Global Finance Business Partner – Translational Medicine Unit; TMU

Job Title: Global Finance Business Partner – Translational Medicine Unit (TMU)
Location: Cambridge, MA, Morristown, NJ

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.

Sanofi's Translational Medicine Unit (TMU) is a newly formed organization within Sanofi's Research & Development division. The TMU serves as the critical bridge between basic research discoveries and clinical applications, working across the entire drug development spectrum "from target to marketed products." Its core responsibilities include human target validation to enable crisp decision-making in the early portfolio, conducting translational and back‑translational activities with an end‑to‑end mindset, and supporting the later‑stage portfolio with signal‑seeking studies.

The unit is designed to break down silos across R&D by developing transversality in ways of working, enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration, and promoting knowledge sharing across therapeutic areas. By providing robust scientific validation and translational data throughout the drug development process, the TMU strengthens Sanofi's patient centricity efforts, improves investment decision‑making, and helps ensure that promising research discoveries are efficiently translated into life‑changing medicines for patients.

Join Sanofi as our Global Finance Business Partner for TMU and be a key driver in shaping financial strategy for our most innovative and high‑impact research and development programs. In this role, you will serve as the trusted financial advisor to our TMU leadership, providing strategic financial insights across the entire R&D value chain, supporting the transformation of our TMU operations, and ensuring optimal resource allocation across our breakthrough therapy portfolio spanning from early‑stage research initiatives through advanced clinical development programs.

• Act as a proactive business partner to TMU leadership.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams—including Procurement, FP&A, clinical operations, and global finance teams—to evaluate new initiatives, potential partnerships, and their financial implications.
• Support and influence resource allocation decisions by providing detailed insights on research activities, clinical development costs, cost optimization opportunities, and financial risks/opportunities.

• Prepare and present insightful financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior management covering both research and development performance.
• Analyze monthly and quarterly performance, including variance analysis for research spend and development milestones, ensuring actual results are measured against projected outcomes.
• Identify and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs), trends, risks, and opportunities across research and development activities to drive continuous improvement.
• Track and report on development timelines, milestone achievements, and associated financial impacts.

• Drive the transformation of TMU finance processes toward more automated, efficient, and simpler cost management practices.
• Support initiatives that improve financial systems, data quality, and the overall effectiveness of R&D financial management with impacts across research and development phases.
• Partner on projects from conception through execution, ensuring finance input is embedded in operational and strategic decisions for both research discoveries and development programs.
• Support the transition from research to development phases by ensuring proper financial planning and resource allocation.

• Translate research discoveries and development guidance into actionable financial plans.
• Lead planning cycles including budget formulation, target setting, rolling forecasts, and strategic planning for both research and development activities.
• Develop robust financial models and…