Corporate Affairs Vaccines Lead Poland & CSE MCO
Sanofi · Warsaw, Poland · hybrid
About the job
As Corporate Affairs Lead – Vaccines within our Corporate Affairs team, you’ll shape the policy and communications environment that supports vaccine launches and immunization uptake across Poland and the CSE MCO. Ready to get started?
Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you’ll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization.
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.
Role Summary
The Corporate Affairs Lead – Vaccines is a hybrid Public Affairs and Communications role, acting as the primary corporate affairs point of contact for the Vaccines business across Poland and the CSE MCO (Central South Europe Multi-Country Organization). The role holder owns the Vaccines corporate affairs agenda in Poland end-to-end — both strategically and operationally — while coordinating with Corporate Affairs Leads across CSE MCO countries to shape coherent, locally relevant Public Affairs and Communications strategies for Vaccines. This role is instrumental in shaping the policy and communications environment to support Sanofi’s portfolio expansion, new launches and immunization uptake across the CSE MCO.
The role also serves as the regional entry point for global Vaccines Corporate Affairs matters, ensuring global insights, priorities and playbooks are translated into local action, and that local realities and intelligence flow back to global teams. The role holder works in close partnership with the Vaccines CSE MCO Leadership Team and contributes to the broader One Sanofi approach across the MCO.
Key Responsibilities
1. Poland – Strategic & Operational Ownership
Design, lead and execute the integrated Public Affairs and Communications strategy for Vaccines in Poland, aligned with business priorities, brand plans and launch readiness requirements, including:
- Policy & Advocacy Strategy: Shape a healthcare policy environment favorable to the Polish population and Sanofi's priorities by driving strategies that support national Immunization Program (NIP) inclusion and expansion, reimbursement and tender processes for priority vaccines (including RSV, meningococcal, pneumococcal, and adult immunization).
- Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Build and maintain strategic relationships with key external stakeholders, including government bodies, health authorities, policy makers, media, patient advocacy groups, coalitions, and scientific/professional associations to advocate for improved vaccination policies and processes. Develop network with EU policy makers as required to support our ambition in close collaboration with Sanofi bilateral engagement team.
- Landscape Intelligence & Strategic Counsel: Monitor the Polish healthcare policy and immunization landscape, anticipate risks and opportunities, and provide strategic counsel to Vaccines Poland leadership.
- Communications Strategy & Execution: Develop and execute the Vaccines communication plan/roadmap aligned with global and MCO priorities, including market-shaping communications (in partnership with Public Affairs, Policy and Market Access teams, with focus on pipeline and launch assets), disease awareness programs, and brand integration initiatives that advance scientific understanding and support commercial/market access objectives.
- Executive & Thought Leadership Communications: Develop executive communications and thought leadership plans for the MCO/Poland GM and Leadership Team, aligned with global executive communications and employee engagement strategies.
Operational Delivery:
- Lead public affairs activities in support of NIP listing and reimbursement submissions for priority Vaccines portfolio assets in Poland in close collaboration with Market Access and Franchise teams.
- Develop and execute vaccine confidence programs in partnership with healthcare professional associations, patient groups and public health bodies.
- Engage with Ministry of Health, National Institute of Public Health and Expert Advisory Group on Immunization to advance Sanofi’s immunization policy agenda.
- Support tender strategy communications and stakeholder engagement for key vaccines tenders in Poland.
- Manage day-to-day execution of Public Affairs and Communications activities, including media relations, advocacy campaigns, policy engagement, and stakeholder events for Vaccines in Poland.
- Support the local reimbursement process as part of the Brand/Launch team by leading relevant public affairs and communication activities.
- Lead crisis and reputation management activities related to Vaccines in Poland when required, in alignment with global and MCO guidelines.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Representation:
- Represent Sanofi in Vaccines Trade Association committees, ensuring internal alignment with the Country Lead, Vaccines GM, Poland CA Lead, and CSE CA Head.
- Collaborate with the CA Poland Lead to secure a One Sanofi approach toward the external ecosystem.
2. CSE MCO Coordination
Regional Strategy Alignment: The CSE MCO encompasses markets at varying stages of immunization program maturity hence the role holder must navigate this diversity with tailored strategy through partnering with Corporate Affairs Leads across CSE MCO countries to co-develop, align and ensure consistency of local Public Affairs and Communications strategies for Vaccines, balancing regional and global priorities with local market specificities. Monitors strategy execution together with the local Vx / CA team and work on relevant adjustments if necessary.
- Map and monitor NIP inclusion timelines and introduction priorities, reimbursement decisions, tender calendars across CSE market to anticipate advocacy windows and coordinate regional action.
- Facilitate cross-country learning on vaccine hesitancy mitigation strategies and disease awareness campaigns, leveraging best practices from within and outside CSE MCO.
- Coordinate regional positioning on shared policy challenges (e.g. adult immunization advocacy, RSV prevention frameworks / respiratory frameworks, procurement processes, vaccines funding ring fencing) to amplify Sanofi’s voice across the region.
- Identify opportunities and risks across priority geographies that could impact Sanofi's business objectives.
- Monitor and anticipate the external policy and regulatory environment across CSE MCO countries, translating intelligence into actionable strategic recommendations for leadership and country teams
- In partnership with country Corporate Affairs & leadership teams develop and maintain a comprehensive, live stakeholder engagement plan across Key Markets (policy influencers, policymakers, patient organizations, trade associations, government bodies).
- Supports the country Corporate Affairs to develop and maintain a comprehensive communication strategy by implementing the global market-shaping communications, with branded and unbranded communications programs, with a particular focus on pipeline and launch assets, disease awareness campaigns that build momentum and stakeholder confidence ahead of key milestones
Knowledge-Sharing & Capability Support: Facilitate best practice exchange and coordinated planning across CSE MCO countries, and support country teams in adapting global and regional Vaccines PA & Communications frameworks, campaigns and playbooks to their local context.
Integrated Communications: Liaise with the MCO External Communications Lead and Country Corporate Affairs teams to ensure consistent market input into MCO/country communications programs, and collaborate with Internal