Operations Lead, Digital Research and Development Data AI Products and Platforms
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About the Role
Sanofi is seeking an Operations Lead to support end-to-end delivery excellence of Data and AI products and platforms for R&D. The role involves managing roadmaps, value delivery, change management, risk, financials, and agile practices.
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Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of R&D Data and AI products and platforms strategy through defining roadmap
- Maintain a clear and current view of all products/components, owners, milestones, and dependencies
- Collaborate with Product Line Owners and Product Owners on value engineering and impact delivered
- Accountable for quality of deliveries and OKRs/KPIs consolidation and post launch ROI reviews
- Define change management / GTM strategy and framework with scrum team
- Collaborate with Delivery Leads and/or Scrum Masters to ensure release or launch readiness
- Own Product Line communication and capture successes
- Collaborate with Product Line Owners and Products Owners to proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies
- Collaborate with Finance and Procurement on budget elaboration, strategic resource planning and business case reviews
- Manage and monitor budget: plan vs. committed, spend vs forecast vs variance
- Collaborate with Product Line Owners, People & Culture and procurement to ensure optimized staffing allocation
- Raise agile capability of the Product Line and provide coaching and mentorship in agile practices
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Strategy or Operations or Program/Portfolio Management, preferably in digital R&D teams and agile Ways of Working
- Bachelor's degree required; master’s degree in business, science, engineering or digital field preferred
- Detailed planning, budgeting, and reporting capabilities
- Strong networking, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical, business, and finance teams
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Knowledge on agile development and product lifecycle is a plus
- Data and AI Products and Platform expertise or experience
- Pharma and/or Digital healthcare expertise is a plus
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About The Job
- Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions.
- At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next gen healthcare that patients and customers need.
- Join our Digital R&D Data & AI Products and Platforms Team as an Operations Lead and you can help make it happen.
- Sanofi has recently embarked onto a vast and ambitious digital transformation program.
- The Digital R&D Data & AI Products and Platforms Team is a key team within R&D Digital, focused on developing and delivering Data and AI products for R&D use cases.
- As the Operations Lead, you are supporting end to end delivery excellence of products and platforms and operating model for the product line.
Main Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of R&D Data and AI products and platforms strategy through defining roadmap.
- Maintain a clear and current view of all products/components, owners, milestones, and dependencies.
- Be plugged into key Agile rituals and provide a reliable, concise view of status, risks, and spend.
- Collaborate with Product Line Owners and Product Owners on all topics related to value engineering and impact delivered.
- Accountable for the quality of deliveries and OKRs/KPIs consolidation and post launch ROI reviews.
- Define change management / GTM strategy and framework with scrum team and execute on plan.
- Collaborate with Delivery Leads and/or Scrum Masters to ensure release or launch readiness.
- Own Product Line communication and capture successes.
- Collaborate with Product Line Owners and Products Owners, to proactively manage the risks, issues and dependencies.
- Collaborate with Finance and Procurement on all topics related to budget elaboration, strategic resource planning and business case reviews.
- Manage and monitor budget: plan vs. committed, spend vs forecast vs variance by product/platform.
- Manage and execute SOWs and POs with vendors or providers.
About You
- 10+ years of experience in Strategy or Operations or Program/Portfolio Management, preferably in digital R&D teams and agile Ways of Working.
- Bachelor's degree required, master’s degree in business, science, engineering or digital field preferred.
- Detailed planning, budgeting, and reporting capabilities and demonstrated ability to link those to strategy and vision.
- Strong networking, influencing and negotiating skills and superior problem solving skills.
- Strong and confident storytelling and communication skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical, business, and finance teams.
- Demonstrated ability to work with multiple teams to drive alignment and results.
- Continuous improvement mindset Results oriented, and self motivated.
- Positive team player who is service oriented and flexible.
- Knowledge on agile development and product lifecycle is a plus.
- Data and AI Products and Platform expertise or experience.
- Pharma and/or Digital healthcare expertise is a plus; experience in or good understanding of pharmaceutical R&D.
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.
- 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 wellbeing benefits.
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