About the Job

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

The Role:

Sanofi is recruiting for a Manager, Strategic Partnerships to support a diverse and growing portfolio of vaccines targeting infectious diseases. This role has primary accountability for managing partnerships with contract research organizations and other strategic partners of Sanofi to deliver specialty laboratory testing including immunogenicity analyses and other bioanalytical data such as virologic and bacteriologic diagnostics. The Manager, Strategic Partnerships position reports into the head of Strategic Alliances within Global Immunology. They will be required to identify, onboard, and maintain external vendors in accordance with company procurement, legal, and quality requirements. Testing assays may need to be developed, qualified, validated or may already be in place at perspective external vendors. The Manager, Strategic Partnerships will work with other internal and external functions to author or obtain necessary documentation such as work proposals, work orders, assay protocols, reports, analyst qualifications, and data reports as required. They will also participate in budget, resource, and administrative activities required to ensure external vendor plans are aligned with the company's strategic plans. The position will interact with various management committees as needed and will ensure quality data is being generated to support the company's vaccine clinical trials.

• Identifies and establishes external vendors with applicable testing capability to as needed.
  
• Works with Procurement and Site Quality Operations (SQO) to ensure external vendors are in alignment with company standards and requirements relating to outsourcing.
  
• Assists with the creation of RFPs, MLSAs, QTAs, and other legal and financial documentation as needed
  
• Works with GCLP Support to onboard a CROs/vendors and ensures appropriate training is provided to the CRO.
  

• Acts as a Project Manager and is direct liaison between R&D operations and outside CROs/vendors Ensures external testing is adequately planned, monitored and delivered per project needs.
  
• When required, ensures assay development, qualification, and validation is completed within defined timelines.
  
• Leads routine or ad hoc joint meetings between R&D and CROs/vendors.
  
• Ensures a good working relationship between R&D and the CROs/vendors.
  
• Ensures quality data is being delivered to R&D
  

• Authors or contributes to required documentation (work orders, protocols, reports) in support of technology/method development, optimization, qualification, validation.
  
• Assists in investigation/troubleshooting of external methods and documenting the outcome.
  
• Works with quality and compliance to ensure all quality documentation is filed appropriately and available for audit.
  

• In coordination with FPRM/PPFP, responsible for scheduling testing at CROs and ensuring accuracy of testing schedules.
  
• Responsible for contributing to yearly OEC budget ensuring CRO costs/spending is aligned with the forecasted budget and R&D financial objectives.
  
• Reviews and revises processes and procedures to ensure accuracy and applicability.
  

• Bachelor's in Life Science with 4 - 6 years' experience or Masters' in Life Science with 3 years' experience,
  
• Previous experience in research and /or laboratory setting.
  

• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices.
  
• Excellent technical skills, analytical ability, judgment with a strong operational focus.
  
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
  
• Excellent communications skills.
  
• Excellent interpersonal, technical, scientific and communications skills (written/oral).
  
• Advanced written and verbal skills in English.
  
• Proven experience in management of budget and projects
  

• 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.