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Clinical Innovation & Translation Management Lead
At a glance
Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.
- Job title: Innovation & Translation Management Lead
- Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Job type: Permanent, full-time
- Hybrid working (60% office, 40% home)
About the job
As an Innovation & Translation Management Lead within our Global Clinical Documentation & Quality organization, as a dynamic leader you will oversee the Clinical Documentation Innovation Project Assistants and Clinical Translation Services Project Managers in the Budapest Hub.
In this role you will focus on delivering high-quality outcomes and advancing excellence across all related functions. We expect you to be enthusiastic about people development and adept at fostering robust relationships with global functional leads.
The core accountabilities include but are not limited to overseeing the timely delivery of certified translations of submission documents from 3rd party providers and enhancing processes and technologies vital to our clinical documentation deliverables.
Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you’ll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.
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.
Main responsibilities:
- Oversee the Innovation Project Assistant activities for support of clinical documentation processes and technologies, including active support of current systems / processes and engagement in digital roadmap projects, with commitment to delivering high quality results and overcoming challenges with successful execution
- Oversee the Clinical Translation Services activities in the Hub, ensuring the project managers are effectively managing timely deliverables from 3rd party language service providers
- Act as liaison to global functional leads on business topics such as metrics, prioritization, and performance
- Promote teamwork, quality, operational efficiency, and innovation
- Foster employee development to build subject matter expertise and encourage collaboration with global functions to enhance knowledge sharing and drive process improvements
- Ensure team activities compliance with health authority requirements, Sanofi SOPs, and departmental standards
- Stay updated on evolving industry practices and regulatory requirements to maintain industry leadership
- Foster a change-agile environment and act as key change agent for new processes and technologies
- Manage budgets and oversee initiatives to support legal requests, mergers, audits, inspections, and other organizational needs
- Provide mentorship to staff, manage hiring and training processes, and ensure performance goals are met effectively
About you
Experience:
- Strong leadership ability coupled with strategic and innovative thinking
- Proven ability to manage changes, negotiate and influence others, and resolve conflict
Knowledge, soft skills and competencies:
- Knowledge of drug development, regulatory or other guidelines pertaining to document standards and submission requirements
- Understanding of business considerations (basic finance, human resources)
- Ability to adapt to needs of an evolving business environment (e.g., regulatory requirements, corporate structure and processes, customer focus, technological advances)
- Management skills including, but not limited to leadership, prioritization, team inspiration, cross-cultural sensitivity, delegation, empowerment, and accountability
Technical skills:
- Skilled in MS Office Suite
- Knowledge of electronic document management systems
Education:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Languages:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Why choose us?
- Be part of a pioneering biopharma company that engages patients early in drug development and uses their insights to design studies that reflect real-world needs
- Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team in an international work environment
- Work from an "Office of the Year 2023" award winner with flexible home office policy
- 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
- An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks
- Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs)
PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary.
Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
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nullPursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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- Expand your horizons. Grow through curiosity, with support to move, learn, and lead in a culture that champions mentorship, mobility, and bold development.
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- Impact through inclusive innovation. Help deliver better science and fairer outcomes by driving inclusive research that reaches more people, in more meaningful ways.
- Turn patient needs into breakthrough science. Drive scientific breakthroughs that start with patient needs – and end in treatments that change lives.
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