Sanofi

Sanofi

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FFE BP Lead GenMed

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Posted Sep 8, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Product, Strategy & Operations Business Operations Business Analysis
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Shanghai
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
minimum 6+ years experience in MNC
Education
Minimum bachelor degree

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Role Summary

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The FFE BP Lead supports GBU/BU general managers with field force strategy, execution excellence, productivity improvement, and data-driven analytical solutions. The role partners with business units, customer engagement teams, digital and Omni-channel teams, marketing, and supporting functions to improve field force planning, execution tracking, and FFE operations in China.

What You'll Do

  • Lead quarterly and yearly field force planning cycles, including territory alignment and target setting, with GBU/BU teams.
  • Provide methodologies, tools, templates, and analytical support for field force sizing, deployment, territory management, workload...
  • Design execution frameworks and tracking mechanisms for customer profiling, segmentation, targeting, customer interactions, and objectives.
  • Manage FFE dashboards, including design, data collection, production, and delivery, and provide routine and ad-hoc analysis to GBU/BU...
  • Lead or coordinate FFE projects and manage day-to-day FFE operational support for GBU/BU teams.
  • Manage the FFE Analysis Team and support its people development.

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Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree; minimum 6+ years of FFE, field force management, or business consulting experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or healthcare-related industries; project management experience; knowledge of pharmaceutical field force models, territory alignment, target setting, FFE tools, processes, performance tracking methodologies, analytical frameworks, and China pharmaceutical field operations; strong analytical, communication, English, stakeholder collaboration, and cross-team influence skills.

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Minimum 6+ years of FFE, field force management, or business consulting work experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or...
  • Project management experience
  • Knowledge of pharmaceutical field force models, territory alignment principles, and target setting guidelines
  • Knowledge of FFE tools, processes, performance tracking methodologies, and analytical frameworks
  • In-depth understanding of field team environment and operations in the China pharmaceutical industry
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Good command of written and oral English

Preferred

  • Advanced degree such as Master, PhD, or MBA
  • Specialty care experience
  • Change management with FFE transformation or evolution experience

Original job description

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JOB PURPOSE:

The FFE BP Lead facilitates decision-making of GBU/BU GM in terms of field force force strategy and execution excellence. This is achieved through creating and delivering data-driven analytical solutions, solving business problems and providing high impact end-to-end statistical approaches.

• Be an analytical engine and advisor to GBU/BU to joinly improve field force force execution excellence and productivity improvement

• Provide insights and recommendations on GBU/BU execution planning, and build an effective execution tracking system with BU

• Manage field force force planning process for GBU/BU

• Drive continuous customer engagement transition by leveraging digital and new technology

• Collaborate with GBU/BU, other CE teams and supporting functions to drive continuous improvement of FFE processes and activities

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Field Force Planning

• Support GBU/BUs on the field force force sizing and deployment plan following business objectives

• Provide methodologies, templates, tools and analytical support to GBU/BU on field force territory management (including target hospital identification and potential analysis), workload estimation, territory alignment, target setting, and listing planning

• Bring insights and experience to ensure the field force planning fits to the business nature in China and align with business strategy

• Lead the quarterly and yearly field force planning cycle (territory alignment and target setting) with GBU/BU and ensure timely delivery with quality

• Act as a key coordinator between GBU/BU and FFE Incentive team on the incentive design to ensure strong alignment between business priority and incentive design

Execution Planning

• Closely work with GBU/BU to support execution framework design and continuous improvement for customer profiling, segmentation and targeting, customer interaction planning (calls, remote engagement, and events) and objective setting

• Design execution tracking mechanisms/report for GBU/BU and closely monitor the tracking the executions with GBU/BU management team

• Provide insights and recommendations to GBU/BU management on the execution status, gaps and suggestions

• Drive the continuous execution model transition with GBU/BU and work closely with digital and Omni-channel teams in and outside GBU/BU

Analysis and Insight Generation

• Manage FFE related dashboard for GBU/BU, including design, data collection, production and delivery

• Work closely with marketing and field force teams to understand and translate business needs into analytic requirements

• Provide both routine and ad-hoc analysis for GBU/BU management on execution excellence, productivity improvement and resource allocation

Operation and Data management

• Lead/Coordinate key FFE projects with GBU/BU (such as customer segmentation, field force sizing and etc.)

• Manage day to day FFE related operation supports to GBU/BU

• Coordinate with GBU/BU and other teams to fine-tune system of field force operation for better efficiency and effectiveness

FFE BP Team Management

• Manage FFE Analysis Team to ensure quality support to GBU/BU

• Be responsible for the people development of the FFE Analysis team

JOB-HOLDER ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

• Minimum bachelor degree

• Advanced degree (such as Master, PhD, or MBA) is preferred

Experience & knowledge:

• Rich FFE/Field force management/business consulting work experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical or healthcare related industries with minimum 6+ years experience in MNC, specialty care experience is strongly preferred

• Project management experience is must, change management with FFE transformation or evolution experience is preferred

• Good knowledge of pharmaceutical field force model, territory alignment principles, target setting guidelines

• Solid knowledge in FFE tools, processes, performance tracking methodologies and analytical frameworks and in-depth understanding in the environment and operation of field team in the China pharmaceutical industry

Core competencies:

• Strong communication skills to influence the key stakeholders and collaborate with partner departments

• Strong business sense and judgment capability to identify the priority performance bottleneck

• Result oriented and willingness to take initiatives to challenge the status quo and optimize

• Strong analytical skills to drive a wide range of analysis, both independently and with teamwork

• Intellectual capacity to drive solutions within the constraints of complex business environment and processes

• Ability to navigate through cross-team dynamics and drive influences and impacts

• Good capability to learn and adapt to a rapidly changing industry environment and practices

• Ability to work under pressure and potential overtime to deliver high-quality work on a timely basis

• Good command of both written and oral English

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Sanofi

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Sanofi is a global healthcare leader committed to promoting health and well-being through the development of innovative medicines, vaccines, and therapeutic solutions. With a diverse portfolio that spans multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, oncology, and immunology, Sanofi is dedicated to addressing pressing health challenges and improving patient outcomes worldwide. Headquartered in France, the company employs over 100,000 individuals across more than 100 countries, fostering a culture of collaboration and scientific excellence to drive advancements in healthcare.

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