Digital Lead Canada

Sanofi • Toronto, ON

1d • CA$170,133 - CA$205,000

About The Position

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. As the Digital Lead, Canada Business Partner at Sanofi, you will lead our digital transformation by defining and delivering the overall digital strategy for Sanofi’s Canada Commercial scope. In this pivotal role, you'll blend strategic vision with deep industry knowledge to drive digital innovation, enable business growth and transformation, and improve patient outcomes, all while navigating the complex regulatory landscape of the pharmaceutical industry. We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Advanced Scientific, Business, Marketing, or related discipline is required
• Minimum 8 years of demonstrated experience in the Pharma commercial industry.
• Minimum 8 years of demonstrated experience in Senior Stakeholder management.
• Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated experience in Business Case & Value Realization Tracking.
• Leader with outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to build trustful relationships.
• Possesses a particularly strong business acumen, combined with strong understanding of digital.
• Demonstrating a positive result orientation, problem solving attitude & a “getting things done” mentality.
• Ability to clearly prioritize and explain prioritization according to facts and data.
• Successful management of large digital and technology initiatives.
• Successful at building a culture of performance and accountability.
• Experience in applying Agile Practices.
• Team player with great interpersonal skills, positive attitude, and confident demeanor.
• Ability to both “think big” and manage the details to ensure impactful execution.
• TRT mindset enabling diverse & Inclusive Decision Making.
• English a must

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience of developing and delivering Digital business strategy is a plus.
• Diverse experience in different geographical and cultural settings is preferred.
• French a plus, other languages a plus

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Canada digital strategy, aligned with business priorities and the rapidly changing ecosystem
• Ensuring digital strategies align with business growth objectives and customer/patient needs.
• Creating a coherent digital strategy for all three Canada BUs with measurable positive outcomes.
• Ruthlessly prioritizing initiatives to align with business unit strategies.
• Ensuring best-in-class adoption, usage, and delivery of digital initiatives
• Fostering adherence to global digital strategies, platforms, and infrastructure
• Providing timely Agile digital support for vaccine pre-launch and launch activities.
• Ensuring tools are aligned to drive incremental customer value.
• Driving the adoption of good practices to maximize digital asset value and minimize risks.
• Acting as a catalyst for digital upskilling with a focus on Data and AI.
• Monitoring and integrating insights from the competitive landscape to shape strategy.
• Preparing and tracking the annual budget for Digital Canada.
• Be a member of Digital North America Leadership Team as well as a standing member of all three Canada BU LT teams.
• Foster cross-functional work and close collaboration between teams (Canada BU teams, Digital, GTMC, etc.) and drive structured ways of working between teams to provide maximum value and efficiency to business teams.
• Interact closely with the head of Digital North America, your peers the Digital head of North America Vaccines, Digital head of North America GenMed and the Digital head North America Specialty Care (SPC).
• Interact closely with the North American Delivery Manager to whom two delivery resources report.
• Establish and contribute to efficient governance driving fast decisions at the right level based on TRT framework, focused on impact and value creation.
• Work closely and constructively with other teams e.g. global product line owners, global service line owners, cybersecurity, Accelerator, whether inside or outside the company.
• Drive clarity on business leadership roles related to digital initiatives within the GBU, ensuring remit and oversight of full digital portfolio for your scope.
• Setup and lead a digital-champion network to accelerate digital transformation.
• Prepare the annual budget exercise and regular budget reviews throughout the year.
• Play an active role in shaping and executing the North America Digital strategy.
• Co-leading demand intake and prioritization processes, contributing to executive-level engagements (ExCom, Digital Boards), and driving cross-border initiatives that align with Sanofi’s global digital ambition.
• Serve as a strategic connector between Canadian BUs and U.S.-based Centers of Excellence, ensuring harmonization, scalability, and innovation across the region.

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefits programs, and additional benefits information can be found through the (CA)LINKOR (US) LINK.

What This Job Offers

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