Project Manager – Medical Communications
ROLE OVERVIEW
This Project Manager – Medical Communications role at Sanofi Business Operations, Hyderabad, is a strategic enabler of scientific publication and medical education delivery across global therapeutic areas. As part of Scientific Communications Operations, the position coordinates publication planning, medical events, advisory boards, compliance submissions, and vendor budgets for slide decks, abstracts, posters, and manuscripts. It sits at the intersection of medical affairs, medical writing, and operational excellence, ensuring Sanofi's scientific narrative reaches healthcare professionals, regulators, and payers with accuracy and timeliness. The role is compelling because it combines project leadership, people mentoring, and cross-functional global stakeholder management within a top-tier biopharma. It also offers exposure to AI/GenAI-enabled workflows, ServiceNow ESM, iEnvision, PromoMats, and publication compliance tools—skills highly valued across India's growing medical communications and medical affairs hubs.
ROLE DEFINITION & RESPONSIBILITIES
- •Manage end-to-end delivery of publication and medical education projects, including slide decks, abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and advisory board materials, against agreed timelines and quality standards.
- •Develop scope-of-work documents, project schedules, risk registers, and resourcing plans with scientific writers and internal medical stakeholders across global teams.
- •Coordinate submission, approval, and compliance workflows in iEnvision, PromoMats, and related publication management systems, initiating amendments based on reviewer comments.
- •Track external spend, purchase orders, goods receipt, and budget adherence while supporting vendor governance and financial reconciliation for assigned deliverables.
- •Organize key internal and external stakeholder meetings, publication planning reviews, medical events, and advisory boards, ensuring clear documentation and follow-up actions.
- •Lead, mentor, and develop associate project specialists and project managers through goal-setting, performance reviews, coaching, onboarding, and capability-building initiatives.
- •Maintain integrated scientific communication plans with quarterly updates, collaborate with medical content enhancement teams, and support ServiceNow workflow implementation for reporting.
- •Drive process standardization, BOOM operating model adherence, mandatory training compliance, and continuous improvement across Scientific Communications hubs.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- University graduate degree, preferably in life sciences, pharmacy, biomedical sciences, or related discipline.
- Advanced/postgraduate degree in life sciences, pharmacy, or similar field is highly desirable.
- More than 8 years post-qualification experience in medical communications, scientific writing, publication management, or medical affairs operations.
- Proven project management experience in pharma, CRO, medical communications agency, or shared services environment.
- Demonstrated people leadership, including mentoring, performance management, and team capability development.
- Strong understanding of publication processes, compliance requirements, and end-to-end medical education delivery.
- Excellent spoken and written English, with ability to work across global, matrixed teams and time zones.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- •Experience with publication planning tools and compliance submissions
- •Knowledge of Good Publication Practice (GPP) and ICMJE guidelines
- •Exposure to vaccines, specialty care, immunology, oncology, or rare disease areas
- •PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certification
- •Familiarity with medical event and advisory board coordination
REQUIRED VERIFIED SKILLS
COMPENSATION & REWARDS
ORGANIZATION CONTEXT & CULTURE
Sanofi is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to human health. It researches, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative therapeutic solutions with a focus on specialty care, vaccines, general medicines, and consumer healthcare products. The company aims to prevent and treat a wide range of diseases worldwide.
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