Associate Director, Marketing Project Lead

Job title: Associate Director, Marketing Project Lead

• Location: Morristown, NJ

About the Job

The Associate Director, Marketing Project Lead – Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes plays a critical role in driving disciplined execution of the US Autoimmune T1D marketing strategy. This role leads cross-functional integration, orchestrates launch-critical initiatives, and ensures timely delivery against strategic priorities.

Serving as the operational and strategic integrator for the US Autoimmune T1D marketing team, this position translates strategy into action, enables effective decision-making, and ensures alignment across HCP, Consumer, Site of Care, and Regional Marketing, as well as key cross-functional partners including Field Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, Market Access, and PA&PA.

The role reports to the Head of Marketing, Autoimmune T1D Franchise (US) and operates as a core member of the US marketing leadership team, with regular exposure to senior leadership and governance forums.

Join the team transforming how healthcare is delivered for chronic and specialty conditions worldwide. In General Medicines, you’ll help drive meaningful outcomes in diabetes, transplant, and immunology - with 
the scale and urgency patients deserve.

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities:

Scope & Decision Authority

1. Matrix & Cross-Functional Leadership

• No direct people management responsibility.

• Leads cross-functional workstreams, milestone execution, and governance processes across the Autoimmune T1D franchise.

• Acts as a central point of integration, driving clarity, accountability, and momentum across teams.

• Enables efficient execution by leveraging marketing teams and GTMC partners while maintaining focus on strategic alignment and integration.

2. Financial & Resource Stewardship

• No direct budget ownership; plays a key enabling role in financial planning, Opex tracking, and forecast alignment.

• Supports bottom-up budget planning, prioritization of key investments, and preparation of financial and resourcing views for marketing and senior leadership.

• Identifies risks, trade-offs, and deviations that may impact delivery of strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Integrated Marketing Plan Execution (≈50%)

• Lead operational execution of the integrated US Autoimmune T1D marketing plan, ensuring cross-functional alignment and on-time delivery.

• Drive alignment and synergies across marketing teams (HCP, Consumer, Site of Care, and Regional Marketing).

• Coordinate execution across Marketing, Medical, Regulatory, Commercial, PA&PA, Market Access, and other partners.

• Own integrated timelines, milestone tracking, dependency management, and critical path execution.

• Partner with marketing leadership to refine and operationalize the US marketing plan in line with franchise objectives.

• Define KPIs and success metrics; monitor performance and recommend corrective actions.

• Develop executive-ready dashboards, updates, and presentations highlighting progress, risks, and decision points.

2. Marketing Operating Rhythm & Milestone Management (≈20%)

• Own the marketing operating cadence to ensure focus, accountability, and execution discipline.

• Develop and manage meeting agendas aligned to the franchise milestone map and launch priorities.

• Curate high-quality inputs to ensure meetings are decision-oriented and outcomes-focused.

• Identify and proactively manage interdependencies across functions.

• Flag risks, escalate issues, and drive resolution with clear actions and owners.

• Continuously optimize ways of working to enhance cross-functional effectiveness.

3. Executive & Strategic Decision Support (≈10%)

• Support the Head of Marketing in shaping content for senior leadership and governance forums.

• Identify priority topics, risks, and opportunities requiring executive-level attention.

• Synthesize insights, data, and performance metrics into clear, concise executive materials.

• Prepare briefings, reports, and presentations tailored to senior leadership audiences.

• Incorporate feedback to refine messaging and support informed decision-making.

4. Cross-Functional Governance & Ways of Working (≈10%)

• Design and manage governance processes that enable speed, clarity, and compliance.

• Establish frameworks defining roles, responsibilities, and decision rights.

• Coordinate governance forums, agendas, and follow-ups.

• Track decisions, actions, and progress against strategic initiatives.

5. Launch Communications & Stakeholder Alignment (≈10%)

• Enable clear, consistent communication on launch readiness and execution.

• Support development of launch communication approaches for senior leaders and key stakeholders.

• Consolidate updates on milestones, progress, risks, and mitigation plans.

• Ensure messaging is aligned, timely, and tailored to the audience.

• Act as a connector between marketing leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

About You

Profile & Capabilities:

• Strong marketing acumen with demonstrated experience in launch excellence and cross-functional orchestration.

• Exceptional project leadership and integration skills in complex, matrixed environments.

• Executive presence with the ability to synthesize complexity into clear, actionable narratives.

• Highly organized, proactive, and outcomes-driven.

• Comfortable operating at the intersection of strategy, execution, and governance.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, MD) preferred.

• 5+ years of progressive pharmaceutical or biotechnology marketing experience with increasing responsibility.

• Proven experience supporting or leading local marketing initiatives, including regulatory review and approval processes.

• Strong scientific and commercial acumen with demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across functions.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex business challenges, develop strategic solutions, execute tactically, and measure impact.

Preferred

• Biologics launch experience.

• Experience in diabetes, immunology, oncology, or rare diseases.

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline.

• Matrix leadership and collaboration.

• Analytical rigor and financial acumen.

• Clear, compelling communication.

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. 

• Help shape the future of care for chronic and complex conditions like aT1D, Type 2 diabetes, transplant, and cardiovascular disease.

• Drive meaningful impact at global scale: our medicines reach more than 100 million people each year.

• Be part of a simpler, digital- and AI-powered business that’s rethinking how we work and engage with the world.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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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.