Research and Development - Scientific Intelligence Lead

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.

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine and drive measurable business impact? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your strategic insights will be critical in accelerating Progress and protecting Sanofi's competitive position in high-value therapeutic areas.

The Global R&D Strategy and Portfolio Management team’s overarching objective is to equip Sanofi’s leaders with robust, objective and externally focused insights and recommendations they need to make better informed R&D strategy, and portfolio and project investment decisions to ensure pipeline sustainability.

We achieve this by (1) delivering a comprehensive R&D strategy positioning the organization to embrace future opportunities and challenges, driving sustained success (2) by ensuring a sustainable portfolio strategy, robust valuation and prioritization of the R&D portfolio and optimization of resources, high quality pipeline reporting, benchmarking, and scientific competitive intelligence (3) by ensuring high quality investment governance incorporating decision quality and thoughtful risk taking principles.

As part of the R&D Portfolio Strategy and Management team, the Scientific Competitive Intelligence group works with key stakeholders across the organization (such as but not limited to, R&D and GBUs)—to deliver robust competitive insights that enable data-driven assessments, guide technology investments, identify white space and asset strategy decisions

The Portfolio Strategy & Management Team is looking to add a team-oriented member in the role of Scientific Competitive Intelligence Lead for Rare & Neurology Diseases and Ophthalmology. This role reports to the Global Head of Pipeline Reporting, Benchmarking and Competitive Intelligence and is critical in shaping R&D strategy by integrating reliable, relevant intelligence to inform pipeline positioning (with a focus on research and early development), anticipate competitive threats, and identify growth opportunities.

The ideal candidate will combine deep pharmaceutical R&D expertise, with a strong scientific background, and with strategic business acumen, translating complex competitive landscapes into actionable recommendations that drive measurable business outcomes.

• Lead the development of deep, forward-looking competitive insights to inform therapeutic area strategy, portfolio decisions, and lifecycle management, directly influencing strategic decision-making.

• Act as trusted CI strategic advisor to senior R&D leadership, translating critical business questions into intelligence priorities that protect competitive advantage and identify growth opportunities.

• Lead a team of CI analysts (on-/off-shore) delivering critical insights to support portfolio, ensuring optimal allocation of R&D resources across the pipeline.

• Engage in annual Portfolio Strategy Week (PSW) activities, ensuring external market perspectives are integrated and CI priorities align with the outcomes.

• Collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders (R/D/C/M) on competitive intelligence investigations, integrating diverse inputs to accelerate decision velocity and improve decision quality.

• Demonstrate measurable CI value by quantifying how insights inform decisions, mitigate

• Partner strategically with R&D Strategy, Portfolio Analytics, and Benchmarking to accomplish common goals and maximize organizational impact.

• Build competitive advantage by identifying and implementing opportunities to enhance CI capabilities, practices, and strategic impact—positioning Sanofi as an industry leader in competitive intelligence.
• Support the CI digitization roadmap including piloting the use of AI/GenAI to accelerate insights and democratize access to Sanofi competitive environment.
• Lead strategic CI initiatives and represent the…