Public Affairs Manager

• Location: Amsterdam
• Hybrid working policy-3x per week working from Amsterdam office

About the job

As Public Affairs Manager within our Public Affairs Department, you’ll drive the strategy-setting, engagement, and activation of external stakeholders who steer or influence the policies that determine Sanofi’s ability to successfully secure patient’s access to medicines. Ready to get started?

The Public Affairs Department in Amsterdam engages with external stakeholders to strategically manage public policy issues and pursue a positive impact on patients and business outcomes. 

The Public Affairs Manager Specialty Care reports into the Head of Public Affairs. Together with a team of four Public Affairs managers and three Patient Engagement managers in the Netherlands, the team works closely with the teams from the Global Business Units – Specialty Care, Vaccines and General Medicine –, market access, medical colleagues and other relevant departments. The Dutch Public Affairs team works in the North Europe key market and collaborates with colleagues from Belgium and the Scandinavian countries.

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:

Mapping & Insights – healthcare environment

• Identify policy issues to improve patients access to relevant medicines and that impact the business 
• Understand the external environment and identify the expectations and interests of key external stakeholders 
• Monitor and analyze new government initiatives, potential change in policies and broader developments (including parliamentary activities regarding healthcare), identifying key trends 
• Proactively assess their potential local business consequences in close collaboration with other teams (market access, communication, regulatory, medical, GBUs / franchises) 
• Develop guidance on external environment evolution and inform proactively relevant internal stakeholders (market access, communication, regulatory, medical, GBUs / franchises) 

2. Strategy Setting 

• Determine the engagement and advocacy strategies that will most effectively address the unmet need of patients, achieve policy changes and business objectives  
• Construct and roll-out a long-term Public Affairs plan for the assigned Global Business Unit, in line with both the Global Business Unit and cross-departmental priorities, and adapt the plan to changing situations and priorities if needed 
• Develop campaigns in collaboration with Global Business Unit, Patient Engagement managers, Market Access and Communication 

3. Engaging & Advocating

• Identify and approach stakeholders and decisionmakers to understand common points of interest and/or mutual priorities
• Build strong relations with external stakeholders in line with the identified priorities
• Build opportunities for strategic dialogue on health system with interlocutors and advocate for sustainable evolution of the legislative framework  
• Determine approaches to engage and activate external stakeholders to achieve policy changes and business objectives and execute them by means of coalition-building, proactive campaigns, calls to action, etc. 
• Ensure Sanofi’s point of view is heard by establishing and maintaining open dialogue between Sanofi Netherlands and (non-traditional) external key stakeholders 
• Develop partnerships with variety of stakeholders like patient organizations, political parties, healthcare provider associations (physicians, pharmacists, hospital, nurses…), trade associations, patient associations (overarching) and think tanks in order to discuss trends and concerns, and evaluate together how to maintain both a sustainable healthcare system and balanced economic environment 
• Enhance Sanofi’s visibility and reputation both within and outside the pharmaceutical industry, e.g. through implementation of corporate programs, active participation in conferences, symposia, industry association meetings 
• Educate stakeholders on challenges in the patient journey and the value or products bring for patients 
• Maintain and elevate relevant topics on the political agenda 

About you

• Experience:
  • Strong track record in public affairs, advocacy or in a political/governmental environment
  • Understanding of the Dutch political and health care system
  • Preferred: An existing network of relevant stakeholders in the Netherlands 
• Skills:
  • Strong communicator and networker  
  • Ability to build sustainable relationships within the organisation, with policymakers, patient organizations and other external stakeholders 
  • Analytical and forward thinker, problem solver, results oriented, self-organized and self-starter 
  • Political sensitive and a good understanding of politics and media
  • Excellent influencing skills 
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks, projects, priorities and complex systems simultaneously
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Ability to operate in a cross-cultural and matrix environment 
  • Integrity and self-awareness 
• Education: Master’s degree in an appropriate field (Health Sciences, Political science, Policy) or equivalent experience. Medical degree (pharmacist, doctor) is welcomed
• Languages: Excellent command of Dutch and English, both verbal and written, is a strict requirement

Why choose us?

• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet
• Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably
•  Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed
• Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions
• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next

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