Biostatistics Franchise Lead

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Biostatistics Franchise Lead

Location: Morristown, NJ / Morristown, NJ / Waltham, MA

About the job:

As Biostatistics Franchise Lead within our Biostatistical & Clinical Data Sciences team, you'll bring quantitative leadership and strategic direction to a portfolio of vaccines development programs, acting on translating science into real-world protection. Ready to get started?

Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you'll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization. Join the engine of Sanofi's mission — where deep immuno-science meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you'll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.

As the accountable biostatistical interface for your franchise, you will bring effective expertise into vaccines development and lifecycle strategy, leading a team of biostatisticians across varying levels of seniority and project complexity.

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.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead the data and biostatistical sciences strategy for your franchise's vaccines portfolio, bringing strategic guidance, coherence, prioritization, and innovative study designs that optimize development timelines, cost, and probability of success.
• Guide the biostatistical contribution to clinical development strategy, including development scenarios for business planning, decision by design practice, functional review of regulatory documents and ensure translation of biostatistical analyses into scientific evidences and quantitative risk assessments, accounting also for external data
• Manage operational planning and resourcing for biostatistical contributions across franchise projects (clinical and medical), preparing budget and staffing estimates, allocating workload, and collaborating with other franchise leads and hubs to share resources according to business priorities
• Direct and develop the biostatisticians within your franchise through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and performance management, while managing contractors and matrix relationships where resources span multiple franchises.
• Champion continuous improvement of the broader quantitative data sciences platform, contribute to and help execute the global Biostatistical Sciences strategy and roadmap, leading functional or cross-functional initiatives and representing the team's voice in wider organizational efforts
• Represent Sanofi Vaccines Biostatistics in interactions with health authorities and in external biostatistical forums and working groups.

About you

Basic Qualifications:

• PhD in Biostatistics or a related field, with 10+ years of relevant biostatistics experience in pharmaceutical industry, or a Master's degree with 15+ years of relevant biostatistics experience in pharmaceutical industry.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, with direct people management experience preferred.
• Strong background in biostatistical methods applied across all phases of vaccines or drug development, with proven experience managing biostatistics activities end-to-end;
  Working knowledge of key regulatory guidance documents with proven…