Strategy and Operations Lead, Digital RnD in silico Research

卡湯晩; Toronto; On-site; CAD 139,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company is seeking a Strategy and Operations Lead for its Digital R&D department in Toronto. The successful candidate will oversee strategy, budget management, and operational performance of digital product development, contributing to transformative healthcare solutions through AI and machine learning.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing benefits

Opportunities for career growth

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience in Strategy or Operations.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support vertical’s strategy and product portfolio management.
• Collaborate on budget planning and performance monitoring.
• Facilitate strategic decision-making meetings.

Skills

Planning

Networking

Problem-Solving

Communication

Collaboration

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Agile Development Knowledge

Fluency in English

Knowledge of Pharma R&D

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree in business or digital field

Job description

Reference No. R2806111

Position Title: Strategy and Operations Lead, Digital RnD in silico Research

Department: Digital In-silico Research

Location: Toronto, Ontario.

About the Job

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives

The Digital In-Silico Research & CMC team is a key innovation engine within Digital R&D, dedicated to pioneering next-generation digital products that reshape how R&D discovers, designs, and develops new medicines. We harness cutting-edge AI, machine learning, and computational modeling to build transformative in-silico solutions—empowering scientists with predictive insights, streamlining complex workflows, and turning data into decisive action. Our team plays a critical role in accelerating and transform drug discovery and translational research by building AI-powered, in-silico solutions that empower scientists, enhance decision-making, and connect data to action.

As the Digital in silico Research Strategy & Operations Lead, you support the vertical’s successful digital product portfolio’s delivery by ensuring that we build a robust strategy and roadmap across the vertical’s products, that we create and quantify value with our portfolio of products, and that we measure and continuously optimize our performance. This is a facilitator role that requires a high level of coordination within the vertical, with the delivery engines, with other verticals as well as with digital R&D business functions.

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?

Main Responsibilities:

• Support the vertical’s strategy, portfolio and products roadmap in collaboration with Head of the vertical and Product Line Owners and Product Owners

• Financial management, collaborating with Finance and Procurement on all topics related to budget elaboration, strategic planning and business case reviews.

• Resources optimization, collaborating with Product Line Owners, People & Culture and procurement, to ensuring optimized staffing allocation to achieve product impact and support their roadmap

• Performance monitoring, collaborating with Product Line Owners on all topics related to actuals KPI monitoring and post-implementation ROI reviews of our digital products, and be accountable for the quality of analytical deliveries and KPIs consolidation to global Digital scorecards, and communication to LT

• Constantly refining the vertical’s operating model through iterative adjustments and constant monitoring of impact

• Support Vertical Head in:

• Facilitating the Vertical’s Guiding Coalition meeting, ensuring the content presented allows for strategic decision-making on the Product Portfolio’s short, mid- and long-term goals and vision

• Building and steering Vertical’s budget and staffing, driving Strategic Planning

• Setting Vertical users up for success through communication on updates & features, sharing of success stories, monitoring of adoption

• Owning Vertical’s communication (to Sanofi ecosystem, Sanofi Leadership and Corporate GBUs and Markets)

• Embodying Play to Win culture and behaviors (Stretch, Take Action, Act for patients and customers, Think Sanofi first)

About You

Education & Experience:

• 8-10+ years of experience in Strategy or Operations, preferably in digital R&D teams;

• Bachelor's degree required. Master’s degree in business or digital field is preferred.

Skills:

• Detailed planning, budgeting, and reporting capabilities and demonstrated ability to link those to strategy and vision

• Strong networking, influencing and negotiating skills and superior problem-solving skills

• Strong and confident storytelling and communication skills with the ability to convince and influence at all levels of the organization.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical, business, and finance teams

• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple teams to drive alignment and results

• Continuous improvement mindset - Results oriented, and self-motivated

• Positive team player who is service-oriented and flexible

• Knowledge on agile development and product lifecycle is a plus

• English fluent. French, Spanish, or other languages is a plus.

• Pharma and/or Digital healthcare expertise is a plus; experience in or good understanding of Pharma R&D reporting analytics, at portfolio, project or functional level (Clinical Operations, CMC, Labs, etc.) a plus

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

This position is for a new vacant role that we are actively hiring for.

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

$139,200.00 - $201,066.66

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 LINK.

La fourchette salariale pour ce poste est la suivante:

$139,200.00 - $201,066.66

Toute compensation sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience démontrée. Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociau de l'enterprise. Des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sont disponibles via le lien.