Medical Science Liaison Manager

Synthorx

Synthorx

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Posted on May 20, 2026

Job title: Medical Science Liaison Manager

  • Location: Riyadh, KSA
  • Saudi national preferred

About the job

As Medical Science Liaison Manager within our General Medicines Medical team, you'll lead and develop a high-performing MSL team to deliver strategic scientific engagement and drive medical excellence across the region. Ready to get started?

Join the team transforming how healthcare is delivered for chronic and specialty conditions worldwide. In General Medicines, you'll help drive meaningful outcomes in diabetes, transplant, and immunology - with the scale and urgency patients deserve.

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:

  • Coach and develop your MSL team across four core accountability areas: Scientific Engagement, Insights Generation, Data Generation Support, and Internal Collaboration
  • Co-create and execute Country Medical Plans aligned to medical priorities, leveraging all available MSL tools and resources
  • Set and monitor individual and team performance goals, tracking metrics, budgets, and KPIs to ensure excellence in execution
  • Build talent engagement and retention strategies through clear career pathways and personalized development plans
  • Ensure MSLs maintain fair, balanced scientific exchanges with key external stakeholders through current clinical and scientific knowledge
  • Lead insights generation activities, translating field observations into strategic insights that drive decision-making
  • Facilitate communication of scientific and medical insights to cross-functional stakeholders and regional/global teams
  • Ensure all compliance and governance processes are followed, including training requirements and regulatory adherence

About you

  • Experience: 5 to 8 years Demonstrated experience leading and developing MSL or medical affairs teams, with a solid background in scientific engagement and field medical operations; prior experience as a senior MSL or team lead within a pharmaceutical or biopharma environment is expected for this manager role
  • Soft and technical skills: Deep knowledge of healthcare systems, medical landscape, regulatory and payer environments; demonstrated agility in identifying critical tasks and resources; effective participation in multi-disciplinary teams; strong time management and coaching abilities
  • Education: Medical, pharmacy, or postgraduate science degree required; postgraduate degree such as Masters or MBA is valuable
  • Languages: Fluency in relevant local language(s) and English

Why choose us?

  • Help shape the future of care for chronic and complex conditions like diabetes, transplant, and immunology - driving impact at global scale
  • Lead meaningful scientific engagement that reaches more than 100 million people each year through our medicines
  • Grow your leadership impact within Sanofi through internal mobility opportunities across functions, regions, and the entire product lifecycle
  • Develop your team in a simpler, digital- and AI-powered business that's rethinking how we work and engage with the world
  • Collaborate across Sanofi's global medical network, contributing to regional and global strategy while building your internal profile
  • Join a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core, with Employee Resource Groups and leadership programs that celebrate every voice

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what's never-been-done-before. You'll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!