Looking to launch your career at the cutting edge of healthcare? Join Sanofi for a chance to develop with mentoring and guidance from inspirational leaders while helping to make an impact on the lives of countless people worldwide.
Asa Winter/Spring 2026 Co-op/Intern - Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy, you’ll spend your time Sanofi gaining valuable skills, experiences, and insights at our state-of-the-artbiomanufacturing facility in Cambridge.It’s a fantastic opportunity to see next-generation technology up close while working alongside some of the best in the industry.
We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.
Main Responsibilities:
- Support and assist in preparations for meetings between internal leadership and external leaders in the patient advocacy community.
- Conduct landscape assessments of disease communities to help drive innovative solutions and programs addressing the needs and gaps of patients.
- Identify and analyze trending topics, discussions, and sentiments related to healthcare, patient experiences, and medical advancements.
- Assist in summarizing and developing presentation to share relevant learnings with internal cross-functional teams.
- Research healthcare policies, legislation, and regulations that impact patients' access to care and treatment.
- Analyze proposed healthcare policies and their potential effects on patients and prepare summaries for advocacy efforts.
- Analyze policy changes and their impact on patient access to healthcare services.
- Assist in planning and executing public affairs events such as policy forums, scientific exchanges, and Congress leadership meetings with patient advocacy organizations.
- Track and report on patient advocacy organizations’ patient education and awareness programs to help inform team strategies.
- Actively participate in training and educational opportunities to enhance knowledge of public affairs, advocacy, and policy issues.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to build and maintain external advocacy relationships by liaising with US patient groups, medical and professional societies, and other stakeholders in the advocacy community to inform internal decision-making and patient-centric initiatives.
- Gain an understanding of the US healthcare system through cross-functional projects that aim to develop timely, evidence-based, patient-centric solutions.
- Identify and develop key critical skills to manage partnerships and projects in a global, diversified healthcare solutions company.
About You
Basic Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled and pursuing a PhD in life sciences, health sciences, or related scientific in field at an accredited college or university.
- Must be able to relocate to the office location and work 40hrs/week, Monday-Friday, for the full duration of the co-op/internship.
- Must be permanently authorized to work in the U.S. and not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually require future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), TEAMs and SharePoint.
- Strong analytical, technical, and organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Willing to work independently.
- High level of commitment to assignments.
