Public Affairs Lead - Regional

Job title: Regional Public Affairs

• Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Work Style: Hybrid | Moderate travel

About the job

As Regional Public Affairs within our Public Affairs team, you'll support Sanofi's business objectives across Saudi Arabia by executing public affairs initiatives, managing healthcare ecosystem partnerships, and coordinating stakeholder engagement activities that improve patient outcomes, support access ambitions, and strengthen Sanofi's reputation. Ready to get started?

Join our Corporate Functions team and play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. You'll serve as the operational execution arm of Public Affairs and act as the primary owner of non-government stakeholder engagement across all Sanofi Business Units.

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:

• Develop and maintain engagement plans with scientific societies, medical associations, patient advocacy groups, universities, research institutions, healthcare clusters, disease-specific organizations, and leading healthcare institutions across Saudi Arabia.
• Lead execution of patient advocacy initiatives, disease-awareness programs, screening campaigns, prevention initiatives, and patient education programs that improve diagnosis, treatment pathways, and healthcare outcomes.
• Act as the Public Affairs focal point for priority healthcare accounts including major hospitals, centers of excellence, research organizations, scientific networks, and national healthcare programs.
• Support Specialty Care, Vaccines, and General Medicines priorities through stakeholder engagement strategies, KOL engagement initiatives, external partnership programs, advocacy activities, and disease area campaigns.
• Lead planning and execution of roundtables, advisory boards, healthcare forums, scientific meetings, stakeholder workshops, and patient engagement events across Saudi Arabia.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholder activities with Medical, Market Access, and Commercial teams to ensure aligned and impactful engagement.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement dashboards, project trackers, partnership pipeline reports, event calendars, and KPI monitoring to ensure timely execution of Public Affairs plans.
• Build long-term partnerships supporting Sanofi priorities and maintain comprehensive stakeholder mapping for priority disease areas.

About you

• 5–8 years of experience in Public Affairs, Healthcare Partnerships, Market Access, Key Account Management, Healthcare Consulting, or External Affairs.
• Strong understanding of the Saudi healthcare ecosystem, including familiarity with key institutions, scientific societies, and patient advocacy networks.
• Experience working with patient associations, scientific societies, or healthcare institutions in a partnership or engagement capacity.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex stakeholder engagement projects and coordinating cross-functional initiatives.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required for effective stakeholder engagement across diverse communities.
• Experienced level competencies in Patient Advocacy, Healthcare Policies, Launch Strategy, Foster Innovation, and Strategic Insights.
• Strong Partnership Development, Crisis Management, and Public Awareness Campaign capabilities.
• Excellent Business Acumen, Communication skills, and Stakeholder Relationship Management abilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Communications, Public Policy, Life Sciences, Business Administration, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

Why choose us?

• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet.
• Drive Progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably across Saudi Arabia.
• Build meaningful partnerships with leading healthcare institutions, scientific societies, and patient advocacy groups that create lasting impact on patient outcomes.
• Support teams across Specialty Care, Vaccines, and General Medicines by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed.
• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what's next.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what's never-been-done-before. You'll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.