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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Onsite
Job title: Head, Health System Strategy, Rare Diseases
Location: Cambridge, MA
7 Products + 2 Launches
$2.2B → $3.1B (2030)
2 Direct Reports
Including landmark AATD Therapy, 1H 2027, VENG 2H 2026
About the job
Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.
As Head, Health System Strategy, Rare Diseases within our US Rare Disease Leadership Team, you'll lead provider-focused strategy across a $2.2B business with 7 marketed products and 2 pipeline launches, including a landmark AATD therapy in 1H 2027. You'll build strategic partnerships with health systems and IDNs, optimize care pathways, and accelerate patient diagnosis and treatment access. This role is a member of the US Leadership Team and reports directly to the General Manager. Ready to get started?
You'll be joining Sanofi's US Rare Disease business at a pivotal moment—managing a portfolio with clear growth trajectory to $3.1B by 2030, leading health system strategy for breakthrough therapies, and shaping how we partner with leading academic medical centers and integrated delivery networks to transform patient outcomes.
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:
Health System Strategy & Care Pathway Optimization
Lead integrated health system strategy to accelerate diagnosis, optimize care pathways, and improve treatment access across the rare disease portfolio
Identify barriers across the patient journey—diagnosis, referral, treatment initiation, reimbursement—and develop targeted, scalable solutions
Leverage patient journey analytics, health economics, and real-world evidence to guide pathway strategy and institutional engagement
Champion launch readiness for the landmark AATD therapy (1H 2027) across provider and health system dimensions
Collaborate with Health System leads across business units; share best practices and leverage common resources
Institutional Partnership & Shared Value Strategy
Identify the shared strategic priorities—the "main thing"—between Sanofi Rare Disease and senior institutional leaders, finding the intersection where patient access goals align with the institution's own clinical, operational, and outcome objectives
Build trust-based, mutually beneficial partnerships with health system executives, department chairs, and medical directors that go beyond transactional engagement toward genuine value co-creation
Design and execute collaborative frameworks where Sanofi and institutional partners work toward a common purpose: getting the right rare disease patients diagnosed and treated faster
Engage senior stakeholders at leading academic medical centers and IDNs to uncover and activate shared opportunities that benefit patients, providers, and the health system
Navigate Legal & Compliance requirements for all health system partnerships and B2B solutions, ensuring all engagements are structured for sustainability and integrity
Provider Partnerships & B2B Solutions
Build strategic partnerships with health systems, IDNs, and provider organizations across the rare disease landscape
Design B2B solutions that address health system needs across health information technology (HIT), operations, and patient experience
Expand key opinion leader relationships to uncover value-creation opportunities and advance rare disease awareness and diagnosis
Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration
Serve as the US Leadership Team subject matter expert on health system dynamics, care delivery trends, and provider engagement strategy
Integrate health system considerations into launch planning, lifecycle management, and portfolio strategy
Monitor the competitive landscape and evolving care delivery models in partnership with Business Insights & Solutions
Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team of 2 direct reports
About you
Required:
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MS, PhD) strongly preferred
10+ years of experience in pharma, biotech, healthcare (medical center or large practice), or payer environment
7+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives
Demonstrated expertise in health system/provider strategy and partnerships with IDNs, health systems, and medical groups
Proven track record in care pathway optimization and patient journey analytics
Strong business acumen with understanding of health system economics and B2B solutions
Excellent communication skills with ability to influence and negotiate at the executive level
Ability to navigate complex, highly regulated environments while managing multiple priorities
Preferred:
Experience in rare disease or specialty therapeutics
Track record with organized customers and health system partnerships
Experience with patient journey analytics, health economics, and real-world evidence
Product launch experience, particularly in rare disease or specialty settings
Experience with HIT integration and operational solutions for health systems
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.
Lead health system strategy for a high-growth $2.2B rare disease business with a clear path to $3.1B
Play a pivotal role in launching a landmark AATD therapy that will transform patient lives
Join the US Leadership Team and shape strategy across the entire rare disease portfolio
Partner with leading academic medical centers and health systems to co-create patient value
Work at the intersection of innovation, patient access, and institutional partnership
Be part of a mission-driven team chasing the miracles of science to improve patients' lives.
Sanofi US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive 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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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.
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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:
$232,500.00 - $335,833.33All 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.
