Technical Delivery Manager

• Job Title: Digital R&D Technical Delivery Manager

• Location: Hyderabad

• Job type: Permanent, Full time

About the Team

We are an innovative global healthcare company driven by one purpose — to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. With a presence in over 100 countries, our teams are dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine and turning the impossible into the possible. We deliver life-changing treatments and life-saving vaccines to millions worldwide, while embedding sustainability and social responsibility at the heart of everything we do.

Sanofi has embarked on an ambitious digital transformation journey, with a strong focus on accelerating data-driven innovation and the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to enhance R&D, manufacturing, and commercial performance. This transformation aims to bring breakthrough medicines and vaccines to patients faster and more efficiently.

Join our team as Technical Delivery Manager and play a key role in advancing engineering excellence across Digital R&D. You’ll contribute to shaping Sanofi’s global digital future, collaborating closely within our expanding Hyderabad hub.

About the Role

At Sanofi, we are driven by one purpose: to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives. We are seeking Technical Delivery Manager to drive the architecture, development, and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performance applications across our digital R&D platforms. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, mentor multiple pods/teams, promote innovation, and ensure compliance with regulatory and quality standards—all while contributing to Sanofi’s mission of delivering life-changing therapies and vaccines to patients worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Design & Development: Lead design and development of enterprise-scale applications and services, including complex full-stack solutions with scalable frontends, robust backend services, and optimized APIs.

• Technical Delivery & Collaboration: Partner with Design, Data Science, Product, and Platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions using agile methodologies; contribute to architectural discussions and technical solution discovery.

• Quality, Security & Standards: Ensure software quality, implement security-by-design, and maintain compliance with GxP, Data Privacy, and regulatory requirements; establish reusable component libraries and development standards.

• DevOps & Cloud Engineering: Drive CI/CD pipelines, containerization, cloud deployment (AWS/Azure), monitoring, and automation to optimize delivery and operational efficiency.

• Mentorship & Team Leadership: Mentor junior, mid & senior engineers, manage multiple pods/teams, foster knowledge sharing, and promote a culture of innovation and technical excellence.

• Continuous Improvement & Innovation: Stay current with emerging technologies, propose process improvements, lead proof-of-concepts, and contribute to innovation initiatives.

• Lead end to end technical delivery for one of the domains below within Digital R&D

• Digital Lab Research & Operations

• Digital In Silico Research & CMC

• Digital Development

• Digital Portfolio & Project Analytics

• Digital Launch & Market Support

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with leadership in full-stack development and enterprise-grade applications, with at least 3 - 5 years in a leadership and delivery management role.

• Strong expertise in React.js, Python, Node.js, FastAPI, microservices, RESTful APIs, Decoupled System Designs and WebSocket implementations.

• Experience with CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), cloud-native applications, and DevOps practices.

• Version control tools Github, Branching strategies

• Knowledge of software design principles, distributed systems, security, and regulatory compliance (GxP, GDPR).

• Proven ability to mentor teams, manage multiple pods, and drive cross-functional collaboration.

• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience in healthcare or life sciences domain.