**Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Lead** + Location _:_ Reading, UK **About the job** As a Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Lead, you will be a key contributor to Sanofi’s R&D efforts, ensuring the patient voice is integrated into clinical research. You’ll develop and implement COA endpoint strategies, working cross-functionally with R&D, HEOR&MA, and regulatory teams. This role sits within the Patient-Informed Development & Health Value Translation (PID&HVT) department, under Global R&D. We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started? **Main responsibilities:** + Define COA endpoint strategies for clinical programs and ensure alignment with regulatory and payer expectations + Conduct research to develop disease conceptual models and identify key outcomes relevant to patients + Advise on selection, development, validation, and implementation of Fit-for-Purpose COA instruments + Manage qualitative and quantitative research projects, including vendor oversight + Prepare scientific documents for regulatory submissions, publications, and internal stakeholders + Mentor junior scientists, contribute to team knowledge sharing, and lead internal COA initiatives + Promote innovation by applying new methodologies and helping define COA strategies in strategic therapeutic areas **About you** + **Experience** : Relevant experience in COA within Pharma, CRO, or consultancy; ideally demonstrated through scientific publications and hands-on involvement in COA data analysis, development or validation of instruments, and/or COA endpoint strategy implementation + **Soft and technical skills** : Strong analytical and synthesis capabilities with both qualitative and quantitative data; autonomous, proactive, and accountable mindset; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to manage multiple priorities and projects effectively + **Education** : Advanced academic degree in a relevant field such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, public health, epidemiology, psychometrics, clinical research, physiotherapy, pharmacy, medicine, or biostatistics + **Languages** : Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken **Why choose us?** + A global healthcare leader focused on innovation and scientific excellence + Career growth opportunities across functions and geographies + Inclusive, diverse culture where your ideas are valued + Purpose-driven mission to improve people’s lives worldwide + Join a high-impact team shaping how patient perspectives inform drug development + Flexibility to work remotely or in one of our R&D hubs + Opportunities to engage directly with regulatory authorities and thought leaders Visas for those who do not already have the right to work in the UK will be considered on a case by case basis according to business needs and resources. 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