Sr. AI Driven Innovations Lead

Job Title:Sr. AI Driven Innovations Lead

Location: Morristown, NJ

About The Job

Join the engine of Sanofis mission where deepimmunosciencemeets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D,youlldrive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve peoples lives. We are accelerating Sanofis modernization journey supporting our Play to Win strategy in ways that allow us to be more focused, integrated, agile, and efficient. The current wave of digital technologies in artificial intelligence (AI) and Generative AI offers enormous opportunities to transform clinical development.

We are seeking aSr. AI Driven Innovations Lead within Clinical Data & AI Processing organizationto lead and drive the end-to-end vision, strategy, and execution of AI/ML and agentic AI solutions for clinical data processing, analysis, and regulatory submission, ensuring alignment with Sanofi's broader R&D and digital transformation agenda.

This role will define the multi-year strategic roadmap for AI-driven clinical data capabilities, balancing near-term operational priorities with long-term innovation investments across data ingestion, review, transformation, and submission workflows. It will drive cross-functional standards initiatives

(CDISC/CDASH/SDTM) to ensure organizational coherence and compliance. Working closely with cross-functional business and digital teams, this position willaccelerate clinical developmentby leveraging AI/ML, analytics, and data science to enable near real-time, interactive access to clinical data and analyses,driving operational excellenceacross the organization.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve peoples lives. Were 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?

About Sanofi

Werean R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving peoples 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 peoples lives.

Main Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Lead and drive development of AI/ML solutions for clinical data processing and analysis.
• Collaborate with Digital partnersto build and deploy integrated data flow technology products that enable seamless clinical operations
• Ensure the roadmap is scalable and flexible to meet global and therapeutic-area specific needs.
• Lead quarterly and annual planning, prioritizing initiatives based on impact, resource capacity, and scientific value.
• Gather and prioritize requirements from cross-functional teams to define the What and Why of product development.
  
  
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as strategic liaisonbetween clinical business teams (clinical data management, statistical programming, biostatistics) and technical teams, translating complex requirements into actionable product specifications that deliver measurable clinical value and business impact
• Engage with Business leads, Digital R&D leaders, and AI/ML expertsto influence technology strategy, platform selection, and build vs. buy decisions. Partner with clinical system owners (e.g., Medidata, Veeva Vault) and external data providers to optimize data ingestion and lifecycle management.
  
  
  

Delivery Excellence

• Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of technology products in alignment with sprint plans and release milestones.
• Champion agile product development and iterative delivery, balancing short-term execution with long-term product health.
• Drive measurement of impact through business KPIs, data usage metrics, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Resolve escalated product or delivery risks and coordinate mitigation strategies across internal and external teams.
  
  
  

About You

Required Qualifications:

• Work Experience: Minimum of 8 years of progressive experiencedesigning and implementing analytics, data science, and AI solutions within clinical data management, statistical programming, or clinical development.
• Education: MinimumBachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Biostatistics, Information Systems, or related scientific field
• Language Requirements: Fluent in English (written and spoken)
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of clinical development processes;experience with clinical trial data processing and analysis
• Demonstrated strength in strategic thinking and capability in driving innovations in global environment
• Excellent project management, communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience with agile methodologies, business process management, and digital transformation
  
  
  

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, whetheritsthrough a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• 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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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.