Marketing Lead Pediatric Vaccines📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Sanofi is seeking a Marketing Lead, Pediatric Vaccines to drive commercial excellence and build indications within one of its innovative growth platforms. This full-time position is based in Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, with a focus on protecting lives for babies across the region. The role requires 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Company Overview

Sanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering growth. The company leverages a deep understanding of the immune system and an innovative pipeline to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions globally. In Vaccines, Sanofi advances prevention on a global scale, utilizing next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs to shape the future of immunization for the youngest and most vulnerable patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Discover insights and foresight using multiple sources, including direct customer contact, field visits, field force feedback, market research, and trends analysis, to understand patients, prescribers, and payers within a competitive context.
• Conduct business assessments to understand brand and portfolio competitiveness, aligning growth opportunities with regional and global brand strategy.
• Develop and validate a differentiated brand positioning and value proposition, building credible competitor strategies and scientific evidence to support brand differentiation.
• Develop the brand marketing plan in alignment with local, regional, and global strategies, driving tailored route-to-market strategies for new launches and monitoring KPIs to assess product performance.
• Design integrated brand campaigns combining detail aids, disease-state awareness, local and international congresses, and external expert programs, ensuring new launches follow launch excellence and governance practices.
• Develop a deep understanding of payers and regulators, formulating competitive pricing strategies and evidence-based access plans in coordination with clinical development.
• Design, plan, and execute integrated digital marketing campaigns, driving a comprehensive Go-to-Market agenda across all digital touchpoints.
• Develop and lead engagement plans with External Experts and thought leaders (KOLs) in alignment with Medical counterparts, positioning Sanofi as a partner of choice.
• Lead and develop the Key Account Manager team, driving performance management, training, and talent retention to build a high-performing, purpose-driven team.
• Manage full A&P and P&L responsibility with cost-conscious expenditure and resource allocation to ensure healthy business return on investment.

Experience Requirements

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of experience in a relevant marketing or commercial leadership role, ideally within the pharmaceutical or vaccine sector. This includes a proven track record in strategic marketing, P&L management, and team leadership.

Impact and Career Development

This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-impact pediatric vaccines portfolio with significant upcoming launches, shaping the future of immunization in Saudi Arabia. The position operates at the forefront of AI-driven research, smart manufacturing, and mRNA platforms. It contributes to global vaccination efforts, aiming to protect half a billion people annually, and supports breakthrough moments in vaccine development, such as the world's first RSV toddler vaccine. Career development is supported through access to mentoring, international mobility programs, and opportunities to grow across four continents.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Sanofi fosters a purpose-driven culture that values bold thinking, patient focus, and collaborative excellence, with comprehensive benefits supporting well-being and professional growth.