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Sanofi Group Medical Science Liaison in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job title: Medical Science Liaison – Immunology (Respiratory & GI)
- Location: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
About the job
As a Medical Science Liaison – Immunology (Respiratory & GI) within our Specialty Care team, you'll serve as the vital bridge between cutting-edge science and clinical practice. You'll build trusted relationships with key scientific experts, support clinical research initiatives, and bring real-world medical insights back to our brand teams to help shape breakthrough treatments for patients with immune challenges. Ready to get started?
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.
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
Build and maintain balanced scientific relationships with key external experts to deepen understanding of customer research needs and opportunities in Immunology (Respiratory & GI).
Develop a clear understanding of the healthcare ecosystem through stakeholder mapping and identifying key milestones in patient journeys.
Provide healthcare professionals and decision-makers with accurate, balanced, and timely scientific information about our Immunology portfolio.
Collaborate closely with Medical Affairs and clinical teams to coordinate Phase IV clinical projects, facilitate investigator-sponsored study submissions, support publications, and assist in site selection.
Act as a product expert supporting commercial teams during training sessions, particularly in handling medical objections.
Serve as the primary source of real-world medical insights and scientific expert feedback from the field to brand teams.
Represent Sanofi at key medical and scientific conferences by staffing medical information booths, gathering competitive intelligence, and observing sponsored speakers.
Receive, document, and report adverse events according to company procedures and ensure risk management plan implementation and monitoring.
About you
Education: University degree in life sciences required; MD, PhD, or PharmD strongly preferred
Experience: At least 2 years of experience in specialty care and/or Immunology/Gastroenterology is a plus
Technical skills: Strong knowledge of clinical research methodology and Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively at various management levels, including with scientific external experts
Soft skills: Self-motivated team player with business acumen, resource planning abilities, and the capacity to inspire and motivate others
Languages: Full professional proficiency in English and Arabic
Why choose us?
Work at the intersection of cutting-edge immunoscience and patient care, helping deliver breakthrough treatments to those with the highest unmet medical needs.
Build meaningful relationships with leading scientific experts and key opinion leaders while contributing to clinical research that shapes the future of Immunology care.
Develop your career in a purpose-driven environment with opportunities to grow across therapeutic areas, functions, and geographies.
Collaborate with diverse, multidisciplinary teams across Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, and Commercial functions to drive patient impact.
Thrive in a workplace that values scientific excellence, ethical leadership, and your personal well-being with comprehensive benefits and flexible working options.
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
Pursue progress , discover extraordinary
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.
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Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.
With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)
As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.
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