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Job title: Manager, Strategic Partnerships

• Location: Swiftwater, PA

About the Job

External Partnerships serves as the strategic bridge between R&D operations and external laboratory partners, ensuring that outsourced testing is identified, established, and aligned with company quality, compliance, and operational standards. We manage vendor relationships end-to-end—from onboarding and contracting to project oversight and data delivery—while facilitating efficient assay development, qualification, and validation to meet critical timelines. Guided by our mission to deliver high-quality, timely, and compliant solutions, we optimize business operations, strengthen internal and external partnerships, and support innovation across the organization.

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:

Vendor Identification and Setup

• Identifies and establishes external vendors with applicable testing capability to as needed.

• Works with Procurement and Site Quality Operations to ensure external vendors are in alignment with company standards and requirements relating to outsourcing.

• Assists with the creation of Request for Proposals, Master Service Agreements, Quality Technical Agreements, and other legal and financial documentation as needed.

• Works with Global Transversal Operations Support to onboard third-party (3PL) laboratories and external partnerships.

Strategic Partnerships Management

• Acts as a Project Manager and is direct liaison between R&D operations and 3PLs.

• Ensures external testing is adequately planned, monitored and delivered per project needs.

• When required, ensures assay development, qualification, and validation is completed within defined timelines.

• Leads routine or ad hoc joint meetings between R&D and 3PLs.

• Ensures a good working relationship between R&D and the 3PLs.

• Ensures quality data is being delivered to R&D.

Documentation

• Authors or contributes to required documentation (work orders, protocols, reports) in support of technology/method development, optimization, qualification, validation.

• Assists in investigation/troubleshooting of external methods and documenting the outcome.

• Works with quality and compliance to ensure all quality documentation is filed appropriately and available for audit.

Business Operations

• In coordination with functional planners, responsible for scheduling testing at CROs and ensuring accuracy of testing schedules.

• Responsible for contributing to yearly external budget ensuring 3PL costs/spending is aligned with the forecasted budget and R&D financial objectives.

• Reviews and revises processes and procedures to ensure accuracy and applicability.

About You

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences: microbiology, immunology, biochemistry or related scientific fields.

• Minimum 1 year of experience with vendor management/external partnership.

• Experience in Assay development/validation, knowledge of GLP/Quality and Compliance

• PMP certification and Power Bi Knowledge are desirable.

Soft Skills

• Teamwork and strong transversal collaboration, strong networking skills.

• Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders.

• Solid communication skills (written and oral).

• Adaptability in a highly changeable environment.

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.

• 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.

• Help improve the lives of millions of people globally by making drug development quicker and more effective.

• Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science.

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.

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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