Marketing Lead – Pediatric Vaccines

Job title: Marketing Lead - Pediatric Vaccines Location: Saudi Arabia Work Style: On-site About the job As Marketing Lead - Pediatric Vaccines, you'll drive commercial excellence and build indications within one of our most innovative growth platforms, protecting lives for babies across Saudi Arabia. Ready to get started? Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you'll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization for the youngest and most vulnerable patients. 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: 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 the 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. About you Minimum 5 years of managerial experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Minimum 8 years of total pharmaceutical experience. Vaccines experience is mandatory; experience within the Greater Gulf region is a strong advantage. KOL (Key Opinion Leader) engagement experience is mandatory. High learning agility with the ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities; proactive with a sense of urgency and strong leadership effectiveness in a matrix organization. Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, project management, and planning capabilities. Excellent presentation and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening), along with forecasting, planning, and budgeting expertise. Bachelor's degree, preferably in Pharmacy or Medicine; MBA or an academic marketing degree is preferred. Fluency in English and Arabic is required. Why choose us? Work at the forefront of AI-driven research, smart manufacturing, and groundbreaking mRNA platforms that are redefining the future of immunology. Help protect half a billion people every year, contributing to one of the largest global vaccination efforts in healthcare. Make the impossible possible for millions by contributing to breakthrough moments like the world's first RSV toddler vaccine. Develop your career with access to mentoring, international mobility programs, and opportunities to grow across four continents. Lead a high-impact pediatric vaccines portfolio with significant upcoming launches, shaping the future of immunization in Saudi Arabia. Thrive in a purpose-driven culture that values bold thinking, patient focus, and collaborative excellence, with comprehensive benefits supporting your well-being and professional growth. 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!