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**Job Title:** Director, Internal Communications and Employee Engagement

**Location** : Cambridge MA

About the Job

In Specialty Care, our mission is to help people with debilitating and complex conditions in rare diseases, neurology, oncology, and immunology. These conditions are often difficult to diagnose and treat. But we aren’t afraid of challenges. They just push us to work harder, and to chase new potential therapies that help patients to live their lives.

The Global Specialty Care Communications team plays a key role in driving the success of Sanofi, strengthening and preserving our reputation in the complex fields of rare diseases, neurology, oncology, and immunology and engaging employees and external communities on the value of our portfolio and pipeline. We are impact-focused, action-driven, and we never settle for good enough.

The Director, Internal Communications & Employee Engagement, Global Specialty Care, is responsible for developing and leading internal communications strategy in close partnership with Sanofi’s Global Communications team. This role reports to the Head of Executive, Digital, and Internal Communications, Global SPC.

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities

Internal

+ Develop, own, and execute comprehensive internal communications strategies, campaigns, and resources to advance the Sanofi/Specialty Care narrative, positively influence employee perception and engagement, and drive senior leader communication effectiveness within Specialty Care.

+ Design and implement the SPC senior leader communication and engagement strategy, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and fostering a culture of transparent, timely, and impactful leadership communication.

+ Work closely with Specialty Care product communications to plan for and prioritize relevant news for GBU-wide visibility, ensuring messaging is aligned to the Sanofi strategy, best practices, and effectively communicated through senior leadership channels.

+ Implement a standardized internal communications model in preparation for 40+ potential launches over the next five years, incorporating senior leader involvement to amplify key messages and drive organizational readiness.

+ Lead the creation and distribution of content across various channels, including town halls, Viva Engage, intranet, and digital platforms, with a focus on leveraging senior leaders as key communicators and ambassadors for Specialty Care initiatives.

+ Partner with Global Corporate Communications to cascade One Sanofi content and inform GBU updates, while elevating Specialty Care content and therapeutic area milestones to Corporate for Sanofi-wide pull through. Ensure senior leaders are equipped with consistent messaging to reinforce corporate priorities within the Specialty Care context.

+ Drive continuous engagement and communication tactics through senior leadership in Specialty Care, including developing executive communication plans, crafting leadership messages, and coaching senior leaders on effective communication strategies.

+ Establish and maintain a robust feedback loop between employees and senior leadership, facilitating two-way communication and ensuring that employee voice is incorporated into strategic decision-making processes.

+ Develop metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of internal communications and senior leader engagement initiatives, regularly reporting on progress and recommending improvements to enhance overall communication impact.

About You

The Director, Internal Communications and Employee Engagement is a strategic, motivated, and talented communications leader, with an enterprise mindset and ability to influence without authority.

Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's degree required, master’s degree preferred in communications, journalism, or related field

+ 10+ years of progressive communications experience with significant leadership responsibility

+ Demonstrated success leading internal communications for a global organization, preferably in healthcare or pharmaceuticals

+ Exceptional strategic thinking and ability to translate business strategy into communications approaches

+ Outstanding leadership presence with ability to influence and advise C-suite executives

+ Proven track record managing complex communications challenges and crisis situations

+ Strong understanding of digital communications and evolving media landscape

+ Experience leading and developing high-performing global teams

+ Superior written and verbal communication skills

+ Ability to operate effectively in a complex, global matrix organization

+ Deep understanding of the healthcare industry, regulatory environment, and stakeholder landscape

Why Choose Us?

+ Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

+ Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

+ Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

+ Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !

_US and Puerto Rico Residents Only_

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

_North America Applicants Only_

The salary range for this position is:

$137,250.00 - $198,250.00

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK (https://benefits.sanofiusallwell.com/fleet/public/index/ba511bf8-5c32-4828-9861-ab985fffab90/?cid=sanofi) .

Global Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Statement (https://www.sanofi.com/en/careers/global-terms-and-conditions/)

Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.

With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)

As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.

All in for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sanofi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=2s)