Portfolio Analytics Director

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

The Global R&D Strategy and Portfolio Management team’s overarching objective is to equip Sanofi’s leaders with robust, objective and externally focused insights and recommendations they need to make better informed R&D strategy, and portfolio and project investment decisions to ensure pipeline sustainability.  

We achieve this by (1) delivering a comprehensive R&D strategy positioning the organization to embrace future opportunities and challenges, driving sustained success (2) by ensuring a sustainable portfolio strategy, robust valuation and prioritization of the R&D portfolio and optimization of resources, high quality pipeline reporting, benchmarking, and scientific competitive intelligence (3) by ensuring high quality investment governance incorporating decision quality and thoughtful risk taking principles.

The Global R&D Portfolio Strategy and Management team works with key stakeholders across the organization (R&D and GBUs) to support portfolio & project decision-making aligned to our corporate strategy and agreed TA strategies.

The Portfolio Strategy & Management Team is looking to add a team-oriented member in the role of Portfolio Analytics Director.  This role reports to Global Head of Portfolio Analytics, Pipeline Reporting & Benchmarking, Competitive Intelligence, and Transformation and is critical in shaping our R&D portfolio strategy by leveraging advanced analytics to drive decision-making and strategic planning. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of pharmaceutical R&D processes, a strong background in analytics, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

You will gain exposure to all of Sanofi’s therapy areas and come to truly understand the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the business.

The Portfolio Analytics Director’s main responsibilities are to support corporate planning, pipeline sustainability efforts and R&D objectives through advanced cross-TA portfolio analytics, pipeline modeling with a strong external lens on the industry to know what good looks like and to influence R&D KPIs, and strategic decision-making.  You will independently lead pipeline analytics projects to constructively challenge internal thinking/perspectives, influence asset and portfolio strategy and investment decision-making for our internal and BD portfolios.   As such you will work with senior leaders across the business including R&D, commercial, finance, Corporate Strategy, IA, BD, legal. Your ability to identify the right strategic questions to address with a focused external lens and conduct complex analyses, present findings, and help facilitate decision-making to inform strategy and investment decisions for internal assets and BD will be key to the group’s success. 

Main Responsibilities:

• Define investment governance process for R&D together with R&D senior leadership and ExCom and ensure disciplined and robust implementation for the most senior joint R&D and Commercial investment board called the IDCC.

• Use advanced analytics to inform and shape decision making by senior leadership (e.g., stage gate analysis to determine optimal development strategy, scenario analysis, decision trees, pipeline sustainability, etc.). The Therapeutic Area (TA) Leads work with the Global Project teams (GPTs) to present these analytics at key Go/No go decisions during Governance meetings. The R&D Portfolio Strategy team ensures the consolidation of these analyses into a holistic TA and cross-TA portfolio view (pipeline volume, risk, value) with data visualization tools and makes recommendations as to optimize utilization of resources and facilitate trade-off discussion amongst senior leaders.

• Ensure R&D asset, TA and Company pipeline valuation (including evolution of risk) are done in a continuous, rigorous, and comparable basis across Sanofi Research and Development Pharma and Vaccines, including the development of standard tools and an effective review process. Provide challenge to cross-functions and project teams’ assumptions via quantitative analyses of previous Sanofi performance and external benchmarks, integration of internal data available and external Open-source information using artificial intelligence approaches to draw insights, and continuously identifying new sources of data that can inform quantitative analyses.

• Ensure robust pipeline reporting and benchmarking to support the R&D and portfolio strategy and portfolio sustainability linked to the external equity story in partnership with Investor Relations.

• Ensure robust external competitive intelligence insights to drive technology investments and asset strategy decisions.

Strategic leadership and Influencing:

• Collaborate with R&D leadership to integrate portfolio analytics into strategic planning and decision-making processes.

• Structure and perform scenarios and simulations to model and value strategic alternatives and trade-offs with the aim of maximizing value at a portfolio level.

• Prepare and present comprehensive reports, including portfolio performance summaries, scenario analyses, and strategic recommendations, to senior management and key stakeholders.

• Development of portfolio standards using external data to improve internal data quality and fill gaps where they exist.

• Identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities for innovation and growth.  Support R&D mid-year portfolio review, project prioritization, Portfolio Strategy Week (PSW) and Strat Days as needed. 

• Lead monthly portfolio value update process in decision intelligence tool called PLai to inform IDCC investment decision making.

Data Analytics and Insights:

• Drive the use of advanced analytical tools and methodologies to assess portfolio performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights.

• Develop and maintain metrics to track portfolio performance, including pipeline sustainability, and support the development of smart AI-enabled key performance indicators (KPIs).

Business transformation/capability development:

• Support development of analytical frameworks and tools for portfolio-level decision-making including the use of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)

• Identify opportunities for enhancing portfolio management processes and analytics capabilities (e.g., how Sanofi defines probability of technical and regulatory success (PTRS)).

• Implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of portfolio analytics including digitalization, automation, and use of AI/genAI.

• Build a global high-performing and industry leading analytics function fully AI-enabled.

• The position will require deep engagement with both direct and cross-functional partners. Demonstrated ability to develop, guide, and influence across senior leaders is a critical component for this position.

* Key Responsibilities may differ among employees with the same job title and may change over time, in accordance with business needs

About You

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced degree (Ph.D., MBA, or equivalent) in life sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, business administration, or a related field required.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in portfolio management, analytics, or a related field within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with at least 5 years in a leadership role influencing decision-making.

• Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools with the ability to synthesize complex information into strategic recommendations.  

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex data insights clearly to senior executives.

• Proven ability to lead and develop new capabilities and collaborate effectively across functions.

• The maturity and leadership skills to be able to interact at senior levels including influencing strategic decisions and working in a matrix environment.

• Position may require up to 10% overall business travel.

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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