Corporate Affairs Lead

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Tools and skills the posting cites include government relations, policy development and stakeholder management.
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Oversee corporate affairs, government relations, policy, stakeholder engagement, and communications for Sanofi Australia and New Zealand.

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Job title: Corporate Affairs Lead

Location: Barangaroo, AUS

Position Type: Full time, Permanent

About the Job:

A senior member of Sanofi Australia & New Zealand’s Corporate Affairs team, the Corporate Affairs Lead oversees all disciples including government relations, policy development, stakeholder management, patient group engagement, media relations, market readiness / launch campaigning, issues management and leadership voice for the ANZ organisation.

This is a senior role requiring the ability to provide well rounded counsel to executive leaders and the ability to craft holistic Corporate Affairs strategy to meet the broad needs of the business.

Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Affairs, Sanofi Australia & New Zealand, this role will also provide cross functional counsel across the broader Corporate Affairs team. It will contribute to corporate policy, insights programs and more as required.

Main Responsibilities:

Responsible for overarching delivery of all government, policy, media, social, and GM communication activities for specified Business Units and/or therapeutic areas.
Ensure strategies and activities, for each Corporate Affairs discipline, are crafted with clear objectives and KPIs.
Ensure product market readiness and launch campaigns are delivered to a high standard with clear objectives and KPIs.
Lead policy development and advocacy activities specific to those Business Units and/or therapeutic areas. Contribute to One Sanofi policy positions.
Lead and oversee all government, industry, patient group / HCO and community relationships related to those Business Units and/or therapeutic areas. Ensure all Sanofi policies and procedures are followed while managing those relationships.
Protect reputation –support leaders to exercise good judgement in business decisions and stakeholder engagement.
Manage relevant issues and lead crisis management support
Manage external agency partners as their work applies to those Business Units and/or therapeutic areas corporate affairs activities.
Responsible for developing and reporting key impact measures

About you:

Essential Qualifications

10+ years, in senior Corporate Communications, Public Affairs or Corporate Affairs roles in large organisations.
Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships to deliver outstanding results.
Experience providing Corporate Affairs counsel to senior leaders on complex matters of potential public interest.
Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, politics or similar.
Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.

Desirable Skills and Experience

Corporate Affairs experience in the healthcare industry.
Issues Management of complex corporate issues.

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How we rate this

Corporate Affairs Lead at Sanofi rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Corporate Affairs Lead is an open job at Sanofi.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Barangaroo.
The job was posted on October 26, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Sanofi. Apply on Sanofi

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