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Location: Cambridge, MA
About the Job
The Go-to-Market Capabilities (GTMC) organization is designed to drive best-in-class capabilities across Sanofi, bringing value and excellence to our commercial operations through innovative technology, standardized processes, and customer-centric engagement.
The North America Go-to-Market Capabilities Omnichannel (NA GTMC OC) team supports Sanofi's North American businesses by delivering meaningful, agile, and customer-focused marketing across channels. The team includes omnichannel strategy, media, web, personalization, campaign management, operations, and transformation capabilities that help brands accelerate business outcomes while improving customer experiences.
The Associate Director, Media Strategy & Planning serves as a strategic media lead for one of Sanofi's largest and most dynamic brands. This role is responsible for developing and leading integrated media strategies that support customer engagement, advance franchise objectives, and drive measurable business outcomes. Partnering closely with Brand, Digital, Analytics, and agency teams, this individual will oversee media strategy, planning, execution, and optimization across multiple channels and indications. The successful candidate will be a highly collaborative leader who can navigate a complex matrix environment, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and bring innovative thinking to DTC and HCP engagement while delivering best-in-class media performance.
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.
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
- Lead the development and evolution of the brand's media roadmap, audience framework, learning agenda, KPIs, annual channel plans, business objectives, and investment priorities across all indications.
- Serve as the primary strategic media partner to the Brand Marketing teams across Dermatology, Respiratory, and Gastroenterology, actively participating in annual brand planning and translating brand strategies into integrated omnichannel media plans.
- Oversee media budget allocation, forecasting, channel investment strategies, and performance against business objectives while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and maximize return on investment.
- Lead and manage the brand's Media Agency of Record (AOR), ensuring effective planning, execution, optimization, performance measurement, governance, and ongoing capability development.
- Establish and communicate leading and lagging KPIs, measurement frameworks, and learning agendas that demonstrate media effectiveness, inform optimization decisions, and support franchise growth.
- Partner closely with Data, Analytics, Insights, Omnichannel, Consumer Media, Search, and Brand teams to identify optimization opportunities, generate actionable recommendations, and ensure cohesive customer engagement strategies across channels.
- Drive innovation through audience-first planning, advanced targeting strategies, emerging media technologies, and omnichannel engagement approaches that enhance customer experience and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Brand, Digital, Omnichannel Operations, Procurement, Legal, Finance, agency, and alliance stakeholders to ensure compliant, efficient, and effective execution of all media initiatives.
- Stay current on healthcare media trends, measurement methodologies, targeting capabilities, and industry innovations, proactively identifying opportunities to strengthen the brand's media capabilities and competitive advantage.
- Contribute to broader GTMC transformation initiatives by championing agile ways of working, standardization, continuous improvement, best-practice sharing, and the evolution from indication-based planning to specialist-centric engagement models.
About You
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 8+ years of experience in media strategy, digital marketing, media planning, performance marketing, omnichannel marketing, or related roles.
- Pharmaceutical media experience required (brand side, agency side, or relevant consulting/pharma media experience considered).
- Experience with both HCP and DTC media required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting specialty pharmaceutical brands and/or multi-indication portfolios.
- Experience managing media agencies and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
- Both agency-side and brand-side experience.
- Agency experience is strongly preferred.
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Why choose us
- Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
- Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
- Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next.
Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions.
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.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.
Job Title: Associate Director, Media Strategy & Planning
Location: Cambridge, MA
About the Job
The Go-to-Market Capabilities (GTMC) organization is designed to drive best-in-class capabilities across Sanofi, bringing value and excellence to our commercial operations through innovative technology, standardized processes, and customer-centric engagement.
The North America Go-to-Market Capabilities Omnichannel (NA GTMC OC) team supports Sanofi's North American businesses by delivering meaningful, agile, and customer-focused marketing across channels. The team includes omnichannel strategy, media, web, personalization, campaign management, operations, and transformation capabilities that help brands accelerate business outcomes while improving customer experiences.
The Associate Director, Media Strategy & Planning serves as a strategic media lead for one of Sanofi's largest and most dynamic brands. This role is responsible for developing and leading integrated media strategies that support customer engagement, advance franchise objectives, and drive measurable business outcomes. Partnering closely with Brand, Digital, Analytics, and agency teams, this individual will oversee media strategy, planning, execution, and optimization across multiple channels and indications. The successful candidate will be a highly collaborative leader who can navigate a complex matrix environment, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and bring innovative thinking to DTC and HCP engagement while delivering best-in-class media performance.
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.
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
- Lead the development and evolution of the brand's media roadmap, audience framework, learning agenda, KPIs, annual channel plans, business objectives, and investment priorities across all indications.
- Serve as the primary strategic media partner to the Brand Marketing teams across Dermatology, Respiratory, and Gastroenterology, actively participating in annual brand planning and translating brand strategies into integrated omnichannel media plans.
- Oversee media budget allocation, forecasting, channel investment strategies, and performance against business objectives while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and maximize return on investment.
- Lead and manage the brand's Media Agency of Record (AOR), ensuring effective planning, execution, optimization, performance measurement, governance, and ongoing capability development.
- Establish and communicate leading and lagging KPIs, measurement frameworks, and learning agendas that demonstrate media effectiveness, inform optimization decisions, and support franchise growth.
- Partner closely with Data, Analytics, Insights, Omnichannel, Consumer Media, Search, and Brand teams to identify optimization opportunities, generate actionable recommendations, and ensure cohesive customer engagement strategies across channels.
- Drive innovation through audience-first planning, advanced targeting strategies, emerging media technologies, and omnichannel engagement approaches that enhance customer experience and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Brand, Digital, Omnichannel Operations, Procurement, Legal, Finance, agency, and alliance stakeholders to ensure compliant, efficient, and effective execution of all media initiatives.
- Stay current on healthcare media trends, measurement methodologies, targeting capabilities, and industry innovations, proactively identifying opportunities to strengthen the brand's media capabilities and competitive advantage.
- Contribute to broader GTMC transformation initiatives by championing agile ways of working, standardization, continuous improvement, best-practice sharing, and the evolution from indication-based planning to specialist-centric engagement models.
About You
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 8+ years of experience in media strategy, digital marketing, media planning, performance marketing, omnichannel marketing, or related roles.
- Pharmaceutical media experience required (brand side, agency side, or relevant consulting/pharma media experience considered).
- Experience with both HCP and DTC media required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting specialty pharmaceutical brands and/or multi-indication portfolios.
- Experience managing media agencies and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
- Both agency-side and brand-side experience.
- Agency experience is strongly preferred.
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Why choose us
- Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
- Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
- Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next.
Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions.
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.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
GD-SG
LI-GZ
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.
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Document progressive media leadership experience
PERM requires your employer to define the minimum requirements for the role before recruiting begins. Gather performance reviews, campaign briefs, and reporting-line org charts that show your progression from media buying or planning into director-level strategy and team oversight.
Find sponsors through verified green card filings
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers who have actively filed EB-2 or EB-3 PERM applications for media and advertising management roles, so you're targeting companies with a demonstrated track record of sponsoring foreign professionals at this level.
Target agencies with dedicated immigration infrastructure
Large holding companies and independent agencies that maintain in-house immigration counsel or established law firm retainers move through PERM recruitment and DOL audit response far faster than those handling sponsorship case by case. Ask about internal process during early interviews.
Understand how EB-2 advanced-degree eligibility applies
EB-2 covers Associate Media Director candidates with a master's degree in marketing, communications, or a related field, or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience. If your credentials span both, confirm with your employer which category their PERM attorney plans to file under.
Check prevailing wage before salary negotiations
Your employer's PERM filing must certify that your offered wage meets the DOL prevailing wage for the Associate Media Director occupation in your work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level before you reach the offer stage so you can negotiate with accurate numbers.
Preserve your priority date if you change employers
Once your original I-140 is approved, your priority date can carry over to a new employer's I-140 petition. AC21 job portability separately protects you if your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more and the new role is in a same or similar occupation. These are distinct protections, so confirm which applies to your situation with your attorney.
Green Card Associate Media Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Which green card category fits an Associate Media Director role?
Most Associate Media Director positions qualify under EB-2, which covers roles requiring an advanced degree in a field like marketing or communications, or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in media. EB-3 is available for candidates with a bachelor's degree and at least two years of qualifying experience. Your employer's PERM attorney will assess which category best matches the job requirements and your credentials before filing with DOL.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa sponsorship is temporary and requires renewal every few years, while employment-based green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residence with no renewal requirement. The green card process adds a PERM labor certification step, where your employer must conduct a formal DOL-supervised recruitment test and obtain a prevailing wage determination before filing an I-140 petition. There is no lottery, but per-country annual limits mean nationals from high-demand countries like India or China may face a priority-date backlog before their case becomes current.
How long does the PERM process take for media management roles?
PERM involves a prevailing wage determination from DOL, a mandatory recruitment period, and then the labor certification application itself. Processing times at DOL vary and can run from several months to over a year depending on audit activity and case complexity. Media roles that require specialized platform experience or cross-channel strategy responsibilities are sometimes flagged for audit if the job description is narrowly written, so work with your employer's attorney to draft requirements carefully.
How do I find employers who sponsor green cards for Associate Media Director jobs?
Use Migrate Mate to search for employers with verified EB-2 and EB-3 PERM filing history in media and advertising management. Filtering by role type and location lets you identify companies that have already navigated the PERM process for positions at this level, which significantly improves your odds of finding an employer willing and prepared to sponsor your green card rather than starting the conversation from scratch.
Can I change media employers after my green card process starts?
Yes, under two separate protections. Once your original employer's I-140 is approved, your priority date can be carried over to a new employer's I-140 petition, so you don't lose your place in line. Separately, if your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you change to a same or similar occupation without jeopardizing the pending application. Confirm with an immigration attorney which provision applies before accepting a new offer.