Associate Director, Market Research – Systemic Mastocytosis (SM)

Job Title: Associate Director, Market Research – Systemic Mastocytosis (SM)

Location: Cambridge, MA or Morristown, NJ

About The Job

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases, 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.

Strategic Context

Sanofi has the most robust pipeline and forthcoming product launches in the company’s history. As the next phase of the Play‑To‑Win strategy, Sanofi must support this pipeline to deliver scientific miracles worldwide. The new GTMC organization is charged with delivering best‑in‑class capabilities to bring speed and increased value to commercial operations.

GTMC Organization Aims

• Centralize Go‑to‑Market operational tasks across business units.
• Standardize best‑in‑class capabilities, strengthen global support, and implement a better vertical reporting structure.
• Define ways of working, bringing clarity on interactions across GBUs, Digital, and Commercial execution support teams.

Role Overview

The Associate Director, Market Research – Systemic Mastocytosis (SM) will be a key member of the Insights and Analytics team, responsible for providing market and customer insights primarily through the execution of market research to help drive key strategic and tactical decisions across Sanofi. The role reports to the Director, Insights & Analytics – Systemic Mastocytosis (SM) and will be based in Cambridge, MA or Morristown, NJ.

Main Responsibilities

• Orchestrate a highly relevant insight agenda for the US Systemic Mastocytosis business; proactively identify needs and recommend effective solutions.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the US Commercial team, leveraging external context and customer needs.
• Support standard US Commercial business processes such as performance tracking, forecasting demand, and alignment of competitive insights.
• Develop strong partnerships across a matrixed internal environment including US Commercial, the Insights & Analytics Team, and Global.
• Collaborate with the Insights vendor community to design, execute, and report market research studies that deliver actionable insights.
• Manage projects, driving collaboration between internal and external teams from vision through fieldwork and reporting.
• Communicate data and insights clearly and concisely, focusing on customer needs with actionable recommendations.
• Operationalize insight workstreams on time, within budget, and compliantly.
• Serve as an insights subject‑matter expert, leading and developing colleagues where applicable.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS, MD, PhD) preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech market research.
• Strong primary market research capabilities with knowledge of quantitative, qualitative, and agile approaches.
• Excellent project management skills; proven ability to lead multiple workstreams compliantly and timely.
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen with deep understanding of the life‑sciences industry.
• Knowledge of secondary/syndicated pharmaceutical data sources including prescription data, patient claims data, and promotional audits.
• Excellent communication skills across all organizational levels, including senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on US Commercial launches, preferably with 2+ years focused on Rare Disease, Immunology, or Oncology.
• Experience working with New Product Planning, Marketing, Value & Access functions.
• Vendor management experience in the insights/market research space.

Soft Skills

• Ability to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and act as a strategic partner.
• Clear communication to various audiences, including senior leadership.
• Influence key decision‑makers in a highly matrixed environment.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy of insights.
• High curiosity, analytical and emotional reasoning.
• Strong work ethic and personal motivation.

Benefits and Why Choose Us

• Supportive, future‑focused team bringing science to life.
• Opportunities for growth through promotions or lateral moves, domestically or internationally.
• Thoughtful rewards package that recognizes contributions.
• Extensive health and wellbeing benefits, including healthcare, preventive and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks of gender‑neutral parental leave.

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 here.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are equal‑opportunity 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 status, domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or military status, domestic violence victim status, genetic information, or other characteristics protected by law.