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Global Head of Digital Laboratory and Plant Operations
Job Title : Global Head of Digital Laboratory and Plant Operations
Location : 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.
To ensure the success of Sanofi’s Research and Development strategy, Digital Laboratory and Plant Operations drives the strategy, delivery, and management of the Digital ecosystem (incl. applications, data foundation, analytics, AI / ML) supporting all aspects of laboratory and pilot plan operations throughout R&D.
The successful candidate will enable business growth and transformation through best-in-class digital innovation and operational excellence that enable research, preclinical and CMC laboratory and plant staff to efficiently discover and develop medicines and vaccines.
Working as a member of the Research, Research Platforms, and CMC leadership teams, they will be a change agent and thought leader on Digital opportunities and priorities. They will also interface with Sanofi’s Translational Medicine Unit and comparable functions in the Vaccines business to ensure enterprise reach of digital solutions across modalities.
They will maintain Sanofi’s license-to-operate through scaled, high-quality delivery of digital capabilities globally.
Main Responsibilities
Relentlessly focus on business objectives and customer needs, while aligned with the overall global Sanofi digital strategy.
Translate Research, Research Platforms, and CMC development functional strategies and operational improvement plans into clear, coherent, and value-based digital strategy and roadmap across technologies.
Strategically plan and prioritize product roadmaps for all wet lab and CMC lab and pilot plan digital products (applications, data, models) over a rolling 5-year timeframe, anchoring to a target ecosystem agreed with business leaders.
Directly manage Digital Wet Lab and CMC Guiding Coalitions as the main decision bodies for investments including internal resource and external spend.
Be accountable for data quality in Service Now (Digital’s selected portfolio management toolset) to reflect plans and progress for governed product investments.
Operationally plan delivery through in-house, outsourced, and co-developed models and through product-aligned, Agile ways of working.
Deliver within allocated budgets and resources and aligned timeframes associated with roadmap delivery.
In collaboration with legal, quality, and compliance teams, monitor the global regulatory and legal environment to anticipate changes to laws applying to acquisition, storage, and use of patient data.
Monitor the commercial software market for innovations, bringing an advisory point of view to build / buy / partner decisions.
Be accountable for oversight and quality delivery by digital vendors (software companies, SaaS platform providers, consultancies) working in the research and CMC space.
Lead the community of laboratory and plant Digital practitioners, direct and matrixed, to high degrees of team engagement.
About You
Job Requirements
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required. (A master’s degree in Science, Engineering, or MBA degree preferred).
A minimum of 12 years of industry background and understanding.
A minimum of 6 years industry experience in discovery, preclinical research and / or process / bioprocess development digital technologies.
Business acumen, strategic mindset, and demonstrable experiences delivering global scale digital solutions in a pharmaceutical or vaccines R&D setting.
Demonstrable recent experiences with digital tools for both traditional and emerging methods.
Knowledge and experience engaging with a range of software players including large platform providers, niche software, and digital start-ups.
Direct experience leading teams with demonstrable skills developing people and capabilities in a matrixed, multi-cultural, global organization.
Ability to be present in Sanofi offices compliant with policies, currently 2-3 days per week on average.
Ability to travel up to 30% overall to Sanofi headquarters and major R&D centers globally.
Native Fluency in English. (Business fluency in French a plus.)
Seasoned team player with outstanding communication skills, positive attitude, and confident demeanor.
Successful at building a culture of performance and accountability with an orientation to measurable results.
Why Choose Us?
Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career.
Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution.
Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits.
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