Senior Distinguished Scientist, Head of Translational Immunology

Job title: Senior Distinguished Scientist, Head of Translational Immunology

Location: Cambridge, 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.

Sanofi is a leader in immunoscience with a robust pipeline of approved and potential new medicines for the treatment of chronic dermatological, respiratory, and gastrointestinal diseases.  We have an unrelenting commitment to scientific exploration to expand our understanding of these diseases and discover targets for new therapeutics for the benefit of patients.

We have an exciting opportunity to join Sanofi at our Cambridge Crossing research campus as a (senior) distinguished scientific leader working in translational immunology.  With a focus on our rich development pipeline, your position will direct our research strategy for enhancing our understanding and competitiveness of our assets. These include potential best in class therapeutics such as Amlitelimab (anti-OX40L), lunsekimig (IL-13/TSLP bispecific) and Rilzabrutinib (BTKi) as examples. This translational immunology role will incorporate learnings from research and clinical studies into strategies developed together with our partners in Development, Medical Affairs and Commercial to drive our research directions and maximize the value of these innovations.   

Working in a highly matrix environment, this position will involve all aspects of the pharmaceutical business and require skills aligned with being able to integrate and contribute to decisions in Research, Development, Medical Affairs and Commercial.  The incumbent must be a strong communicator and skilled in managing stakeholder relationships.  There will also be significant opportunities to develop and contribute to our internal pre-clinical pipeline of next generation therapeutics as well as external collaborations with renowned academic institutions.

We are searching for someone with a strong knowledge of immunology, and an ability to lead through strategic coordination and collaboration. The position will lead a team of dedicated scientists and therefore significant managerial and mentorship experience is essential. The incumbent will work independently, pro-actively and serve as an impactful contributor to transverse initiatives to support our business objectives, including maintaining a national and international reputation in the external scientific community through high impact publications, productive scientific collaborations, and active participation in conferences.

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:

• Identifies and develops scientific strategies to support research business goals and lead a translational immunology research team to initiate, design, and execute research experiments.

• Build strong collaborative relationships with our internal and external partners to ensure programmatic activities relevant to our clinical experience and research interests.

• Work collaboratively with multifunctional teams across Sanofi to leverage resources and ensure our preclinical research efforts are aligned with strategies to support the successful development of our clinical pipeline.

• Identify multidisciplinary solutions and make complex decisions and recommend a course of action to troubleshoot issues. 

• Develop and manage relationships with external academic collaborators

• Communicate research through peer-reviewed publications and presentations to internal and external audiences

• Maintain a thorough and up to date knowledge of scientific and medical developments in the field and incorporate into in-house strategies as appropriate.

• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, appropriate handling of materials such as controlled drug and radioactive compounds.