Corporate Affairs Manager

• Reading, UK

About the job

Our Team:

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

The Corporate Affairs Manager is responsible for the implementation of an integrated government affairs and communications programme to deliver our priorities for the Specialty Care Business Unit in the UK.

Main responsibilities:

The role will work within the Corporate Affairs Team to:

• Positively disrupt the external policy environment to improve patient access to medicines and support future innovation
• Grow our profile externally to help us to achieve our ambition of being the leading immunology company by 2030
• Achieve market access for our pipeline products
• Support the growth of our priority brands through impactful disease awareness campaigns and product communication
• Communicate an overarching One Sanofi narrative and mindset that enhances our reputation externally and inspires our people internally

About you

To excel in the role you will ideally have:

• 5+ years of Corporate Affairs experience (media relations, public affairs and/or patient engagement) preferably in a communications/public affairs agency or a healthcare company
• Knowledge of the political, policy and media landscape across the UK
• Experience of supporting the market access of innovations into the UK
• Experience of running campaigns in the UK and achieving policy change
• Experience in developing and implementing effective, high-profile and measurable corporate and/or product communications strategies that cross all channels (earned, social, shared, owned, paid), ideally in a healthcare setting
• Strong strategic, oral and written communication skills with the ability to foster clear information exchanges with various audiences
• Understanding of how to develop and execute innovative, measurable corporate affairs programmes
• An ability to influence and bring about change externally and internally

Why choose us?

• A global healthcare leader committed to transforming the practice of medicine
• A diverse and inclusive workplace where your professional growth is supported
• The opportunity to make a real impact on patients, healthcare systems and communities
• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team
• Be part of a Corporate Affairs team driving Sanofi’s reputation, culture and engagement in the UK & Ireland
• Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case-by-case basis according to business needs and resources
• We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to offering interviews to candidates who request consideration under the Scheme and meet the minimum requirements for this role
• If you have a disability and require adjustments for the interview process, please email us at diversity.recruitmentUKIE@sanofi.com. We are dedicated to ensuring an inclusive and supportive experience for all applicants

Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to offering interviews to candidates who request consideration under the Scheme and meet the minimum requirements for this role.

If you have a disability and require adjustments for the interview process, please email us at diversity.recruitmentUKIE@sanofi.com. We are dedicated to ensuring an inclusive and supportive experience for all applicants.

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.

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