Senior Director, Medical Affairs Data Analytics and Insights

Job Title: Senior Director, Medical Affairs Data Analytics and Insights

Location: Morristown, NJ Cambridge, MA

About The Job

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

The Senior Director, Medical Affairs Data Analytics and Insights will lead the strategic development and execution of data analytics and insights capabilities across the NA medical affairs organization. This position will represent NA Medical in driving our One Sanofi data strategy and will lead innovation and initiatives that optimize data driven decisions and effective use of RWD for actionable insights and evidence generation, working closely with key stakeholders across Global and US medical units, RWE, GTMC, commercial analytics, and digital teams.

About Sanofi

We’re an 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

• Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive medical data analytics strategy aligned with business and organizational objectives
• Drive the design and execution of advanced analytics solutions to generate impactful medical insights from diverse data sources (RWD, clinical trials, scientific engagement data, medical information)
• Establish and oversee the medical data analytics center of excellence, providing strategic direction on analytics methodologies, tools, and capabilities
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for data-driven decision making in medical strategy and operations
• Lead the evaluation and implementation of innovative analytics technologies, including AI/ML solutions for medical affairs applications
• Develop frameworks for measuring and communicating the impact of medical affairs activities through data-driven approaches, including medical care gaps.
• Provide strategic input into Sanofi’s data asset strategy, representing the needs of NA medical therapeutic areas.
• Serve as an expert consultant to NA medical teams on appropriate use of data assets and platforms
• Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy regulations, and industry standards
• Build and mentor a team of data scientists and analysts to support medical affairs analytics needs
• Collaborate with global teams to align analytics approaches, tools, and share best practices
  
  

About You

Required Education, Experience & Training:

• Advanced degree in healthcare, data science, or related field (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent required)
• Masters in data analytics, biostatistics, or related field (valuable, not required)
• 10 years of experience in healthcare analytics, with at least 5 years in pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstrated expertise in advanced analytics, data science methodologies, and visualization tools
• Strong understanding of medical affairs functions and pharmaceutical industry landscape
• Experience leading analytics teams and managing complex, cross-functional projects
• Deep knowledge of healthcare data sources, RWE, and clinical data analytics
• Proven track record of translating complex analyses into actionable insights for stakeholders
• Strong business acumen and ability to align analytics strategy with organizational objectives
• Experience with modern analytics platforms, visualization tools, and vendors (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and compliance requirements in healthcare analytics
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to travel as required for key meetings and corporate events
  
  

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 and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
  
  

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse 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.