Job Title: Global iCMC Digital Transformation Program Leader

Location: Framingham, MA

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

Within Sanofi R&D, Global CMC Development is a key enabler of Sanofi's growth aspiration through its mission to develop manufacturing processes, formulations, and analytical methods as well as to scale up and manufacture clinical trial material. Developing new and disruptive technologies is our passion.

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled iCMC Digital Transformation Program leader.

• Paperless CMC labs with end-to-end automated data flows, to improve productivity & cycle time to enable the development of cutting-edge modalities - "Give time back to the scientists!"
  
• Digitized intra- & inter-laboratory workflows enable dataflows across all CMC and ensure data accessibility and integrity
  
• Advanced Analytics to optimize key CMC activities, leverage the full value of our data by enabling AI/ML agents and modeling platforms.
  
• Set the foundation for a Digital Continuum from research to development to manufacturing for all our products & processes
  

• Lead the global iCMC Digital Transformation Program covering data capture (iLab), data transformation and data insight (Advanced Analytics) together with your Digital program lead counterpart using the agile-at-scale framework
  
• Lead the global transversal team structured by sub-workstreams (factories) and global teams of scientists, digital experts, project managers and external contractors
  
• Develop digitalization strategies, implement related roadmaps and track execution according to plan. Ensure timely implementation of iLab within non-GMP and GMP labs in order to develop innovative, competitive, cost-efficient, sustainable digital environment for our labs in the CMC network.
  
• Ensure development and industrialization of existing and new Advanced Analytics solutions to support lab scientists, delivering AI/ML and Modeling solutions to support process development timeline accelerations, process optimization and process robustness
  
• Support continuous improvements of the existing iLab solution to ensure full adoption, with a robust Change Management strategy.
  
• Lead and further develop the cross-functional iCMC Digital Transformation community in R&D and M&S to secure sustainability of the Core platforms deployed by the program
  
• Lead the efforts to deploy core data workflows across all lab families by developing methods/templates, connecting equipment and consuming experimental data to translate the program capability in tangible Business Value.
  
• Lead the efforts on change management and communications working with a dedicated team in close collaboration with site function leaders.
  
• Responsible for global Stakeholder management across the network to prioritize, review and update scope, escalate risks and ensure alignment on objectives and key milestones
  
• Ensure business partnership to all M&S GBUs as well as CMC Development R&D including quality and regulatory CMC
  

• Broad and long-term experience in the chemistry/ biologics/ biochemistry/ pharmaceutical industry in R&D or industrial development with strong global project management capabilities. High interest and working background to digital solutions.
  

• Able to lead & animate networks, teams, experts - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, stakeholder management skills
  
• Ability to manage a large matrix organization as well as a team of direct reports
  
• Strategic thinking: analyzes current and future scenarios, disrupts the status quo with innovation, while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities.
  
• Results oriented: Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives from concept to execution
  
• High level of autonomy. Executes, comfortable with ambiguity,and adapts with agility.
  
• Issue resolution and decision-making skills
  
• Structured, goal-oriented and highly motivated
  
• Ability to deliver results under high pressure
  
• English fluent, additionally French and German is a plus
  
• Strong and proven ability to work transversally on a local and global level
  

• Demonstrated experience in running projects requiring change management and transversal collaboration
  
• Proven capabilities to lead a global cross-functional team in a matrix organization; Experience in strategic CMC/development/digital project lead roles;
  
• Demonstrated global exposure and stakeholder management experience
  
• Working experience in process development, CMC and/or production/quality
  

• PhD/Master's degree in Life Sciences and/or Bioprocess Engineering and/or Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, Chemistry, biochemistry, bioprocess or related with 10+ years of professional experience in a relevant field.
  

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
  
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
  
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
  
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.