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Job Title: Head of Specialty Care Large Molecule Operations Team

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.

External Manufacturing and Supply (EM&S) Specialty Care organization is accountable for all Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) across the Specialty Care GBU that delivers Sanofi products. We serve the GBUs within M&S with drug substance, drug products, and finished goods, aiming to develop ourselves into a best-in-class organization that continuously strives towards three priorities – (i) Ensure Supply, (ii) Deliver Financially, and (iii) Grow Talent. In addition to Running the Business, we are committed to Transforming the Business by defining our strategic global footprint for preferred partners and deploying the right technology in centralized performance management of CMOs

The Head of Specialty Care Large Molecule Operations Team will work: 

in partnership 

• Head of the External Site Team, External Manufacturing Product Teams (EMPT) heads and other functional heads

in alignment 

• with EM&S business partners 

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:

• Supports on time and in full delivery of products for CMOs/External Suppliers within External Site Team, accountable for reporting of Specialty Care & EM&S KPIs.  Drives continuous improvement in internal and CMO performance areas of Safety, Quality, Cost & Delivery.

• All aspects of people management for EST Operations personnel and accountable for financial resource planning within budget, including generation and maintenance of labor model.  Supporting Sanofi's DE&I initiatives. Develops and maintains a positive culture to create the right environment for highly productive teams in a psychologically safe environment.

• Advisor on the management of product/CMOs from an operational and financial perspective, contract topics and technical support. Ensures all EM+S related aspects of tech transfers and commercialization into new CMO's are effective.

• Drives Standardization & Simplification initiatives working with functional heads and the Center of Excellence Technology, SMS, and Digital team. Work with EMPT & CMO Business Operations Team to standardize contracts. Serves as the internal point of contact for introduction of new digital tools, (e.g., Power BI and Plai). Work with EST and Procurement on implementation of cost saving initiatives.

• Support problem resolution, including deviation and change control support, between Ops personnel & both internal and external business partners.

• Work transversally with other functional heads within EST to standardize and optimize the CMO management processes. 

• Support EST in execution of related projects and sourcing activities as a CMO and product expert.

• Key Responsibilities may differ among employees with same job title and may change over time in accordance with business needs.

Leadership Qualifications

• Strategic thinking: analyzes current and future scenarios, disrupts the status quo with innovation, while remaining pragmatic and focus on priorities. Able to shape a vision. Able to lead & animate networks, teams, experts - Strong communication skills.  

• Results orientation: Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives from concept to execution.  

• High level of autonomy. Executes, comfortable with ambiguity, and adapts with agility. Takes calculated risks and anticipates potential issues. 

• People development: Engages and leverages everyone’s strengths while being highly self-aware. Instore the culture of feedback & empower people to grow & manage his/her career path. 

• Relationship & Influence: able to manage ambiguity and partners without solid reporting line. 

• Inspires trust through empathy and authenticity. Empowers and recognizes others to create powerful relationships and networks. 

• Stretched ambition and act. Encourages the teams to stretch and do things differently & creates space for the teams to act. 

• Commit to Patients and full product quality. Makes sure the teams understand how to act for patients and customers. 

• Approaches the role with humility and thinks Sanofi first. 

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with scientific background or equivalent and 10+ years of experience  OR 

• Master’s degree with scientific background or equivalent and 8+ years of experience 

• Prior experience in operational roles, ideally as Site manager, or SLT / Senior Leadership Team member  

• Good functional knowledge on industrial business processes 

• Good exposure to cross sites & cross GBUs / Global Business Units networking is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic or good understanding of data management and IA digital products 

• Knowledgeable in E2E / End to End product & industrial strategy, performance management, project management 

• Knowledgeable in biotech/pharmaceutical industry technologies 

• Strong analytical skills. 

• Good command of KPI / Key Performance Indicators, target setting & monitoring 

Special Working Conditions

Ability to travel as needed to support onsite manufacturing oversight (up to 20% per year)

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.

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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.

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