Public Affairs Lead- National Vaccines

Reference No : R2866454

Position Title: Public Affairs Lead - National Vaccines

Department: Public Affairs Canada

Location: Toronto, Canada (remote)

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.

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.

This is a newly created, high-impact position that brings together two critical public affairs functions under a single, integrated mandate dedicated exclusively to Sanofi's vaccines portfolio in Canada.

As Public Affairs

Lead -National Vaccines you will serve simultaneously as Sanofi Canada's primary relationship owner and strategist for Government relations and national patient advocacy groups and health coalitions specific to vaccines. This dual mandate reflects Sanofi's recognition that advancing vaccine confidence and immunization policy in Canada requires a unified, coordinated approach — one that connects the voices of patients and communities directly to the policy decisions that shape access to vaccines across the country.

Sitting within the Market Access & Public Affairs Canada team and reporting to the Head of Market Access & Public Affairs Canada, this role spans the full breadth of Sanofi's vaccines portfolio, including influenza, RSV/Beyfortus, meningococcal, pediatric, and adult and life-course immunization. You will be the architect of Sanofi Canada's external engagement strategy for vaccines — designing and executing integrated stakeholder engagement plans, building trusted long-term partnerships with patient organizations, and leading immunization policy advocacy efforts with federal and provincial health authorities in collaboration with provincial public affairs leads.

This is a role for a bold, strategic, and relationship-driven public affairs professional who is passionate about the power of vaccines to protect lives. You will bring together patient organizations, medical societies, government bodies, and cross-industry coalitions around shared immunization goals, and you will provide strategic counsel that shapes how Sanofi Canada shows up in the national immunization policy landscape. The successful candidate will embody Sanofi's values — Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, and Lead Together — and will thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional environment where external impact and internal collaboration go hand in hand.

Main Responsibilities Pillar 1 - Patient organizations and stakeholder engagement

  • As the primary relationship owner for national patient organizations, this role with develop and lead the national patient organization engagement strategy for Sanofi's vaccines portfolio, building trusted, long-term partnerships with patient advocacy groups (PAGs), disease-specific associations, and health coalitions across Canada.
  • Design and execute integrated stakeholder engagement plans (SEPs) aligned to vaccine confidence, disease awareness, and immunization uptake objectives, ensuring engagement activities are purposeful, measurable, and grounded in shared value with external partners.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams — including Medical, Market Access, Commercial, Regulatory, and Communications — to ensure that patient insights and community perspectives meaningfully inform brand strategy, launch readiness, and policy positions.
  • Lead the development of unbranded patient-facing educational resources and disease awareness campaigns in partnership with PAGs, supporting informed decision-making and strengthening public trust in immunization.
  • Represent Sanofi at national patient organization forums, immunization coalitions such as Immunize Canada, and multi-stakeholder summits, positioning Sanofi as a credible, values-driven partner in Canada's public health ecosystem.
  • Ensure all PAG engagements are conducted in full compliance with Sanofi's Global Operating Procedures (GOPs), the Interactions with Patients, Patient Advocates & PAGs policy, and all applicable Canadian regulations and industry codes of conduct.
  • Track and report on stakeholder engagement key performance indicators, including stakeholder behavior change, coalition creation, favorable media and digital coverage, and the receptivity of th
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