Strategy & Ops Senior Director, SILC

Sanofi • Cambridge, MA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs. The Strategy and Operations Specialist role is part of the Sanofi Integrated Launch Capabilities (SILC) organization, which drives the integration of Sanofi’s launch functions to deliver best-in-class excellence for Sanofi launches. This role will support the execution of SILC strategic initiatives, launch foundations, cross-portfolio analytics, and innovation and AI initiatives. You will work closely with the Lead, Strategy & Operations to drive launch innovation, generate actionable insights, and support continuous improvement across Sanofi's launch framework. 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.

Requirements

• Business leadership experience driving pharmaceutical product launches or launch strategy and operations
• Track record of driving organizational transformation
• Leadership experience driving business innovation, particularly using digital and AI technologies
• Track record of translating data into insights and simulations
• Knowledge of best-in-class launch excellence practices
• Strong ability to analyse complex processes, identify gaps, and implement scalable solutions
• Proficient in AI-driven insight generation
• Adept at storytelling with data, delivering high-impact presentations, and influencing leadership
• You are a role model of Take The Lead behaviours
• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Fluent English

Nice To Haves

• Prior US pharma commercial/launch/market access experience is a plus
• Previous consultancy experience is a plus
• MBA/Advanced Degree is desirable.

Responsibilities

• SILC Foundations: Elevate best-in-class launch standards and framework
• Lead the evolution and refinement of the SILC framework, ensuring it is best-in-class and adaptable to changing market conditions
• Coordinate with transversal areas (SILC Clusters, COEs, GTMC, LEBI, etc.) to ensure alignment and integration of launch standards
• Manage beta testing initiatives, capturing learnings and insights to drive continuous improvement
• Document and communicate framework updates and best practices to relevant stakeholders
• Assist in developing training materials and resources to support framework adoption
• Serve as a liaison with Hub Operations to ensure seamless implementation of launch frameworks
• SILC Suite & Gen AI: Drive digital and AI-powered launch excellence
• Act as business lead for digital initiatives with the SILC Suite – a best-in-class digital launch excellence solution
• Support the development and pilot implementation of Gen AI use cases within the launch ecosystem
• Identify opportunities for AI application in launch processes to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and impact
• Document and share learnings from AI implementations to inform future developments
• Collaborate with training and change management teams to drive SILC Suite usage and AI adoption
• Partner with the Digital Accelerator in the development of the SILC Suite and AI platform, ensuring data quality and system functionality
• SILC Quants: Build & enhance operations modules to support Sanofi Resourcing: Develop tools and processes to support decisions
• Metrics: Design and maintain performance dashboards and reporting frameworks to measure outcomes and drive continuous improvement
• Budget/strat plan and business cases: Create and manage tracking modules to support informed financial decisions.
• Governance tracking: Build modules to track performance against governance decisions
• Data & Simulation: Drive business launch scenarios and impact-driven decision-making
• Act as business lead for digital initiative with the Launch Simulator
• Support disruptive innovation as business lead of the Launch Simulator, ensuring model relevance, fostering simulation culture within Sanofi, and generating business impact
• Evolve Mission Control functionality, including pre-launch metrics definition, data collection in collaboration with I&A, trend analysis, insights, and Next Best Actions (NBA)
• Gather and integrate external competitor data to enhance launch planning and competitive positioning
• Conduct launch impact analyses to identify trends, opportunities, and challenges across the portfolio
• Prepare data visualisations and reports that translate complex information into actionable insights for the brand & franchise teams
• In addition, the Strategy & Ops Sr. Director will lead special projects on behalf of SILC.
• Note: The Strategy & Ops Sr. Director role expected to perform all main responsibilities and may take ownership of a specific area of focus.

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 and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees