Sanofi KK (Japan) Posted July 17, 2026

PMS Planning & Management Specialist

Tokyo, Japan Full time
Medical Affairs

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About this opportunity

Job title: PMS Planning and Management Specialist

• Location: Tokyo, Japan

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About the job

As a PMS Planning and Management Specialist within our Regulatory Affairs team, you'll help ensure the safety and integrity of new medicines by designing and managing scientifically rigorous post-marketing surveillance programs, playing a critical role in protecting patients and meeting Japan's highest regulatory standards. Ready to get started?

Ready to push the limits of what's possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. In this role, you'll sit at the intersection of science, regulation, and patient safety, collaborating across global teams to ensure that every medicine we bring to market continues to deliver on its promise, long after approval.

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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.

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Main responsibilities

• Design and plan scientifically appropriate post-marketing surveillance (PMS) programs, including usage status studies, database studies, and post-marketing clinical trials, based on product safety profiles, risk management plans, and regulatory requirements.

• Lead the preparation of key regulatory documents, including study outlines, implementation plans, survey forms, analysis plans, clinical study reports (CSRs), periodic safety reports, and re-examination application materials.

• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across development, medical, safety, and regulatory affairs, as well as global teams, to ensure aligned, compliant, and effective PMS execution.

• Engage directly with regulatory authorities: negotiate study designs, respond to inquiries, and manage consultations to reach timely agreements on PMS commitments.

• Oversee the full lifecycle of PMS studies through robust project management, from planning and implementation through data analysis, results evaluation, and regulatory reporting.

• Support re-examination application conformity investigations and address emerging regulatory or operational challenges related to post-marketing activities.

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About you

Experience: Background in clinical research or post-marketing surveillance, including experience in study planning, data management, and statistical analysis; experience working within GxP-regulated environments is highly valued.

Technical skills: Working knowledge of Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act (Yakuji-ho) and GPSP regulations, or equivalent regulatory frameworks; ability to prepare high-quality regulatory and medical documents in both Japanese and English.

Soft skills: Strategic and scientific thinker who balances regulatory compliance with innovative problem-solving; strong project management capabilities with the ability to prioritize and deliver across multiple workstreams; collaborative communicator who can build effective relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Education: Degree in pharmacy, life sciences, medicine, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).

Languages: Fluency in Japanese; business-level English proficiency (reading, writing, and communication).

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Why choose us?

• 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.

• Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably.

• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.

• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what's next.

• Play a strategically important role at the heart of patient safety, where your expertise directly influences how medicines are monitored and managed in the real world.

• Collaborate with global regulatory and scientific experts, gaining exposure to international best practices in risk management and pharmacovigilance.

• Be part of a team that challenges convention, bringing fresh thinking to regulatory science and shaping the future of post-marketing excellence in Japan.

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Pursue Progress . Discover Extraordinary .

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what's never-been-done-before. You'll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's Pursue Progress and Discover 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, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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 !

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 924 comparable Medical Affairs roles across 130 biopharma companies.

924Comparable roles tracked
799Currently active
130Companies hiring similar roles
58Countries represented

Salary context

175 of 924 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

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Lowest disclosed · Clinical Coordinator · Pfizer $79,400/yr – $132,400/yr
Peer group range $105,900 – $458,800 (median $232,750)

Where these roles are based

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Japan60
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India50
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Seniority mix

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Manager125
Senior97
Associate55
Associate Director39
Senior Director20
Executive/VP11
Principal5
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Therapeutic area mix

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