**Business Planning & Development Associate - VIE Contract** + Location: UAE, Dubai + Target start date: 01/12/2025 ​ iMove, the Sanofi VIE Program, is available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28. PLEASE NOTE that since this program is primarily an international development program, candidates cannot apply to a VIE assignment in their own country of citizenship. PLEASE NOTE that applications that are only submitted in French cannot be considered by our non-French speaking partners at Sanofi worldwide. Therefore, only applications that are submitted in English will be considered. Please make sure to apply with your personal email address. **About the job** _As_ **_Business Planning & Development Associate_** **_VIE_** _within our New Product Planning and Launch team, you’ll_ _be involved with advertising/creative agencies, local and regional Key Opinion Leaders, Patient Societies, Distributers, Health Authorities, Charities and Non-Profit Organization, and Payers._ _You will also be included in the c_ _ross-functional collaboration with:_ + _Marketing and Launch Excellence_ + _Market Access & Gov. affairs_ + _Finance_ + _Pharmacovigilance, Quality and compliance_ + _Medical_ + _GTMC_ + _Supply Chain_ + _Communication_ _Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs._ _Ready to get started?_ **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:** + Implement and catalyze strategic projects that contributes to accelerating our new launches. + Lead, coordinate or support projects and initiatives for business growth and delivering on priorities within the next Gen immunology franchise. + Collaborates with stakeholders by working transversally with the different franchises and cross functional team. + Work transversally within the immunology franchise and be a key player in managing the work of multiple projects by maintaining the backlog, facilitating ceremonies, and making sure the teams are demonstrating true working practices. + Champion Agile culture and simplification behaviors, promoting “new ways of working” and principles and practices both at the project level and in corresponding squads. + Discovers insight and foresight using multiple sources including; direct customer contact, field visits, market research and trends analysis to gain a deeper understanding of patients, prescribers and payers within a competitive context. + Ensure new product launches follow strictly launch excellence and governance practices. + Responsible for oversight and compliant leadership of all customer-facing activities, patient support and professional relations. **About you** **Experience:** + Commercial, Project Management, and experience working with Agile methodology would be a plus. + Experienced in leading project teams involving different functions would be an asset. **Soft and technical skills:** + Market understanding, competition and future trends, and good understanding of our value chain. + Ability to take data-driven decisions based on customer needs and to manage relationships across various stakeholders. + High learning agility and ability to perform under pressure with multi-tasking skills. + Pro-active with a sense of urgency, demonstrating leadership and effectiveness in a matrix organization. + Professional analytical thinking and problem-solving approach. + Project management skills and Planning capability. + Strong presentation and general communication skills (written, verbal and listening), together with forecasting, planning and budgeting Skills. + Enthusiasm for working in collaborative, cross-functional teams. **Education:** + Master’s degree preferably in Pharmacy, Medicine, Marketing or similar field. **Languages:** + Fluency in English. **Why choose us?** + Be part of a pioneering biopharma company where patient insights shape drug development. + Work at the forefront of AI-powered science that accelerates discovery and improves outcomes. + Collaborate beyond your expertise, sparking new ideas with diverse, multidisciplinary teams. iMove is a unique program tailored for European youth interested in challenging themselves with meaningful assignments across the globe. At Sanofi we have a strong ambition to invest in young talents who will drive the success of Sanofi tomorrow. Sanofi’s Work Abroad Program, iMove, offers jobs-assignments with actual responsibilities and a perspective to grow. We provide those opportunities in various functions such as: marketing, finance, regulatory, supply chain, clinical trials, production, etc. and in more than 40 countries. Sanofi unites people who are passionate about solving healthcare needs across the world. Joining our iMove Work Abroad Program is a unique opportunity to make a difference through your work. \#LI-EUR **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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) ! Global Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Statement (https://www.sanofi.com/en/careers/global-terms-and-conditions/) Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions. With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo) As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live. All in for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sanofi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=2s)