Job Title: Head of Solutions Engineering
Location: Cambridge, MA, Morristown, NJ
About This Role
Sanofi is building the pharmaceutical industry's first AI-powered operating system—and we need a Head of Solutions Engineering (a Technology Principle) to make it happen. You'll lead a specialized team of 5-7 solution engineers while partnering directly with our Agentic AI core team to accelerate cloud transformation, modernize API frameworks, and dramatically improve infrastructure reliability across our global pharmaceutical operations.
This isn't a traditional technology role. You'll build and lead a cross-functional team with full hiring authority while maintaining the technical depth to challenge specialists and drive architectural coherence. Your decisions will impact 130K+ users, 21,000 hosts, 4,000 databases, and 5,000 applications supporting life-saving medicine development worldwide.
Reporting Structure: Direct report to Global Head of Digital Technology with dotted line to Enterprise Architecture
Location: Based in one of following sites: Morristown, NJ, Cambridge, MA (Hybrid work schedule)
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?
What You'll Lead
Build Your Technical Dream Team
1. Recruit 5-7 specialized solution engineers across Cloud, API/Integration, Database, Network, and Observability
2. Establish cross-domain collaboration frameworks that eliminate technical silos
3. Drive professional development and career growth for high-performing technical talent
4. Lead through influence and technical credibility in a matrix organization
Enable AI-Powered Pharmaceutical Innovation
5. Partner with Agentic AI core team to design infrastructure supporting intelligent automation
6. Architect cloud-native solutions optimized for AI/ML workloads with pharmaceutical compliance
7. Establish real-time data pipelines enabling AI-powered drug discovery and manufacturing
8. Implement API frameworks supporting agent-to-agent communication and automated decision-making
Accelerate Critical Technology Transformations
9. Cloud Transformation: Lead hybrid cloud migration with AWS/Azure governance and FinOps
10. API Modernization: Design an enterprise API strategy enabling seamless pharmaceutical data flows
11. Database Evolution: Modernize data architecture supporting AI/ML analytics and regulatory compliance
12. Observability & SRE: Implement monitoring platforms targeting 50% incident reduction, 70% MTTR improvement
13. Network Security: Deploy a zero-trust architecture across global pharmaceutical operations
Drive Strategic Technology Governance
14. Co-develop enterprise standards with Enterprise Architecture, balancing innovation and compliance
15. Guide technology evaluation and vendor strategies for pharmaceutical-scale implementations
16. Establish architectural decision frameworks, ensuring consistency across global operations
17. Integrate GxP, SOX, and pharmaceutical regulatory requirements into all technology practices
What You Bring
Required Experience
18. 15+ years enterprise technology leadership including 5+ years leading technical teams with hiring authority
19. Deep expertise across 3+ domains: Cloud Architecture, API/Integration, Database, Network, and Observability
20. Large-scale transformation leadership in organizations with 10,000+ users
21. Regulated industry experience with GxP, SOX, HIPAA, or equivalent compliance frameworks
22. AI/ML infrastructure experience, including data pipelines and cloud-native ML platforms
23. Multi-platform integration and strategic technology planning at enterprise scale
24. Travel: 30% domestic and international travel required for global team collaboration and stakeholder engagement
25. Language: Fluid in English
Highly Valued Experience
26. Agentic AI or intelligent automation platform implementation
27. Multi-cloud expertise (AWS/Azure) with FinOps and governance
28. Site Reliability Engineering with observability platform implementation
29. Global technology operations across distributed teams and regulatory environments
Essential Leadership Capabilities
30. Cross-Domain Technical Leadership: Guide specialists while maintaining architectural coherence
31. AI-Technology Translation: Bridge AI/ML requirements with foundational technology capabilities
32. Pharmaceutical Business Acumen: Understand how technology impacts drug development and patient outcomes
33. Strategic Communication: Translate complex technical concepts for C-level executives
34. Innovation-Compliance Balance: Drive cutting-edge adoption while maintaining regulatory adherence
Education & Credentials
Required
35. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Systems Analysis, or related field; OR
Preferred
36. Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Management, or MBA with a technology/healthcare focus
37. Cloud certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert
38. Enterprise Architecture: TOGAF, Zachman Framework
39. Additional certifications: DevOps, Automation (Terraform, Kubernetes), Networking, Security, AI/ML platforms
Why Choose Us?
40. Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
41. Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
42. Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
43. 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 employers committed to a culturally inclusive 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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Pursue, discover
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
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Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; 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.
The salary range for this position is:
$210,000.00 - $303,333.33
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the .