Head of Global Research - Vaccines

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* Job title:

** Head of Global Research - Vaccines Research and Development

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* Location:

** Waltham, MA

Overview

The Head of Vaccines Research leads the scientific vision and strategy that transforms cutting-edge research into breakthrough vaccines, building a world-class research organization that leverages disease understanding, antigen design, immunology, AI/ML and platform science to deliver transformational vaccines and medicines.

In the context of the R&D evolution, our position is currently in Project Status, where the scope of this position may continue to evolve.

About the Job:

** As a senior Leader in the Vaccines GBU and Sanofi:*
* + Contribute to defining, building and delivering the short, middle and long term vision for the Vaccines GBU and Sanofi

+ Engage key external stakeholders and represent Sanofi, the GBU and Vaccines R&D in external forums

+ Engage leaders across all departments and levels within Sanofi and represent Vaccines R&D in internal forums

** As a senior Leader in Vaccines R&D,*
* ** contribute to the Vaccines R&D leadership team (VRDLT) vision and dynamic:*
* + Contribute to defining, building and delivering the short, middle and long-term vision for Vaccines R&D

+ Actively partner with your peers within the VRDLT, fostering cross-team collaboration and solving challenges within and outside VRDLT forums

+ Bring healthy challenge, taking ownership for proposing and preparing topics  for discussion at VRDLT.

+ Contribute to productive discussion at VRDLT, diverging in opinions when helpful, then converging and aligning on a position and sticking to it

+ Share information in a regular manner, sharing both good news and bad news in a timely manner and asking for help in an agile mode, including during our agile weekly meetings

+ Provide feedback to peers and supervisor

+ Engage leaders in Sanofi Pharma R&D and identify value-creating opportunities for scientific collaboration and synergies

+ Identify external opportunities (services, collaborations, in-licensing, acquisitions) to strengthen our position and accelerate the delivery of our ambition.

** As a people Leader and manager in Vaccines R&D,*
* ** deliver the activities and team engagement within your function:*
* + Take accountability for delivering the activities aligned with the defined project and pipeline priorities and the long term vision of the R&D and the vaccines GBU.

+ Take accountability for sourcing the priority activities, making trade off when needed, asking for resource when critical path activities are not adequately resourced and releasing/loaning resources when possible.

+ Define clear objectives for the team and assess team performance on both deliverables, behaviours and leadership traits

+ Continue to raise talent density by developing your people, hiring exceptional new talents and ensuring we have the right people at the right place.

+ Engage your overall team, increasing the engagement score of your direct report but also your overall organisation

+ Keep transforming whenever needed and contribute to the simplification of the organisation within and outside your perimeter.

+ Build robust interfaces with stakeholders and escalating  the challenges when this is not happening

+ Take thoughtful risk in a transparent way

+ Create the right healthy environment where people can strive based on clear objective and feedback, with  clear sense of urgency and confidence.

** As Head of Vaccines Research*
* ** Department:*
* + In close collaboration with the Head of Vaccines Research portfolio strategy, design an ambitious vision for vaccines Research and a clear strategy and plan to deliver on it

+ Contribute to vaccine paipeline

+ Promote a project-centric and value-creating environment where science benefits our projects and pipeline, avoiding the "science for science" mindset.

+ Deliver excellence in antigen design and immunology, pioneering new technologies and applying state of the art science and technologies to deliver concrete value for projects at short-,  middle- and long-term.

+ Deliver in an agile manner the scientific evidence that answer key scientific questions, discharging risks and advancing our vaccines and technology programs.

+ Allocate  resource according to established priorities and escalate potential trade-offs to VRDLT/governance in case of conflicting priorities.

+ Continue to promote the innovation in vaccines platforms, including but not limited to mRNA & Adjuvants.

+ Support to Pharma R&D and external collaborators on our mRNA & adjuvant platforms.

+ In close collaboration with head of CMC, ensure that CQAs,  manufacturability and analytical considerations are embedded into the design and selection of our vaccine candidates

+ Ensure fit for purpose immunological assays, including  quality &compliance. Align with Late stage immunology for the assay to be transferred  and used in late stage development

+ In close collaboration with the Head of QPS and Digital, build the data continuum across R&D. Promote and embed Digital,…