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Job title: Business Support Leader

Location: Cambridge, MA , Northborough, MA

About the job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

Job Purpose

• The Business Support Leader will serve as a key advisor and strategic partner to the Business Unit Leader and the Team, ensuring effective communication, alignment, and execution of projects and organizational initiatives.

• This role requires a proactive, detail-oriented individual with exceptional leadership, project management, and interpersonal skills.

• The individual will support the Head of EM&S Specialty Care to effectively plan and manage business priorities, define the communication plan for the business unit, and chair the business unit governances

• The role includes components of strategy (understanding and translation of the vision and priorities), facilitation (enabling leadership team to work together and getting to decision faster), project management (leading highly important projects in white spaces), and bridge building (connecting the dots within the leadership team and with the rest of the organization).

• The individual partners closely with both the Head of EM&S SpecCare and the leadership team (LT) on a daily basis to run and monitor transversal priorities and deliver high impact projects. Extensive collaboration is required with many stakeholders.

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?

Main Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning and Execution

• Assist the Business Unit Leader and the leadership team in developing and implementing strategic initiatives and operational plans.

• Monitor progress on key projects and objectives, providing updates and recommendations to leadership through the execution of the EM&S SpecCare Compelling Business Needs and priorities and monitoring of related KPIs.

Communication and Coordination, Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinate Global EM&S Business Support Leader & Governance to support decision making and information sharing within the organization.

• Facilitate communication between the leadership team and other departments to ensure alignment on priorities and initiatives.

• Prepare and manage internal and external communications on behalf of the GBU leader.

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, to foster collaboration and support for organizational initiatives.

• Represent the GBU Leader in meetings and discussions as needed.

Project Management

• Lead projects as required to support the execution of the EM&S SpecCare Compelling Business Needs (CBN).

• Leverage and engage resources across the organization to ensure priorities are delivered on time with effectiveness measurements built in.

• Interface with the broader organization on transversal projects that requires EM&S SpecCare inputs.

Meeting and Event Management

• Organize and coordinate executive meetings, including agenda setting, materials preparation, and follow-up on action items.

• Plan and execute events and initiatives that align with organizational objectives.

About you

Basic Qualifications:

• BS/BA Engineering or Scientific discipline or other degree with relevant pharma experience.

• 5-8+ years' experience in Pharmaceutical or BioPharma industry.

• Hands on experience working at a manufacturing site is a plus.

• PMP or Lean Six Sigma training is highly preferred but not required.

Key Qualifications and Competencies:

• Ability to work cross-functionally, strong team player

• Ability to manage confidential information and understand relevance and sensitivity

• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical and strategic capabilities

• Strong project management skills

• Ability to deal with ambiguity and work in autonomy with limited guidelines

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to cultivate effective relationships, and to influence and collaborate internally and externally at all organizational levels

Desired traits:

• Trust, reliability and discretion

• Self-driven, Results-oriented

• Strong sense of urgency

• Ability to proactively voice different perspectives

• Multi-Tasker

• Eagerness to learn, inquisitive

• Active listener

• Rigor

• High work capacity/Flexibility

• Travel - 10% travel requested

Why Choose Us?

• 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.​

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Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.​

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

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Werde Teil von Sanofi und starte mit uns in eine neue Ära der Wissenschaft – wo dein persönliches Wachstum genauso wegweisend ist wie unsere Arbeit. Wir investieren in dich, damit du weiterkommst, schneller denkst und Dinge möglich machst, die vorher undenkbar waren. Du wirst Grenzen verschieben, Gewohntes hinterfragen und smarte Lösungen entwickeln, die direkt bei den Menschen ankommen, für die wir da sind. Bereit, die Wunder der Wissenschaft zu jagen und Leben zu verbessern? Dann lass uns gemeinsam Großes bewegen – und das Außergewöhnliche entdecken.

Bei Sanofi stehen allen die gleichen Chancen offen – unabhängig von Herkunft, Hautfarbe, Religion, Geschlecht, Nationalität, sexueller Orientierung, Alter, Staatsangehörigkeit, Familienstand, Behinderung, Geschlechtsidentität, Veteranenstatus oder anderen gesetzlich geschützten Merkmalen.