Director, Strategy and Operations

Job Title: Director, Strategy and Operations

Location: Washington, DC

About the Job

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities:

Set and execute strategy

• Develop rigorous evidence based analyses, models and insights to inform various strategies for SPC NA relating to overarching growth priorities and key transformation initiatives. This will require identifying and aggregating internal knowledge and stakeholders, managing vendors and iterating to incorporate OneSanofi strategic objectives. 

• Gather and translate new market information regarding policy, technology, provider/payer spaces and consumer trends into knowledge that can keep the team current, adaptive and competitive.

Fulfill annual operating plans and workstreams

• Enable high-impact operating decisions by leading strategic analyses with adaptive methodologies across various business needs and time horizons. Draw on data, research, and ideas both internal and external, and identify creative sources of data and information as needed. Draft various deliverables for different audiences and needs.

• Remove barriers to progress and accelerate workstream execution by conducting focused, short term problem solving and reframing, including clarifying trade offs and risk

• Drive accountability and progress by monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting initiatives in coordination with franchise or functional unit teams 

Orchestrate key projects, change management and events that accelerate growth

• Accelerate special projects by leading the development of frameworks, business plans, and operating processes that help partner executives move faster and more strategically

• Drive change at scale by developing best practices, trainings, and templates

About You

Qualifications:

• MBA

• Minimum of 15+ years in health care strategy consulting, with a focus on high visibility, mission-critical growth initiatives

• Operating experience developing AI-driven SaMD products, including creating product and regulatory strategy for AI-driven and managing cross-functional teams (research, engineering, sales, marketing, and finance) throughout the software development lifecycle. Understanding of evolving FDA regulations, intended use, product development, and quality management systems (QMS).

• Deep understanding of today’s and tomorrow’s health care industry dynamics and stakeholders, including payor and provider decision making, AI/ML strategy and use cases, and transformation management

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and strategic thinking capabilities with the ability to navigate complex business challenges, bring new perspective and question the status quo, and identify and structure innovative solutions

• Experience developing business plans, financial models, and sequenced project plans

• Deep expertise in translating strategy to change at scale via best practices, trainings, templates, etc.

• Ability to partner with, persuade, and motivate senior executives, senior leaders, clinicians, and technical and scientific experts in a matrixed environment

• Agility, flexibility and ability to manage ambiguity

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.

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.