Clinical Study and Delivery Lead

Position: Clinical Study Performance and Delivery Lead
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* Job Title:

** Clinical Study Performance and Delivery Lead

** Grade:
** L4

** Hiring Manager:
** Nejma Abdelkhader-Chadli

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* Location:

** Morristown, NJ, Cambridge, MA

** About the Job*
* Join the engine of Sanofi's mission - where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you'll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.

At Sanofi, we are transforming how we discover, develop, and deliver medicines and vaccines. Within Clinical Sciences & Operations (CSO), the Modernization & Performance Office (MPO) leads the transformation toward  
** faster, smarter and more data-driven clinical development** . As part of MPO's  
** Clinical Performance Intelligence
** pillar, the  
** Study Performance & Delivery Lead
** plays a pivotal role in building the next generation of  
** predictive, insight-driven study performance management** . This role ensures that  
** study teams, functional leaders, and CSO executives
** have the intelligence needed to anticipate risks, accelerate timelines, improve quality, and strengthen delivery across the clinical development portfolio.

** About Sanofi:*
* We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system - and innovative pipeline - enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

** Main Responsibilities*
* ** Study Performance Intelligence*
* + Serve as a strategic advisor to CSO leadership on portfolio performance, providing evidence-based recommendations that influence investment decisions, resource allocation, and strategic priorities across the clinical development portfolio.

+ Drive measurable improvements in study delivery timelines, cost efficiency - by collaborating with financial business partners - and quality outcomes, with direct impact on CSO's ability to deliver medicines to patients faster and more predictably - Develop and maintain Study KPI frameworks accordingly.

+ Analyze clinical endpoint data, biomarker results, and patient-reported outcomes across different indications.

+ Monitor and analyze clinical study performance metrics across multiple indications and therapeutic areas.

+ Monitor competitive landscape and benchmark indication performance against industry standards.

+ Conduct deep-dive analyses on at-risk studies and support mitigation planning.

** Support to Study Teams & Leaders*
* + Partner with CSO departments and study teams to monitor delivery performance and risks.

+ Provide early warning signals and evidence-based recommendations.

+ Support cross-functional performance reviews and escalation pathways.

+ Prepare insights for governance meetings and boards, audits, and inspections, ensuring alignment with CSO departments and modernization initiatives.

** Modernization & Innovation*
* + Lead the design of next-generation (proactive) performance intelligence capabilities, including AI-powered predictive models, automation platforms, and decision-support systems that fundamentally transform how CSO anticipates and manages delivery risk.

+ Advance the Performance Intelligence Framework through automation, advanced analytics, and predictive tools.

+ Collaborate with the team and Digital partners to deploy GenAI copilots, automation pipelines, and new decision-support platforms (e.g., Trial Pulse, Nexus).

+ Contribute to modernization of performance processes and global standards.

** Study Delivery Excellence & Continuous Improvement*
* + Drive function-wide performance intelligence capabilities across all therapeutic areas and global functions, establishing standards and frameworks that shape how CSO measures, predicts, and optimizes clinical delivery at scale.

+ Drive continuous improvement of study timelines and operational efficiency.

+ Create study performance playbooks and best practices for CSO.

+ Identify cross-study systemic issues and propose structural improvements.

+ Support capability maturity assessments and benchmarking.

** Collaboration & Leadership Enablement*
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