Sales Director Rare Disease Commercial

Sales Director Rare Disease Commercial - EU4+UK Region

Build our future together:

At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking a Sales Director Rare Disease to join our International Rare Disease team, supporting our EU4+UK region. In this role, you will lead a high-performing field organization and drive commercial execution across our rare disease portfolio while collaborating with cross-functional teams and regional leadership. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, science-driven organization making a meaningful difference to patients worldwide.

When & where:

Location: Paris, France - Office based, Hybrid.

Discover your role:

• Lead a sales team across EU4+UK to deliver company objectives.
• Drive account targeting, segmentation, and multichannel customer engagement.
• Set performance objectives and lead coaching, development, and succession planning.
• Align incentive compensation plans with brand strategies and targets.
• Partner with Commercial Operations on training, analytics, KPIs, Veeva CRM, and territory alignment.
• Provide field insights on customer feedback, patient journey barriers, and competitive intelligence.
• Partner with cross-functional team members to address market trends and dynamics.
• You champion excellence, accountability, and patient-centricity across the organization.

This role requires:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy, medicine, or business strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Minimum 3 years in a first-line field sales management role.
• Proven success hiring, mentoring, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
• Experience in rare disease, specialized medicines, or gene therapy/ATMP commercialization preferred.
• Ability to operate within sophisticated multi-stakeholder account environments.
• Knowledge of market access and reimbursement frameworks across EU4+UK markets.
• Ability to mentor teams on value-based and access-oriented payer engagement.
• Experience with Veeva CRM, Salesforce effectiveness tools, data analytics, and digital promotion.
• Proficiency in English and one additional European language highly desirable (French, German, Italian, or Spanish)
• Knowledge of EFPIA and applicable national pharmaceutical industry codes.
• Ability to travel 50% or more across EU4+UK and hold a valid driving licence.
• Established KOL relationships in rare metabolic, musculoskeletal, or hearing loss areas are desirable.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills in multicultural environments.

Salary range (annually): 86,550€ - 144,250€

As part of the recruitment process, certain background checks may be conducted in accordance with the laws of the country where the position is based. The purpose of such checks is to verify certain information prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work and educational qualifications.

About Us

Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for over 30 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to nine FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neurology, infectious diseases and rare diseases.

Regeneron is also proud of award winning culture of innovation, being recognized as a Great Place to Work in 2021, Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2020, and Forbes JUST companies in 2020, among others.