Project Manager Medical Communications

HYDERABAD (IN)ONSITEPOSTED: 9/17/2026
PHARMAFull-time
HIRING ORGANIZATIONSANOFIPharmaceuticals / Biotechnology
Sanofi

ROLE OVERVIEW

Lead project management for scientific communications and medical education deliverables, coordinating global stakeholders, publication workflows, compliance, budgets and team development across end-to-end delivery.

ROLE DEFINITION & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage end-to-end delivery of assigned publication and medical education projects
  • Build project scopes, plans and schedules with internal stakeholders
  • Coordinate internal and external stakeholder meetings and track activities, issues and risks
  • Support publication submissions, compliance approvals and publication management tools such as iEnvision and PromoMats
  • Manage assigned project budgets and external spend including approvals, purchase orders and goods received
  • Lead global publication planning, medical events and advisory board coordination
  • Maintain integrated scientific communication plans and support ServiceNow workflow implementation
  • Lead, mentor and develop associate project specialists, project specialists and associate project managers
Reporting Hierarchy: Hiring Manager: Head/Group Lead/Team Lead - Scientific Communications Operations; Leadership responsibility for associate project specialists, project specialists and associate project managers

* Role responsibilities and qualifications synthesized based on industry benchmark standards.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • More than 8 years of post-qualification experience
  • University degree, preferably in science
  • Experience in project management
  • Scientific or medical writing/communications experience
  • Pharma experience including therapeutic-area knowledge and/or publication submission exposure
  • Strong stakeholder management, communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • People leadership, mentoring, coaching and performance management experience
  • Excellent spoken and written English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Advanced or postgraduate degree in life sciences, pharmacy or a similar discipline
  • Experience with Enterprise Service Management/ServiceNow
  • Familiarity with AI/GenAI tools and automation platforms
  • Experience coordinating global medical events, advisory boards and publication planning

REQUIRED VERIFIED SKILLS

Project Management
Scientific Communications
Medical Writing
Medical Education
Publication Management
Publication Planning
Stakeholder Management
Compliance Management
Budget Management
ServiceNow
iEnvision
PromoMats
Pharma Experience
People Leadership

COMPENSATION & REWARDS

Salary: Competitive / Disclosed upon candidate shortlisting
Benefits: Standard benefits may include health insurance, provident fund, paid leave and other employee benefits; specific benefits are not disclosed in the supplied posting.
Compensation is not disclosed in the supplied job posting. No salary or bonus figures have been inferred.

ORGANIZATION CONTEXT & CULTURE

Sanofi is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and delivering medicines and vaccines, with operations spanning specialty care, vaccines, general medicines and other healthcare functions.

TEAM SIZE: 100,000+ employees
INDUSTRY: Pharmaceuticals / Biotechnology
Culture: Sanofi describes a people-focused environment centered on progress, collaboration, diversity, equity and inclusion, with cross-functional and global teamwork.

EXPECTED CAREER ROADMAP

The role provides progression within scientific communications and medical operations toward senior project/program management, scientific communications operations leadership and broader medical affairs or business operations leadership roles.

APPLICATION ADVISORY

Emphasize 8+ years of post-qualification experience; demonstrate end-to-end medical communications or publication project management; highlight scientific/medical writing and pharmaceutical experience; describe experience with global stakeholders, compliance, budgets and publication workflows; showcase people leadership, coaching and performance management; mention ServiceNow, iEnvision, PromoMats and AI/automation exposure where applicable.

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