**Job Title:** Franchise Medical Evidence Generation Lead for Influenza Vaccines **Location:** Cambridge, MA **About the Job** Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you’ll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization. As **Franchise Medical Evidence Generation Lead** within our Influenza Vaccines Medical Evidence Generation (MEG) team, you'll lead cutting-edge evidence generation for our influenza vaccine portfolio, driving research innovation that can shape global health. Ready to get started? Join our highly motivated, collaborative, and innovative team at the forefront of influenza vaccine evidence generation. The Influenza MEG team is a key scientific voice within the FluVid Medical Affairs organization of the Vaccines GBU. In Vaccines, you'll help protect half a billion lives every year and advance prevention on a global scale while shaping the future of immunization. **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:** + **Lead strategic evidence generation:** Develop and drive endorsement of the integrated evidence generation plan for at least one influenza vaccine product, combining scientific excellence with innovative approaches to fulfil unmet medical needs. Organize cross-functional input, prioritization, and build consensus around evidence generation strategy, and integrate external insights to maximize the value of the medical evidence driving our portfolio. + **Drive innovation in evidence generation:** Identify opportunities for strategic evidence generation aligned with the needs of the product strategy, develop innovative study ideas to fill data gaps, and leverage internal expertise, external partnerships and AI to promote agile, efficient and high-quality study implementation. + **Scientific leadership and accountability for study execution:** Act as the scientifically accountable lead for a suite of studies; including securing strategic and scientific endorsement, taking accountability for efficient and timely study execution, reporting progress to internal stakeholders, leading the interpretation and critical evaluation of study results. Maintain networks of external experts for advice and collaboration and support external stakeholder meetings. + **Communication of scientific findings:** Contribute to the effective dissemination of medical evidence through scientific publications, congress presentations, trainings, and coordinated communication efforts alongside medical affairs colleagues to the internal and external scientific community. + **Provide strategic internal advisory support:** Represent MEG in the global brand/project team, providing strategic scientific advice and epidemiological/medical evidence to inform franchise and portfolio strategy, guide R&D development strategies, support regulatory dossiers, and contribute to market access initiatives. **About You** This job requires a high level of technical knowledge of epidemiological methods, study operationalization, development of rigorous and innovative study ideas to fill data needs, and strategic thinking to develop evidence generation plans to meet research and business needs. The opportunity is primarily outward-looking, whether in cross-functional internal exchanges or in collaborations with external academic partners. As a result, it requires effective communication, as well as strong strategic thinking and interpersonal skills. + Minimum MPH/MSc in Epidemiology/Public Health or MD plus related MSc/MPH with 10 years’ experience, or PhD with 7 years’ experience. PhD in evidence generation field is a plus. + Strong background in clinical/epidemiological/public health research, including substantive experience in vaccine effectiveness and RWE (Real-World Evidence) research. Evidence of developing or leading innovation in evidence generation is highly valued. + Strong cross-functional collaboration abilities and proven network/partnership experience. Innovative scientific thinking, scientific excellence/rigor, and strong motivation for public health impact. Strategic thinking with ability to develop evidence generation plans that meet research needs. Excellent scientific communication skills. Knowledge of US and/or EU regulatory landscape a benefit. + Fluent in English **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. + Join a collaborative, innovative, cutting-edge team where out-of-the-box thinking is essential and your strategic evidence generation work directly shapes the influenza vaccine portfolio and global health outcomes. + Lead high-impact scientific initiatives with significant visibility across the organization, serving as a key advisor to franchise strategy, R&D, regulatory, and market access teams. + Build and leverage influential networks of internal and external scientific leaders, collaborating with academic partners and key opinion leaders to advance the field of influenza vaccine evidence generation. + As a Sanofian, help protect half a billion people every year, contributing to one of the largest global vaccination efforts in healthcare. + Help create sustainable vaccine solutions, from reducing carbon emissions in production to increasing global access to life-saving immunizations. + Make the impossible possible for millions by contributing to breakthrough scientific moments. + Join a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core, with Employee Resource Groups and leadership programs that celebrate every voice. 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. \#GD-SP \#LI-SP \#LI-Onsite \#vhd **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) ! _US and Puerto Rico Residents Only_ Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; 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. _North America Applicants Only_ The salary range for this position is: $178,500.00 - $257,833.33 All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. 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