Job Title: Public Operations Lead, Colombia
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Location: Bogotá, Colombia
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Work Model: Hybrid
About the Role
As Public Operations Lead, Colombia you will define and drive the public market access strategy through three access routes: national, territorial, and EPS. You will lead cross-functional alignment and high-level government relations, navigating Colombia's political transition to build a durable, institutionally anchored public leadership position for Sanofi.
Join the team that protects half a billion lives each year with next-generation science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven advances. In Vaccines, you will help drive prevention at global scale and shape the future of immunization.
About Sanofi:
We are an R&D-driven biopharmaceutical company powered by AI, committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system and innovative pipeline enable us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we pursue the miracles of science to improve people's lives.
Key Responsibilities:
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Define and execute Colombia's annual public market strategy through three access routes — National, Territorial, and EPS — prioritizing according to potential and viability.
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Manage the public market budget for Colombia, ensuring alignment with COPAC's financial objectives and adapting commercial execution in real time based on competitive and market price dynamics.
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Build and strengthen strategic relationships with key public sector stakeholders — Ministry of Health, PAI members, territorial authorities, PAHO, IETS, CNPI, and scientific societies — navigating national, territorial, and EPS political landscapes.
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Lead negotiations with distributors, government entities, and other stakeholders to ensure portfolio placement in national immunization programs and expand vaccine access across all public market routes.
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Define the strategy for engagement with health authorities, including vaccine positioning, technical dossiers, and value evidence tailored to public sector decision-makers.
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Coordinate cross-functional alignment with PAC Public Operations, Public Affairs, Medical, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, the private market team, and LATAM stakeholders to keep strategy and execution synchronized.
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Pioneer new approaches to public market access, positioning Colombia as a COPAC reference market and exporting best practices across geographies to build a durable, institutionally anchored public leadership model.
About You
Experience: Experience in market access, public affairs, or government relations within the pharmaceutical, vaccine, or public health industry — ideally with exposure to national immunization programs or public sector procurement.
Soft and Technical Skills:
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Deep knowledge of Colombia's public health system.
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Demonstrated ability to negotiate and build trust with government entities, health ministries, and multilateral health organizations.
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Strong strategic and commercial capability: able to define market penetration strategies, prioritize according to potential and viability, and monitor competitive dynamics in real time.
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Ability to lead cross-functional alignment and influence internal stakeholders, with strong collaboration and communication competencies.
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Political acumen, with an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset to pioneer new public market access models.
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Ability to operate in ambiguous and rapidly evolving environments, applying structured problem-solving methodologies.
Education: Business Administration, Public Health, or a related field.
Languages: Fluent Spanish and English.
Why Choose Us
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Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive team focused on the future.
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Discover endless opportunities to develop your talent and advance your career, whether through promotion or lateral movement, locally or internationally.
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Enjoy a well-designed and thoughtful benefits package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
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Work at the forefront of AI-driven research, smart manufacturing, and innovative mRNA platforms that are redefining the future of immunology.
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Help protect more than five hundred million people each year, contributing to one of the largest global vaccination efforts in the health sector.
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Develop your career with access to mentoring, international mobility programs, and growth opportunities across four continents.
Pursue Progress. Discover the Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and enter a new era of science — where your growth can be as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to go further, think faster, and do what has never been done before.
You will help push boundaries, challenge conventions, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to pursue the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's pursue Progress and Discover the 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, or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!
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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.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!