Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Overview

Job title
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Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Location
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Swiftwater, PA

About the Job

External Partnerships serves as the strategic bridge between R&D operations and external laboratory partners, ensuring that outsourced testing is identified, established, and aligned with company quality, compliance, and operational standards. We manage vendor relationships end-to-end—from onboarding and contracting to project oversight and data delivery—while facilitating efficient assay development, qualification, and validation to meet critical timelines. Guided by our mission to deliver high-quality, timely, and compliant solutions, we optimize business operations, strengthen internal and external partnerships, and support innovation across the organization.

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.

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.

• Vendor Identification and Setup

• Identifies and establishes external vendors with applicable testing capability to as needed.

• Works with Procurement and Site Quality Operations to ensure external vendors are in alignment with company standards and requirements relating to outsourcing.

• Assists with the creation of Request for Proposals, Master Service Agreements, Quality Technical Agreements, and other legal and financial documentation as needed.

• Works with Global Transversal Operations Support to onboard third-party (3PL) laboratories and external partnerships.

• Strategic Partnerships Management

• Acts as a Project Manager and is direct liaison between R&D operations and 3PLs.

• Ensures external testing is adequately planned, monitored and delivered per project needs.

• When required, ensures assay development, qualification, and validation is completed within defined timelines.

• Leads routine or ad hoc joint meetings between R&D and 3PLs.

• Ensures a good working relationship between R&D and the 3PLs.

• Ensures quality data is being delivered to R&D.

• Documentation

• Authors or contributes to required documentation (work orders, protocols, reports) in support of technology/method development, optimization, qualification, validation.

• Assists in investigation/troubleshooting of external methods and documenting the outcome.

• Works with quality and compliance to ensure all quality documentation is filed appropriately and available for audit.

• Business Operations

• In coordination with functional planners, responsible for scheduling testing at CROs and ensuring accuracy of testing schedules.

• Responsible for contributing to yearly external budget ensuring 3PL costs/spending is aligned with the forecasted budget and R&D financial objectives.

• Reviews and revises processes and procedures to ensure accuracy and applicability.

About You

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences: microbiology, immunology, biochemistry or related scientific fields.

• Minimum 1 year of experience with vendor management/external partnership.

• Experience in Assay development/validation, knowledge of GLP/Quality and Compliance

• PMP certification and Power Bi Knowledge are desirable.

Soft Skills

• Teamwork and strong transversal collaboration, strong networking skills.

• Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders.

• Solid communication skills (written and oral).

• Adaptability in a highly changeable environment.

Why Choose Us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and…