About the job
At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. Join our Global R&D Leadership team as Global R&D Science Platform lead? and you can help make it happen. Your job? Translate new approaches learnt in the process of building strategic science & technology into new capabilities for R&D. You play a key role in shaping the science, technology and capability strategy (governed at SHLT) for Sanofi CHC brand & brand agnostic medium-long term science & technology.
At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we build trusted and loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide. Our mission is to enable better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. We strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view. To achieve this, we need people who can shape the future of our business and help us on our journey to becoming the best fast-moving consumer healthcare company in and for the world.
Main responsibilities:
Build a cross-Sanofi CHC emerging science & technology roadmap focused on the Medium to Long-Term; defining science & technology via identification, partnering and de-risking early-stage relevant science & technology from across the globe targeted at defined key focus areas
Define deep science program for the specific Science Platform focused on delivering a roadmap of science & technologies (across Galenic, devices, behaviour change programs etc), developing & delivering scientific building blocks and specific partnerships focused around our key business growth territories
Build a broad partnership ecosystem ensuring Sanofi CHC has access to; and can leverage the best emerging science and technology, translating these into scaleable solutions in key growth areas for our brands and regions
Be responsible for delivery of a platform strategy for their specific Science Platform, defining the strategy & executing on this to consumer relevant/business relevant opportunity spaces
Be responsible to build the appropriate governance and Advisory boards (where relevant) to progress the platform
Identify and deliver common science technology platforms across Global Brands and Regions
Define a common science strategy to enable execution based on consumer unmet needs & brand purpose
Identify white space opportunities for quick new science & technology integration into existing brands
Be expected to have a strong external network to bring in a broad range of external science opportunities to build a platform approach and to work closely with external technology scouts to direct them to opportunities for our platforms and be expected to build their credibility externally to be seen as an expert in the platform field
About you
Degree in Science with Masters or Higher degree (Ph.D.) or relevant Academic qualification is desirable
Strong experience in leading scientific programs and turning them into tangible deliverables
Ideally, experience in a Global position
Knowledge and affinity for pipeline data (financial, timing/milestones, and value propositions) and disease state data
Ability to have a strong voice and coordinate thought leaders & Key opinion leaders to drive big bets
Ability to partner and influence across a matrix environment with strong communication skills
Ability to apply a variety of analytical techniques to derive insights from a set of objective and subjective data inputs
Strong leadership, business acumen & good interpersonal relationships
Fluent spoken and written English
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, 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.
Cambridge, MA
As the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi, we are focused on rare diseases, rare blood disorders, multiple sclerosis, oncology and immunology. More than 30 years since we began, we remain just as committed to and passionate about advancing therapies that offer hope to patients and families.
Our approach is shaped by a long history of developing highly specialized treatments and forging close relationships with physician and patient communities. Founded as Genzyme in Boston in 1981, we rapidly grew to become one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, recognized for our pioneering development of treatments for rare genetic disorders and our innovative contributions to medical science and biomanufacturing.
Genzyme became part of Sanofi in 2011. While continuing to focus on rare diseases, we also established ourselves as a leader in the field of multiple sclerosis. In 2016, our focus expanded to include Sanofi’s programs in oncology and immunology. In 2018, with the acquisitions of Bioverativ and Ablynx, we further expanded our focus to include rare blood disorders, bringing deep expertise in hematology.
Our ambition is to be the industry leader in specialty care. We currently provide more than 25 treatments to patients globally, with many potential new therapies being studied in clinical trials and in Sanofi laboratories.
Driven by our commitment to patients, we strive to develop strong relationships with our patient communities, listening to their perspectives so that we can truly understand their needs. These collaborations continue to guide and motivate us as we work to push the boundaries of medicine and technology to develop new and better therapies where none existed before.