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Manufacturing and Supply
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miracles of
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Associate Director, Human Factors & Usability Engineering

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Morristown, New Jersey
Salary Range   USD 147,000.00 - 212,333.33
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Our teams produce and deliver over 4 billion units of medicines and vaccines every year, ensuring every breakthrough gets to the people who need it most.
Our state-of-the-art facilities, AI-powered smart factories, and cutting-edge automation are redefining what’s possible: ensuring treatments reach patients faster, safer, and more sustainably than ever before. This is where your skills, ambition, and passion can shape the future of healthcare.

Job title: Associate Director, Human Factors & Usability Engineering

Location: Cambridge, MA, Morristown, NJ

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.

At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We offer a dynamic environment where you can grow your career, explore opportunities, and push the boundaries of what's possible.

Role Overview:

The Associate Director will be responsible for leading and executing HFUE activities, continuous HFUE process improvements, driving user-centric design, optimizing the product user-interface, ensuring products are safe and effective for use and enhance the overall user experience for products across the strong pipeline. Drive HFUE initiatives in early stage, development, and LCM projects, ensuring strategic and rigorous execution and timely delivery.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Lead human factors and usability engineering activities throughout product lifecycle

  • Ensure product safety, effectiveness, and optimal user-interface design

  • Drive user-centered design processes supporting Sanofi's product pipeline

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement HFE best practices

  • Oversee regulatory compliance and documentation

**This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of medical device usability while working with cutting-edge technology with a global healthcare leader.

About You

Leadership Competencies:

  • Strategic thinking and risk-based decision making

  • Agile leadership mindset

  • Critical problem-solving abilities

  • Innovation-driven approach

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Technical Expertise:

  • Strategic implementation of HFUE processes: User needs identification, Use requirements generation, Context of use definition, KUPs and use-related risk controls assessment, URRA execution, Study design and execution, UEF/DHF deliverable management, Regulatory submission documentation

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in: Human Factors Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics, Mechanical Engineering, HF Behavioral Sciences or Psychology, Industrial Design Or related field

  • Extensive experience in pharmaceutical or medical device industry

  • Deep knowledge of combination products and medical device human factors

  • Strong understanding of FDA Guidance, International Standards, and Global Regulations

Preferred Experience:

  • Wide range of FDA submission experience

  • Multidisciplinary perspective in: Device design, User research, Instructional design, Requirements generation, User-centric design across product lifecycle

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.

Pursue Progress. 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.

Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com

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  • We’re problem-solvers and pioneers. United by the belief that everyone deserves a healthier future. We create best-in-class vaccines that prevent disease and protect lives.

  • Innovation drives us. From AI and mRNA to next-gen science, we push the boundaries to deliver first- and best-in-class vaccines for infectious diseases worldwide.

  • Growth happens here. With bold investments in R&D and world-class facilities, Sanofians across the entire vaccine lifecycle are shaping the future of global health.

  • We do what’s right. Sustainability and DE&I drive our positive global impact—because the diverse communities Sanofians represent are the patients we serve.

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