Franchise Launch Excellence (FLEX) Lead, Global Immunology, Respiratory and Gastroenterology

Role Summary

The Franchise Launch Excellence (FLEX) Lead, Global Immunology, Respiratory and Gastroenterology partners with the Global Respiratory TA Head and Global Gastroenterology TA Head to develop a launch strategy and plan aligned with brand ambition and market opportunities. The role oversees the implementation of a standardized launch blueprint across assets and leads cross-functional teams to deliver best-in-class launches, with a focus on disease state education and market shaping activities.

Responsibilities

• Launch Strategy Support
  • Partner with Global TA Leads and Teams to develop and deliver best in industry launch strategic plan
  • Inspire, guide and monitor key affiliates to ensure all relevant global markets are prepared to launch
  • Organize Global Brand Team meetings and outputs, ensuring follow-up on actions cross functionally. Meets with functional experts to gain insight, foster cross functional communication and drive results
  • Develops and leverages launch insights to optimize launch planning across the asset lifecycle
• Launch Plan Oversight and Execution
  • Oversees the development and execution of the Sanofi Integrated Launch Capabilities (SILC) framework
  • Inspires local launch plans that include innovation, efficiency and stakeholder focused problem solving
  • Optimizes launch plans by providing guidance on benchmarks, capabilities, and launch team structure. Inspires adoption of best practices across markets
  • Partners with Digital Teams to implement an enhanced digital ecosystem, including AI technologies
  • Optimizes the approach to launch governance and oversight to drive consistency, simplification, and efficiencies
• Launch Management Tracking and Reporting
  • Responsible for TA interactions with Sanofi Integrated Launch Capabilities [SILC] teams and tools
  • Responsible for Launch Readiness Reviews (LRR) organization, facilitation, cross-functional support and preparation, across Global and Wave 1 affiliates. Tracks and reports progress on launches according to launch plans
  • Responsible for identifying capabilities of the global and country teams to drive a best-in-class launch and identifies gaps for upskilling as needed
  • Responsible for launch project management activities, managing relationships and resources with the hubs as needed
  • Contributes to launch simulations to assess the brand’s go-to market strategy and operational readiness for launch
  • Contributes to the development of launch updates for internal audiences, including regular status reporting to the Executive Launch Committee
  • Contributes to the establishment of benchmarked pre-launch, launch and post-launch KPIs in line with brand strategy and responsible for tracking and reporting of the defined metrics in collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Responsible for the alignment between SILC KPIs and brand KPIs in partnership with the Global Respiratory & Gastroenterology TA Heads/Indication Leads
  • Embeds and shares innovative launch practices from different therapeutic areas
  • Partners in the development of launch curriculum to upskill internal teams on critical go-to-market capabilities

Qualifications

• Required: 8+ years commercialization expertise (commercial/medical), including product launches and managing complex projects
• Required: 3+ years leading cross functional teams
• Required: 2+ years of Global experience
• Required: 2+ years of Local (in country) experience
• Preferred: US / major market launch experience
• Required: Deep understanding of launch excellence drivers, launch readiness framework and building BIC capabilities
• Required: Experienced in leading large, cross-functional matrix teams and influencing without authority
• Required: Agile mindset to ensure the team is working at the correct pace while remaining goal oriented
• Required: Ability to leverage networks, to develop people, coach & give feedback, empower people
• Required: Ability to lead change while achieving business goals & objectives; challenge the status quo; be persistent and resilient

Skills

• Critical Thinking: Strong ability to integrate various parts of a project and identify priorities, develops success metrics, measures and analyzes progress, develops new approaches to deliver results
• People Leadership: Engages and leverages everyone’s strengths, ensures active communication; demonstrates drive and ambition for optimal result; sets high standards and expectations; shares authority and responsibility
• Relationship and Influence: Inspires trust through empathy and authenticity; empowers and recognizes others; effective stakeholder management
• Project management: Ability to execute project plans, communicate effectively, track progress, identify issues, ideate solutions, mitigate risks

Education

• Not specified