Clinical Digital acceleration and innovation Lead

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Clinical Digital acceleration and innovation Lead

Cambridge, MA or Morristown, NJ

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 leading bio-pharmaceutical company committed to advancing healthcare through groundbreaking research and development. Our dedicated function – Clinical Sciences & Operations (CSO) - plays a vital role in ensuring accurate and compliant clinical trial submissions and project operations, contributing to the approval of innovative therapies that transform patients' lives.

Within CSO, the Modernization & Performance Office (MPO) acts as a key enabler of transformation and modernization, driving strategic initiatives that enhance efficiency, digital innovation, and operational excellence across the function. As we continue our business transformation and drive excellence and innovation in our processes, we are seeking an exceptional professional to join us as Digital acceleration & Innovation Lead.

The Clinical Digital Acceleration & Innovation Lead is a strategic partner reporting to the Head of Clinical Digital & AI Acceleration.

In close alignment with the global digital transformation (A4P) program, this role shapes the digital transformation roadmap and champions the integration of AI and digital solutions into clinical development, enhancing efficiency, innovation, and patient impact.

Serving as a bridge between technical and business teams, the role ensures strong connectivity across CSO and with broader Sanofi functions. It also leverages competitive intelligence to identify emerging trends and support strategic decision-making.

This role requires deep expertise in digital and AI within clinical development, strong program management skills, and the ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholders - in support of Sanofi’s vision for modernization and transformative clinical innovation.

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?

• Shape the digital transformation roadmap by translating Sanofi’s evolving vision, operational priorities, transformation priorities, and insights from competitive intelligence and external innovation into actionable initiatives that accelerate innovation and enhance clinical development outcomes.
• Partner with Digital and operational teams to implement AI technologies and identify opportunities for strategic scale-up (CSO 2030 initiative)
• Identify innovation opportunities and related prototyping initiatives and orchestrate them with BICC & Digital as appropriate

Contribute or drive to continuous improvement of the Initiative Portfolio Management Office (iPMO) framework by providing support to:

• Develop, communicate, and maintain clear guidelines to support governance and decision-making.
• Coach and support project teams through the iPMO process, business case development and gate reviews, ensuring compliance with standards.

• Lead high-impact transformation projects or programs involving Digital and/or AI components, with a strong focus on business value creation, cost optimization, and delivery of tangible transformation KPIs (may include Plai amongst others)
• Define and communicate implementation strategies and roadmaps; ensure successful and timely delivery of initiatives.
• Oversee project performance, proactively manage risks, report progress to senior leadership and implement effective mitigation plans.

• Collaborate with R&D University, Vaccines teams, and the CSO Learning Network to lead upskilling efforts in Digital and AI, to foster a culture of innovation.
• Identify skill gaps and define targeted learning strategies to build future-ready capabilities.
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