Assistant General Counsel – Policy, Strategy & Litigation

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Job Title : Assistant General Counsel – Policy, Strategy & Litigation • Location: Washington, DC/Morristown, NJ/Cambridge, MA

About the Job

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.

This is a senior, high-visibility strategic legal role within Sanofi’s LEBI organization. The Assistant General Counsel  Policy, Strategy & Litigation will help shape how Sanofi’s Law Division engages the external policy and legal environment that governs how its medicines are priced, purchased, distributed, reimbursed, and accessed. This is not a role that owns a single program it is a role that helps the Law Division think and act strategically across the full landscape of U.S. government pricing and drug pricing reform, including the 340B Drug Pricing Program, PBM reform, Most Favored Nation (MFN) implementation, IRA drug price negotiation, and related federal and state policy developments. 

This role reports to the Head of Market Access Legal and will partner closely with the business, the North America General Counsel, the Head of Litigation, the Head of Public Policy & Corporate Affairs, and Communications among others to define Sanofi’s internal positions, shape affirmative litigation and advocacy strategy, and help design and defend internal programs that advance Sanofi’s interests and the interests of patients. The role will also maintain day-to-day responsibility for a portion of Sanofi’s 340B program implementation, providing a concrete operational anchor for the broader strategic mandate. This is a rare opportunity to help build a strategic capability at the center of the Law Division  translating legal analysis into positions, programs, and advocacy that shift the external environment in Sanofi’s favor. 

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 lives.

Main Responsibilities

Policy Strategy & Environment Shaping:

• Help define Sanofi’s internal legal positions on the drug pricing and government program issues that matter most to the business and the patients it serves including 340B, PBM reform, MFN implementation, and government pricing programs more broadly (Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, Federal Supply Schedule, Medicare Part B/Part D). 

• Partner with the Head of Market Access Legal, the North America General Counsel, the Head of Litigation, and the Head of Public Policy & Corporate Affairs among others to develop the Law Division’s environment-shaping strategy identifying where legal, policy, and advocacy tools can be used together to favorably position Sanofi’s medicines and the broader industry. 

• Monitor and analyze federal and state legislative, regulatory, and litigation developments affecting drug pricing, government programs, and access, and translate that analysis into actionable recommendations for senior leadership. 

340B Program Implementation:

• Serve as day-to-day legal lead on a defined portion of Sanofi’s 340B program implementation, including aspects of the 340B Integrity Initiative and Credit Model. 

• Manage or support 340B HRSA Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings and related federal and state legal matters, in coordination with the Litigation team. 

• Maintain current legal positions on key 340B interpretive questions covered entity eligibility, patient definition, contract pharmacy arrangements, orphan drug exclusions, duplicate discounts, and diversion and ensure they are reflected consistently in Sanofi’s broader policy and litigation strategy. 

Affirmative Litigation &  Strategy:

• Proactively identify, assess, and help develop affirmative litigation and advocacy opportunities that advance Sanofi’s drug pricing and market access positions. 

• Provide litigation strategy counsel across the Law Division’s drug pricing and government program docket, working alongside (not in place of) the attorneys managing individual matters, to ensure litigation positions are coordinated with Sanofi’s broader policy and advocacy strategy. 

• Advise on the litigation risk and strategic implications of policy positions and program design choices before they are adopted. 

Internal Program Design & Defense:

• Partner with market access legal, market access, and government pricing teams to help design internal programs (e.g., 340B integrity and credit programs, PBM-related initiatives) that are both commercially sound and legally defensible. 

• Help build the legal and factual record needed to defend Sanofi’s programs in litigation, agency proceedings, and public/legislative debate. 

Advocacy & Third-Party Engagement:

• Serve as Sanofi’s representative on key trade association working groups (e.g., PhRMA) addressing drug pricing reform, government pricing, and market access policy, representing Sanofi’s interests and coordinating positions with industry peers. 

• Represent Sanofi’s legal perspective in other industry coalitions and forums on drug pricing reform, government pricing, and market access policy. 

• Collaborate with Government Affairs, Public Policy, and Communications to develop and advance Sanofi’s legislative and regulatory positions, including engagement with Congress, HHS, CMS, HRSA, and relevant state agencies. 

• Engage directly with government and regulatory agencies to represent Sanofi’s legal perspective and advocate for policy outcomes consistent with Sanofi’s strategy. 

Cross-Functional Partnership & Senior Leadership Counsel:

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior Law Division and business leadership, preparing and presen

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