lead

Department: Specialty Care and Country Lead Canada

Location: Toronto, Ontario (Hybrid) requiring office attendance 3 days per week

About the Job:

Sanofi is an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. We apply our deep understanding of the immune system to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world, with an innovative pipeline that could benefit millions more. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives; this inspires us to drive progress and deliver positive impact for our people and the communities we serve, by addressing the most urgent healthcare, environmental, and societal challenges of our time. Our current Specialty Care pipeline is focused in rare diseases, immunology, neurology and oncology.

Reporting to Head of New Products Launch Specialty Care, this position is responsible for leading cross-functional teams to rigorously assess, shape, and drive disciplined launch strategies for new assets in Canada, ensuring organizational readiness through meaningful stakeholder engagement and purposeful insight generation that delivers patient and business impact.

The scope of the role will include advancing pipeline assets primarily in rare disease and immunology and may include other therapeutic areas in the future as organizational priorities evolve. It may also include the local implementation of Sanofi acquired assets.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement strategic plans for new product launches and acquired assets, through leading teams (e.g. launch readiness teams) composed of key cross-functional members.

• Implement the roadmap for new product launches and acquisitions in assigned therapeutic areas from the Specialty Care pipeline. As the Sanofi product pipeline is dynamic, therapeutic area responsibilities may evolve over time.

• Oversee 3rd party vendors involved in commercialization of acquired assets (as required) in assigned therapeutic areas.

• Assess the value of the different markets and develop the business cases and/or implementation plans for the new products.

• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration with internal cross functional (e.g. medical, market access, public affairs, regulatory, PV etc.) and external stakeholders to shape the market for upcoming launches.

• Inform the key aspects of the go-to-market approach for an asset, considering the end-to-end needs of commercialization from pre-launch activities, and time of launch until it is delivered to the patient. As needs change, the role may evolve to manage the product lifecycle, from launch planning to ongoing market presence, including both marketing and sales team oversight and execution.

• Identify critical success factors for launch and develop relevant engagement plans with tactics; drive implementation of the plan and monitor execution.

• Generate key insights and develop strategic recommendations to advance market recognition along with measuring key performance indicators.

• Align with Market Access & Public Affairs teams responsible for conducting payer market research and developing pricing models using competitive data and relevant analogs to recommend pricing options and strategies.

• Partner with Market Access and GTMC Insight & Analytics teams to evaluate market trends and develop sensitivity models to maximize product access based on optimal price points.

• Work in conjunction with global teams and align with global marketing on launch strategies, ensuring that Canada is well represented and prioritized in global launch sequencing where strategically important.

• Partner with global marketers and agencies to develop branded and unbranded campaigns and assets with a best-in-class omnichannel approach, underpinned by market analysis and competitive benchmarking to drive ROI.

• Manage any related budgets, financial forecasts (in partnership with Finance and GTMC), and investment proposals needed.

• Embody science driven and patient focused culture and actively demonstrate company values of integrity, courage, respect, and teamwork.

• Act as a sponsor and ally for inclusion and diversity in all elements of our business.

• Comply with all forms of legal and statutory regulation within domain of responsibility, including compliance with applicable SOPs, industry codes of practice and best practices, and actively support and promote a compliance culture and safe environment throughout the organization.

About You:

• Commercial & Business Acumen: Strong track record in the pharma/biopharma industry:

  • Driving commercial success, including both marketing and sales experience.

  • Required experience launching new products in the pharma/biopharma industry.

  • Ability to work in fast paced environments and manage multiple products in multiple disease areas simultaneously.

  • Strong financial acumen and prior P&L responsibility.

• Setting Strategy: Proven experience building solutions for patients and HCP customers:

  • Demonstrates strategic agility and the ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision.

  • Sees the “big picture”; reads emerging trends and patterns very effectively from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy.

  • Embraces new, innovative ideas that will create growth and change across the organization.

• Leading Teams: Proven experience in building successful teams:

  •  A respected, authentic leader, able to define strategic direction, and engage the team to deliver goals.

  • Excellent communication skills, active listener, high level of self-awareness, and open to feedback.

  • Builds strong, diverse and effective teams, and fosters an environment of inclusion.

• Relationship Management & Influencing Without Authority: Proven ability to:

  • Work collaboratively, holding teams accountable for commitments while fostering collaborative, high-trust partnerships (both internally and externally).

  • Build and maintain strategic relationships across cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to drive launch success through influence, credibility, and collaboration rather than hierarchical authority.

  • Navigate matrix environments by leveraging expertise and consensus-building to secure resources, align priorities, and resolve conflicts across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Managing Through Ambiguity: Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly and lead others through complex and evolving situations, demonstrating resilience and a strong “solution orientation”.

• Data/Insights Driven decision maker: Able to distill large amounts of data and information to find the lead story and communicate it effectively to others.

• Education: Minimum Bachelor’s degree required.

• Experience: 10+ years of relevant healthcare or pharmaceutical industry experience with previous experience in marketing leading new product launches, as well as people management.

• Prior people management is required.

• Specialty Therapeutic Experience in rare disease, immunology and/or neurology is a plus.

• Prior experience managing vendors is a plus.

• Global Experienceand/or prior international assignment is a plus.

Driving Sustainability

• Firmly believes that both sustainability and profit are in the organization’s best long-term interest.

• Understands and incorporates viewpoints from all key stakeholders to drive decision making and share the benefits.

• Delivers breakthrough innovations and business models that create value for all stakeholders, continually challenging traditional approaches.

• Sets audacious business and sustainability goals, driving concerted action and investments, and stays the course in the face of setbacks or push-back from short-term oriented stakeholders.

Languages

• English

• French: An asset

Travel: Up to 30% of the time

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

This position is for a new vacant role that we are actively hiring for.​

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"Artificial Intelligence” refers to any systems that use automated processes, including algorithms and machine learning, to analyze data and make predictions, inferences, decisions, or recommendations without direct human involvement. These systems may process personal information to identify patterns, improve services, or support decision-making. The Company may use Artificial Intelligence for purposes including, but not limited to, resume screening and hiring, scheduling interviews or meetings, conducting surveys, matching skills with potential job openings, interview scoring, ensuring compliance with regulations applicable to our industry, and activities related to performance evaluation. Information collected and processed by the Company’s Artificial Intelligence systems may include the personal information detailed above and calendar availability. It excludes the information collected and processed for monitoring purposes. You should contact Human Resources if you have a question or concern regarding your personal information. You can also contact Canada’s Privacy Officer via Sanofi’s data subject request portal,  Data Subject Rights Webform. The Data Subject Rights Webform can also be used to request access or correction of your personal information and file a complaint.

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.  Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

Toute compensation sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience démontrée. Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociaux de l'entreprise. Des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sociaux peuvent être trouvées ici.