Operations Lead, Digital Research and Development Data AI Products and Platforms - Vaccines

Sanofi • Toronto, ON

20d • $124,800 - $174,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Join Sanofi's Digital R&D Data & AI Products and Platforms Team as an Operations Lead to support the company's ambitious digital transformation, focusing on accelerating data transformation and the adoption of AI/ML solutions in R&D, manufacturing, and commercial performance. The team is crucial for developing and delivering Data and AI products for R&D use cases, promoting data democratization, and scaling AI/ML, advanced analytics, and operational analytics capabilities. As Operations Lead, you will ensure end-to-end delivery excellence of products and platforms and optimize the operating model for the product line. This involves working closely with Product Line Owners and Product Owners to build robust strategies and roadmaps, instill sound agile practices, quantify value, and continuously optimize performance. The role requires high coordination within the team, with other verticals, and with business R&D. Sanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company dedicated to improving people's lives through innovative medicines and vaccines, with a deep understanding of the immune system.

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
• 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 with the ability to convince and influence at all levels of the organization
• 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
• English fluent

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in business, science, engineering or digital field preferred
• 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
• French, Spanish, or other languages is a plus

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of R&D Data and AI products and platforms strategy through defining roadmap in collaboration with DPP leaders, Product Owners, vertical and business R&D SMEs
• 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 to leadership for each product/platform
• Collaborate with Product Line Owners and Product Owners on all topics related to value engineering and impact delivered to business R&D
• Accountable for the quality of deliveries and OKRs/KPIs consolidation and post-launch ROI reviews to global Digital R&D scorecards, and communication to LT
• Define change management / GTM strategy and framework with scrum team and execute on plan; iterate as needed based on stakeholder needs and communication requirements to drive awareness, adoption and/or utilization
• Collaborate with Delivery Leads and/or Scrum Masters to ensure release or launch readiness and conduct post-launch retrospectives
• Collaborate with the scrum team to create and own their product/platform artifacts and are fit‑for‑purpose
• Own Product Line communication and capture “win wires” and successes and channel them to internal and cross-functional and leadership forums to build visibility and support
• Promote updates & features & launches, sharing of success stories, monitoring of adoption
• Collaborate with Product Line Owners and Products Owners, to proactively manage the risks, issues and dependencies for successful delivery
• Systematically identify, log, and track risks (timelines, dependencies, blockers, GxP/quality gaps, resourcing issues, etc.)
• Drive resolution by assigning clear owners and due dates; escalate when decisions or tradeoffs are needed
• 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
• Collaborate with Product Line Owners, People & Culture and procurement, to ensure optimized staffing allocation to achieve product impact and support their roadmap
• Tracks internal and external resources across various products/platforms
• Raise agile capability of the Product Line and provide coaching and mentorship in agile practices
• Define and enforce Ways of Working including roles and responsibilities across across Product Owners, Scrum Master, Tech Lead, QA, Operations, Engineers
• Establish, enhance and/or promote systems and processes to drive self-governance and management
• Improve and refine Ways of Working and Operating Model and monitoring for impact
• Identify and address structural/procedural pain points (e.g., onboarding overhead, fragmented documentation, meeting sprawl)
• Propose and implement small, practical changes (templates, intake processes, meeting hygiene) that enhance delivery over time

Benefits

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally
• 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 including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs
• Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefits programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees