Associate Director, Strategy & Analytics

Sanofi • Morristown, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, Strategy & Analytics serves as the operational and executional lead for Sanofi’s Business Modernization & Commercial Excellence team and as a thought partner on strategic questions shaping the modernization agenda. The team maintains the modernization agenda and roadmap across North America Vaccines and manages a portfolio of initiatives intended to modernize business operations and technology, build commercial capabilities, and accelerate value for customers and employees.

The role advises the Head of Business & Technology Modernization and senior commercial leaders through rigorous analysis and structured problem-solving. It provides visibility into strategic planning and decisions across Commercial, Market Access, Operations, Finance, and Digital. The position calls for someone able to move between strategic thinking and detailed analytical execution, navigate ambiguity, work independently, anticipate leadership needs, and turn complex information into actionable recommendations. Scope may evolve with the team’s priorities.

The role owns portfolio operations, analytical frameworks and playbooks, business cases and financial models, leadership deliverables, operational tools, and the intake process for consulting requests. It also supports executive communication, change management, process development, strategic consulting projects, the Innovation Accelerator, competitive intelligence, market analysis, and data analytics and digital-tool use. Representative projects include building a financial case for digital transformation, developing a commercial operating model, synthesizing competitive intelligence, and designing analytical frameworks for executive business reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience, including experience at a top-tier management consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, or equivalent).
• Track record of delivering rigorous analysis and structured recommendations in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Strong financial acumen, including ability to develop business cases, ROI models, and budget-tracking mechanisms.
• Exceptional attention to detail and experience managing complex timelines and accountability for deliverables.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments with evolving priorities and scope.
• Strong collaborative and communication skills and ability to work effectively across functions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in commercial activities within the pharmaceutical industry, or specifically in Vaccines, is strongly preferred.
• Ability to rapidly synthesize information and produce clear, professional presentations.
• Fluency with AI tools such as ChatGPT or Copilot and ability to integrate them independently into analytical and strategic workflows.
• Willingness to learn new tools, processes, and subject matter areas as organizational needs evolve.

Responsibilities

• Own portfolio management and operations for the modernization agenda, including KPI frameworks, portfolio value and health synthesis, and surfacing risks, dependencies, and strategic tradeoffs to senior leadership.
• Develop and codify analytical frameworks, decision-making methodologies, and strategic planning processes.
• Develop ROI models, cost-of-inaction analyses, and value-realization tracking in partnership with Finance.
• Translate strategic direction, data, and analysis into presentations and materials for quarterly business reviews, leadership updates, and stakeholder communications.
• Design and maintain dashboards, reporting mechanisms, and decision-support tools that provide leadership visibility into performance.
• Establish and manage the formal intake process for consulting requests, including scoping, timelines, deliverables, and project offboarding.
• Develop executive-level presentations that distill complex analyses into clear business implications and use data storytelling and business cases to influence decision-makers.
• Drive adoption of modernization initiatives by designing change strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, and organizational capabilities.
• Contribute to new ways of working and practical, repeatable processes that help functional teams embrace modernization.
• Lead or co-lead strategic initiatives, developing problem definitions, analytical frameworks, and data-driven recommendations for commercial decisions.
• Support the operationalization of the Innovation Accelerator and processes that encourage continuous improvement.
• Research and synthesize market opportunities, competitive intelligence, and voice-of-customer insights to inform modernization strategy and business cases.
• Use data analytics and digital tools to support decision-making and identify opportunities for process automation.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs.
• At least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
• Employee benefit programs; additional details are available through the company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director