Job Title: Head of U.S. Health Economics & Value Assessment (HEVA) Location: Cambridge, MA, Morristown, NJAbout the JobJoin 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.The Head of U.S. Health Economics & Value Assessment (HEVA) is a senior strategic and scientific leader responsible for shaping and executing the U.S. HEVA strategy for Sanofi’s Specialty Care portfolio, the company’s largest and most complex market and region.Reporting to the GlobalHead of HEVA, Specialty Care, with a dotted-line accountability to the U.S. Specialty Care Business (Value & Access or U.S. Head), this role leads a team of U.S. HEVA Therapeutic Area (TA) Leads who deliver the evidence and insights needed to ensure access, inform policy, and demonstrate value throughout the product lifecycle (from launch through post-launch optimization).The U.S. HEVA Head is a strategic business partner and thought leader—translating global evidence into US regional impact, delivering US specific evidence generation and dissemination, shaping payer and policymaker dialogue, and ensuring HEVA evidence directly influence pricing, access, and policy decisions. This is a market-facing, enterprise-critical leadership role that ensures Sanofi’s evidence translates into real-world impact in its most commercially significant region.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:Strategic Leadership and Market ImpactDefine and execute the U.S. HEVA strategy across all Specialty Care therapeutic areas, aligned with global HEOR, U.S. Medical, and Commercial priorities.Serve as a member of both the Global HEOR Leadership Team and the U.S. Specialty Care Leadership Team, ensuring full alignment and integration between global and US regional strategies.Translate HEVA evidence into business and policy impact—driving payer engagement, value positioning, and access strategies.Anticipate and proactively address U.S. policy and reimbursement dynamics (eg, PDAB, ICER, IRS, MFN) through strategic evidence planning and engagement.Represent Sanofi externally as a U.S. HEVA thought leader, advancing the role of evidence in access, policy, and clinical decision-making.Evidence Generation and DisseminationOversee design and execution of U.S.-focused HEVA inclusive of RWE program that demonstrate product value across diverse payer and healthcare systems.Lead launch excellence and post-launch US specific HEVA strategies, ensuring evidence generation aligns with U.S. access, pricing, and policy needs.Develop and guide compliant and impactful US evidence dissemination pathways (eg, HCEI, PIE, CFL, etc.)—including publications, payer dossiers, field materials, and digital platforms.Partner with U.S. Medical Affairs/Value & Access to ensure appropriate use of HEOR evidence in field communications and training.Champion data-driven storytelling that enhances HEVA’s impact and visibility in internal and external forums.Policy, Payer, and Stakeholder EngagementCollaborate with Value & Access, US Medical Affairs, and Policy teams to deliver evidence that informs value frameworks, PDAB and ICER responses, value-based contracting strategies, etc.Partner with State Government Affairs and external advocacy organizations to shape emerging access and affordability policies.Lead engagement with key US policy stakeholders (eg, ICER) to represent Sanofi’s HEVA perspectives and scientific rigor.Support Sanofi’s external advocacy, guidelines, and evidence education initiatives to shape practice and reimbursement in the US.People, Culture, and Organizational LeadershipLead and develop a high-performing U.S. HEVA team, fostering scientific excellence, collaboration, and accountability.Empower U.S. TA Leads to act as strategic partners to the business and thought leaders in their therapeutic areas.Promote a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning aligned with HEVA's goals.Model integrity, transparency, and ethical leadership in all scientific and operational activities.Performance, Integration, and GovernanceEstablish and track US HEVA performance metrics that demonstrate measurable business impact.Ensure alignment between U.S. and global HEVA priorities, creating a two-way bridge for knowledge sharing, effective hand-off peri-launch and best practices.Oversee budgeting, resourcing, and operational excellence to ensure effective and compliant delivery for the US business.Maintain full compliance with enterprise, legal, and regulatory standards in evidence generation and dissemination specific to the US.About YouEducation:Advanced degree (PhD, MD, MSc, MPH, or PharmD) in a scientific disciplineExperience:Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), real world evidence, or related evidence and policy leadership rolesProven success leading U.S. HEOR strategy and execution across multiple therapeutic areas within large, matrixed organizationsRecognized externally as a HEOR leader with credibility among payers, policymakers, and academic peersDeep understanding of the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, payer and policy landscape, and evolving regulatory environmentDemonstrated ability to translate evidence into business impact, influence policy, and drive access outcomesExperience managing scientific teams and cross-functional stakeholders at senior enterprise levelsApproximately 25% travel expected, primarily domestic with occasional international trips.Leadership competencies:Strong leadership across strategic, operational, and people dimensions with a track record of team developmentExcellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to convey complex evidence to senior management and external stakeholdersDeep understanding of the U.S. healthcare, policy, and regulatory environment with a commitment to compliance and ethicsEntrepreneurial and team spirit and ability to develop creative solutions to complex problemsWhy Choose UsBring 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.
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#vhdPursue , discover 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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at !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.The salary range for this position is:$258,750.00 - $373,750.00All 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 .
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