Global R&D Science Platform lead

Neuilly-sur-Seine or Bridgewater

About the job

At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the 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. Join our Global R&D Leadership team as Global R&D Science Platform lead​ and you can help make it happen. Your job? Translate new approaches learnt in the process of building strategic science & technology into new capabilities for R&D. You play a key role in shaping the science, technology and capability strategy (governed at SHLT) for Sanofi CHC brand & brand agnostic medium-long term science & technology.

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we build trusted and loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide. Our mission is to enable better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. We strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view. To achieve this, we need people who can shape the future of our business and help us on our journey to becoming the best fast-moving consumer healthcare company in and for the world.

Main responsibilities:

• Build a cross-Sanofi CHC emerging science & technology roadmap focused on the Medium to Long-Term; defining science & technology via identification, partnering and de-risking early-stage relevant science & technology from across the globe targeted at defined key focus areas

• Define deep science program for the specific Science Platform focused on delivering a roadmap of science & technologies (across Galenic, devices, behaviour change programs etc), developing & delivering scientific building blocks and specific partnerships focused around our key business growth territories

• Build a broad partnership ecosystem ensuring Sanofi CHC has access to; and can leverage the best emerging science and technology, translating these into scaleable solutions in key growth areas for our brands and regions

• Be responsible for delivery of a platform strategy for their specific Science Platform, defining the strategy & executing on this to consumer relevant/business relevant opportunity spaces

• Be responsible to build the appropriate governance and Advisory boards (where relevant) to progress the platform

• Identify and deliver common science technology platforms across Global Brands and Regions

• Define a common science strategy to enable execution based on consumer unmet needs & brand purpose

• Identify white space opportunities for quick new science & technology integration into existing brands

• Be expected to have a strong external network to bring in a broad range of external science opportunities to build a platform approach and to work closely with external technology scouts to direct them to opportunities for our platforms and be expected to build their credibility externally to be seen as an expert in the platform field