Research Fellow, Sanofi Intrepide US
Cambridge, Massachusetts Permanent Posted on May. 15, 2025 Closing on May. 29, 2025 Salary Range USD 228,750.00 - 381,250.00Job Title: R2802928 Research Fellow, Sanofi Intrepide US
Hiring Manager: Hong Cheng
Location: Cambridge (U.S.) / Cambridge Crossing / 350 Water Street - Lab Building
Main Responsibilities:
Innovation and Scientific Leadership
- Monitor scientific breakthroughs in Sanofi business focused areas and identify opportunities that could enrich and accelerate our R&D pipeline
- Conduct sophisticated analyses of emerging scientific domains to identify non-obvious breakthrough opportunities
- Focused on generating transformative innovations that fundamentally advance therapeutic development, representing the pinnacle of scientific creativity and expertise
- Conduct trend analysis and produce white papers, reports, presentations and publications on innovation themes
- Serve as a residence scientific mentor to the Research Laboratories to drive scientific advancement, progressing programs with high level of scientific rigor, with creativity and breakthrough
- Drive an Intrépide Research Lab if needed to lead the team to overcome scientific and technical challenges and advance the projects
- Champion biotech-inspired culture and operating models to transform organizational ways of working
Program Development & Governance
- Mentor the teams to formulate and mature proposals to be the review by Intrépide Board for program entry and advancement decisions
- Chairing the proposal evaluation committee to govern the quality and strategic fitness of the final proposals for Intrépide Board's approval.
- Be a key player of developing KPIs and frameworks to measure the success and scalability of innovation initiatives
Scientific Excellence & Methodology
- Apply first principles thinking to overcome fundamental scientific barriers in drug discovery and clinical back-translations
- Contribute to elegant translational strategies connecting basic science discoveries to clinical applications
- Establish cutting-edge methodologies for experimental design and validation that elevate research quality and scientific advancement
- Develop novel mechanistic hypotheses and unconventional approaches to challenging disease targets, mechanistic questions and molecular designs
- Synthesize insights across diverse scientific fields to create unique solutions
External Collaboration & Value Creation
- Establish and nurture strategic relationships with KOLs to leverage diverse and pertained expertise
- Identify emerging technologies, startups, and research Sanofi's strategic focus and adjacent areas and synthesize them into actionable proposals for Intrépide Research Labs
- Design and facilitate innovation sprints, ideation workshops, and pilot projects with internal and external partners (in collaboration with existing External Innovation initiatives)
- Cultivate development and testing of new concepts, working alongside internal TAs, PFs other innovation teams
- Generate foundational scientific concepts that form the basis for high-value patent portfolios
About You
Basic Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in STEM field (e.g., biology, biochemistry, biophysics).
- 15+ years of academic research on biological pathways and MoAs, with industrial, biotech or pharma, exposure in drug discovery
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong record of scientific publications in high impact journals
- Track record of publishing or speaking on innovation-related topics
- Strong understanding of open innovation, emerging technologies, and collaborative models
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset and experience working in fast-paced, dynamics environments.
- Experience in working across internal organizational functions (TAs, PFs, Portfolio Strategy, BD, External Innovations and Legal/IP) and external partner
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.
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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