Job Title: Clinical Digital Acceleration Innovation Manager
Location: Cambridge, MA
About the Job
Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deepimmunosciencemeets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D,you’lldrive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.
Sanofi is a leading bio-pharmaceutical company committed to advancing healthcare through groundbreaking research and development. Our dedicated function – Clinical Sciences & Operations (CSO) - plays a vital role in ensuring accurate and compliant clinical trial submissions and project operations, contributing to the approval of innovative therapies that transform patients' lives.
Within CSO, the Modernization & Performance Office (MPO) acts as a key enabler of transformation and modernization, driving strategic initiatives that enhance efficiency, digital innovation, and operational excellence across the function. As we continue our business transformation and drive excellence and innovation in our processes, we are seeking an exceptional professional to join us as Digital Acceleration & Innovation Lead.
The Clinical Digital & AI Acceleration innovation Manager is a reporting to the Head of Clinical Digital & AI Acceleration, with across Sanofi’s Clinical Sciences & Operations (CSO).
The role, responsible for across clinical development, within the transformation portfolio. The incumbent, ensuring that digital and AI initiatives fundamentally reshape how clinical trials are designed, executed, and governed globally, with .
The position combines, requiring the ability to, translate complex technology and regulatory constraints into, and. The role also .
If you are a visionary leader with a passion for transforming clinical operations processes and driving innovation in clinical research, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join our team and contribute to our mission of improving patient outcomes through cutting-edge therapies.
About Sanofi
We’rean 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
Portfolio Management
1., ensuring alignment with CSO strategy, business priorities, and value realization commitments.
2. on initiatives prioritization, sequencing, and trade-offs to
3. Align strategically and operationally to ensure
4. based on business performance data, field feedback, and competitive intelligence
5. Ensure across all internal and external digital innovation initiatives (Clinical Innovation, external forums, partnerships, etc.)
6., not a procedural framework
7. Define, institutionalize, and (business cases, ROI logic, value tracking, scale-up criteria, stop/pivot decisions)
8. for outcome-based delivery and value realization, beyond milestone completion
Transformation Projects Leadership and Engagement management
9. selected with Digital and/or AI components
10. including strategic alignment, financial performance, adoption, scale-up, and sustained value delivery
11. Direct and validate: Competitive and technology intelligence to inform strategic positioning, function-level business needs and value hypotheses, prioritization of business-driven requirements shaping product and roadmap decisions & gaps analysis against existing solutions and operating models
12. on vendor models, sourcing strategies, and contractual frameworks in alignment with CSO transformation priorities
13. Oversee financial planning, investment phasing, and resource allocation to
14. of strategic platforms (e.g., NEXUS, TrialPulse, Concierge)
15., tracking realized benefits beyond pilot or proof-of-concept stages
16., escalating and arbitrating at CSO leadership level as required
Digital & AI Acceleration Capability Building
17. for measuring ROI, business impact, adoption, and maturity of digital, data, and AI initiatives
18. Provide on solution interdependencies, capability impacts, and end-to-end process transformation
19. and drive continuous improvement across the CSO transformation ecosystem
20., translating them into actionable CSO transformation opportunities
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
21. as a trusted transformation and governance partner
22., providing clear recommendations and decision options
23. Co-lead, shaping leadership understanding and adoption of innovation
24. Build and maintain (TMU, GRA, PV, Digital, etc.) to accelerate transformation at scale
25. between business, technology, and data teams, ensuring alignment and accountability
About You
Experience:
26. of experience in
27. Proven track record in complex, regulated environments
28. Strong experience in
29. Proven ability to
30. Understanding of clinical development, with
Leadership and Behavioral Competencies:
31., able to connect initiatives to value chains and operating-model shifts
32. Strong analytical rigor combined with
33. Outcome- and value-oriented mindset with
34. Excellent cross-functional, cross-cultural leadership and orchestration skills
Education:
35. Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field such as (but not limited to): Computer Science, Data Science/Analytics, Engineering (with focus on AI/ML). MBA will be a plus.
Languages
36. Fluent in English
Why Choose Us?
37. Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
38. Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whetherit’sthrough a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
39. Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
40. Takegood careof yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare,preventionand wellness programs and at least14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Sanofi US Services 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.
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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:
$178,500.00 - $257,833.33
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 .