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Sr Analyst - Data & AI Strategy

Toronto, Canada Permanent Posted on   Feb. 19, 2025 Closing on   Mar. 20, 2025
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Reference No. R2787223

Position Title: Sr Analyst, Data & AI Strategy 

Department: Data and AI Strategy

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Remote Data Hub

About the Job

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready?

At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. We are seeking an experienced Data and AI Strategy & Platforms Analyst who will be responsible for enabling, empowering and contributing to programs within our digital data strategy portfolio, while collaborating with wider data governance & platform teams to develop their strategies. 

The role includes key components of enabling the portfolio management function, improving the operations across the Digital Data & AI team, and establishing best practices for strategy and business operations.

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:

  • Drive strategic program orchestration in partnership with cross functional teams, ensuring we build the right products, with scalable data foundations and 

  • Drive strategic program prioritization across our Data products and services that further deliver AI capabilities on user-centric, easy to use and scalable platforms.

  • Drive PMO function activities at the portfolio and program levels, regular reviews of delivery schedules, use of the standard tools to help manage on time delivery, value, scope, and manage program finances and reporting.

  • Facilitate the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the investment, success and impact of data and AI initiatives align with our corporate strategies and ambitions.

  • Work with digital, data & AI team members to maintain strong relationships with key tech and consulting partners, ensuring value add and co-development, community and CoE building.

  • Participating in key strategic initiatives on evolving topics allowing Sanofi to go all in on AI, responsibly.

  • Drive, curate, and enable Storytelling & Analytics to create communications for executive audiences, digital leaders and the everyday Sanofian that delivers our “value delivered” story.

  • Deliver ad-hoc strategic initiatives of the Digital Data organization, in a management or support capacity in collaboration with the Strategy arm of the team.

About You:

  • Strategy-to-implementation digital / data & AI experience, consulting experience a bonus

  • Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, analytical skills and strategic thinking skills.

  • Demonstrated experience shaping strategy into tactical delivered, with KPIs and metrics. 

  • Exposure to the establishment and adoption of portfolio management practices 

  • Acting as a translator, gathering business needs, pain points, requirements and overall strategy to design the right data and AI solutions, simplify complex jargon and set the tone for a positive change culture

  • Experience and exposure to Tech capabilities (e.g. data engineering, data science, architecture, cloud, data visualization, AI Implementations, data governance risk management and more).

  • Experience and exposure to Product management, Product Innovation & Agile skillsets.

  • Experience contributing to complex, cross-functional stakeholders to execute high-impact projects.

  • Ability to deal with ambiguity and work in autonomy with limited guidelines. Effective written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Additional Information:

  • Travel: Little to none

  • Work Environment: Fast-paced and collaborative, requiring a high degree of flexibility and adaptability.

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

The opportunity is a REPLACEMENT

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.  Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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Reference No. R2786632 

Position Title: Risk Advisory Lead - Data

Department: Digital Risk Advisory - Data & SaMD

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Data Hub

About the Job

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready?

As a Digital Risk Advisory Lead, you will proactively engage withproduct teams to provide guidance and consultation on Digitalsolution lifecycle risks and controls.

The Digital Risk Advisory Lead is accountable for anticipating and resourcing the quality and compliance needs of the Digital Data teams. He/she will provide key quality expertise to establish pragmatic compliance controls supporting selection of data platforms, establishment of global data architecture, implementation of data governance tools at scale, enabling data science capabilities, and design/development/deployment and use of Responsible AI solutions.

Critical aspect of the role includes defining an agile quality and compliance strategy that supports Digital Data unit in their effort to establish a standardized, resilient, and sustainable data and AI model pipeline - including data sources, data quality, data governance, data management and master data management.

If you are passionate about Digital/IT and Quality, if you want to make a difference in how we work, you should come and join a dynamic team with great values!

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:

  • Serve as the primary digital risk & compliance point of contact forDigital Data / Business solution owners and teams.

  • Provide cross-domain guidance on topics including risk profileexecution, control implementation, and risk management/actionplanning.

  • Manage extended team interactions, engaging subject matterresources where needed.

  • Provide support and guidance during audit, inspection, andassurance activities.

  • Identify opportunities to further enable Digital Data / Business self-serviceand scale & optimize controls implementation, work with Digital Risk Advisory leadsto drive change.

  • Deliver training / awareness sessions (e.g., lunch & learns) on digital risk &compliance topics​ to upskill stakeholders.

  • Demand/Delivery Mgmt. / Stakeholder Mgmt.

    • Work closely with the Digital Data teams to review the project and application portfolio to mobilize quality support to meet stakeholder needs.

    • Accountable for the appropriate quality staffing of PODs, Programs & Services

    • Oversee, monitor, and report on all Digital Risk and Compliance activities within domain of responsibility.

    • Plan the workload for domain of responsibility.

    • Advise, educate, and guide Digital Data project and product teams on and oversee compliance activities in a rapidly evolving technology environment.

    • Advise on and support the effective quality management of third parties, including SaaS / cloud suppliers

    • Lead risk assessment, quality assurance, quality strategy definition and oversee their execution in collaboration with external service providers

  • Quality Mgmt. System

    • Define Quality and Compliance Standards for emerging regulatory concerns relating to data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.

    • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the Digital Quality System, System Lifecycle methodology and Digital Processes

  • Audits & Inspections / Controls Assurance

    • Collaborate with Business System owners, Business Quality and Solution Center representatives to prepare for regulatory inspections and internal audits, respond to questions and address findings through corrective/ preventive action plans to improve compliance and effectiveness of the Quality Management System

    • Support internal quality assessments and reviews for assigned projects and applications to ensure compliance and / or application of best practices.

  • Internal Control & Risk Management

    • Support the execution of the ICM and SOX Campaigns, including the support, monitoring, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

    • Support IT Risk Management through identification, characterization, and development of mitigation plans, in collaboration with Digital Units and other stakeholders.

About You

REQUIREMENTS

  • Demonstrated experience with quality support in data governance and management setting. Experience with data governance, data science / analytics in a regulated context and in an agile environment is a key differentiator.

  • Ability to identify and act on next wave of regulatory compliance risks relating to data science, AI, ML, …

  • Adaptability to a changing and highly dynamic work environment.

  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

  • Demonstrated leadership and ability to effectively influence and make decisions.

  • Excellent written and oral communication in English, including ability to effectively educate various audiences on quality training and learning management topics.

  • Strong interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field  

  • 8+ years of experience Quality Management, Computerized Systems compliance (GxP, SOX, Data Privacy) or Information Technology contributing to regulated projects or system lifecycle activities.

  • Experience with management of data integrity, data governance, and data management in a regulated context

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

The opportunity is a REPLACEMENT

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.  Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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