Africa Medical Operations Lead

Job title: Africa Medical Operations Lead

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  Hiring Manager: Africa Medical Head - Pharma

• Location: Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

• 20% of travel expected, depending on the country being based

• Job type: Permanent, Full time

About the job

Our Team:

The Team at Sanofi is a high-performing team of Medical leaders who are a trusted source of scientific and Medical information and shared insights; effective and innovative strategic partners to our internal and external stakeholders; and dedicated to public health. We represent diverse experiences and backgrounds which strengthens our team and mirrors the healthcare communities we engage.

The purpose is to establish a Role Model Medical Operations in Africa. It is intended to centralize the main medical trending imperatives under one umbrella to promote and accelerate the:

• Medical Transformation Imperative.

• Data Generation and Real-World Evidence & Dissemination.

• Medical Governance, Excellence and Operations.

The position will be acting as Innovation Lab to implement and test new solutions, working models…etc in different therapy areas and fields to provide the medical function a continuous dynamism to anticipate the external changes operating in the health care sector.

It will also offer an opportunity to create a novel structure under medical department, characterized by reshaped governance, RWE and transformation and new opportunities for people to grow and develop their potential.

As main imperatives, the Head of Innovation Hub must ensure resources are appropriately appointed and distributed to achieve the following objectives:

Main responsibilities:

Maximize Data Generation and RWE

Ensure the business continuity for current data generation and dissemination plan.

Explore novel ways to accelerate data generation (quicker timelines/cost effective).

Accelerate the adoption of RWE by external stakeholders (Partnership for health).

Develop new models of data generation potentially endorsed by Global/Region.

Accelerate the Medical Transformation:

Digital transformation.

Medical GTM and Omnichannel.

Explore the new working models and redefinition of medical roles and imperatives.

Anticipate the healthcare changing trends and set medium to long terms strategy.

Medical leadership team around future- looking vision, mission, and strategic initiatives.

Maintain Backbone highest standards of Medical Operation, Governance & Excellence:

Governance:

Implementation and maintenance of processes and solutions within Medical.

Optimize the harmonized usage of a Medical CRM system.

Lead the collection and align input from TAs on their needs, document the respective business processes and business rules, manage system change requests and lead User Acceptance Tests.

Periodic Risk assessment and audit preparation.

Act as Medical ambassador for business relationships with Finance, Contracts & Outsourcing, Compliance, legal and quality and others.

Excellence:

Support the Medical leadership team to drive alignment and coordination of goals, priorities, and efforts for Medical.

Lead processes for medical team goal setting and goal management throughout the year including identifying, raising/sharing, and implementing best practices, ensuring consistency in overarching processes and systems, and developing partnerships to ensure ongoing alignment, synergies, and efficiency.

Further strengthen and develop the medical team Internal Community.

Mentors and helps new team members get up to speed on projects/processes/systems, and ensures all team members have access to project information necessary to be successful.

Ensures all appropriate team member views have been raised and incorporated into team decisions as appropriate.

Operations:

Development of the integrated Medical Strategic and Operating Plan.

Provide budget and resource information to medical team to enable optimal portfolio management and alignment between priorities and resource allocation.

Ensures effective, accurate and timely communication of medical projects using negotiation, facilitation, meeting management and conflict resolution skills to enhance cross-functional team performance.

Ensures that all operational deliverables are achieved on or ahead of schedule, within budget target, and with quality that meets or exceeds the business needs.

Key results / Accountabilities:

Effectiveness:

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  Delivering operational excellence that transforms the way we oversight & manage our activities,

Reshaping the ecosystem.

• Generate and Disseminate Integrated Evidence supportive the brand strategic imperatives in appropriate schedules.

• Maintain an operating model where risks are minimized all in ensuring deliverables are achieved as per timelines.

Efficiency:

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  Achieving resources optimization and productivity improvement, Fulfilling our future requirements

for roles & Capabilities.

Capabilities:

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  Building a generation of Successors, Leading the organization by innovation & reinventing the way of working.

Ethical Leadership

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  Takes personal accountability to use personal experience and knowledge, as well as the training and tools provided by Sanofi, to maintain a good knowledge and understanding of all ethics and governance relevant to the role (Sanofi Policies and Procedures and any relevant legal requirements) and demonstrate personal leadership in applying these to all work undertaken.

• Escalates any decisions, or seek the support of colleagues or management if personal knowledge and understanding is not at the level required to carry out any part of the role.

Environmental and Safety Leadership

To care for his/her own safety and wellbeing and the safety of others, and to co-operate with the

company to ensure a safe place of work. Employees are therefore expected to:

• Support and conform to Company safety rules and procedures to ensure a safe and healthy working environment.

• Report any accident, incident or near miss, whether it be of personal injury or property damage.

• Assist in the investigation of accidents with the objective of introducing measures to prevent Recurrence.

• Thoroughly read all safety documentation issues by the Company and comply with its

requirements. Escalate any doubts or uncertainties to their supervisor and/or manager.

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  Actively support and conform to Company security rules and procedures to ensure a secure and safe working environment for self and others.

Key working relationships (not an exhaustive list)

Transversal and Vertical expected collaborations/Interactions with:

• Regional Operations, Head of Medical, Global and Regional transformation lead, MCE team, Affiliate Quality Commercial Operations, Country Quality Head, Global Quality GxP, Audit, Country Compliance Head, Country Safety Lead, Global Medical Information, Country MRPQ, Medical Leads.

Occasional Contact with:

• Legal.

• Finance.

• Human Resources.

• Marketing and Sales.

External collaboration

Service Providers (Vendors, CROs, etc.), Consulting Services company..etc

About you

Key Qualifications and Competencies:

• Degree in a scientific discipline (e.g., BS, MS, PhD, PharmD, MD, DVM) or related degree desired.

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in project management, including planning, budget planning and executing complex strategies.

• Knowledge of project planning tools, budget structure and management.

• Business qualification such as MBA, or Professional project management qualification such as PMP® or Agile Methodology would be considered as additional benefit.

• Experience in drug development, medical affairs, or related field, including understanding of the current pharmaceutical environment.

• Experience in product launch and launch excellence.

• Experience in managing complex projects, demonstrating effective communication and leadership, ability to bridge successfully between different fields of expertise and managing program risks and challenges (including scenario and contingency planning).

• Transversal communication and networking demonstrated. Managerial and interpersonal skills applied to matrix organization, effective international, cross-cultural collaboration skills.

• Ability to work cross-functionally, agile, and strong team player, with global experience.

Desired traits & PTW behaviours

• Results driven with positive and pragmatic approach.

• Rigor, attention to details.

• Has a collaborative approach to others: strong interpersonal skills and a team player.

• Ability to challenge and influence at all levels.

• Strong negotiation skills and decision making skills.

• Resilient, optimistic and open to change.

• Ability to operate under pressure and tight deadlines.

• Ability to think strategically and anticipate changes.

• Ability to prioritize strategic choices to the benefit of the organization.

• An absolute commitment to ethical standards and compliance.

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.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

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!