Global Head of Digital R and D Pipeline and Project Analytics

Job Title: Global Head of Digital R and D Pipeline and Project Analytics

Location: Cambridge, MA, Bridgewater, NJ

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 R&D Pipeline and Project Analytics drives the strategy, delivery, and management of the Digital ecosystem (incl. applications, data foundation, analytics, AI/ML) supporting operational management of the R&D pipeline.

• The successful candidate will enable business growth and transformation through best-in-class digital innovation and operational excellence that enable R&D decision makers, functional heads, and operational leaders/managers to have meaningful interactions when planning and deciding portfolio scope, focus, and allocation of resource (cost and FTE). 

• Working as a member of the R&D Operations and R&D Strategy and Portfolio Management leadership teams and ensuring support of project and program management communities distributed throughout R&D, they will be a change agent and thought leader on Digital opportunities and priorities.  They will also interface to 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.

• They will work across the Sanofi enterprise with business teams, other Digital R&D portfolio leaders (e.g. Digital Clinical Development), platform teams (e.g. R&D Data Science), and interface to the global Digital core functions (e.g. Tech, Data/AI, Architecture, etc), as needed.  

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

Relentlessly focus on business objectives and customer needs, while aligned with the overall global Sanofi digital strategy:

• Translate portfolio and project management functional strategies and operational improvement plans into clear, coherent, and value-based digital strategy and roadmap across technologies involved in R&D pipeline valuation, prioritization, and planning/management (time, cost, resource, risk).  

• Strategically plan and prioritize product roadmaps for R&D operational analytics and decision support products (applications, data, models) over a rolling 5-year timeframe, anchoring to a target ecosystem agreed with business leaders.  

• Directly manage R&D Portfolio & Analytics Digital Guiding Coalition as the main decision body for investments including internal resource and external spend.  Apply strategic aims and funding allocation targets set by Digital Tower (H. R&D, Chief Digital Officer) to prioritize and gate investments.  Monitor progress through mid-gate “health checks” to sustain value delivery and capture according to endorsed value cases.  Manage “pivots,” as needed as the software market matures and technical/operational feasibility are proven through digital product execution and business adoption.

• 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 regarding responsible application of AI/ML to R&D decision processes.   Balance and mitigate risks to maintain steady progression of innovative methodologies.

• Monitor the commercial software market for innovations, bringing an advisory point of view to build/buy/partner decisions, including engaging in Digital Strategic Partnering initiatives, as needed.

• Be accountable for oversight and quality delivery by digital vendors (software companies, SaaS platform providers, consultancies) working in