Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Vaccine

Biopharma Careers; Swiftwater (MS); On-site; USD 86,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi in the United States is seeking a Manager, Strategic Partnerships to lead external collaborations with CROs and other strategic partners for vaccine-related bioanalytical testing and data generation. You will identify, onboard, and manage vendors, ensure documentation, budgets, and timelines align with R&D goals, and collaborate across R&D, quality, and procurement.

This role requires strong project leadership, budget oversight, and excellent English communication to support global

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Science with 2+ years of vendor and project management experience in pharma or vaccines.
• Master's degree in Life Science with 1+ year of vendor and project management experience in pharma or vaccines.
• PhD in Life Science with 1+ year of vendor and project management experience in pharma or vaccines.
• Previous experience in research and/or laboratory setting.

Responsibilities

• Vendor Identification and Setup – Identifies and establishes external vendors with testing capability, aligning with procurement and quality requirements.
• Strategic Partnerships Management – Acts as a Project Manager and liaison between R&D and CROs/vendors, ensuring timely delivery and appropriate training on CRO processes.
• Documentation – Authors or contributes to work orders, protocols, and reports, ensuring quality documentation is filed for audits.
• Business Operations – Coordinates testing schedules with suppliers and monitors budget alignment with financial objectives.

Skills

Vendor management

Project management

Pharma knowledge

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Science

Master's degree in Life Science

PhD in Life Science

Job description

Job title: Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Location: Swiftwater, PA

About the Job:

Sanofi is recruiting for a Manager, Strategic Partnerships to support a diverse and growing portfolio of vaccines targeting infectious diseases. This role has primary accountability for managing partnerships with contract research organizations and other strategic partners of Sanofi to deliver specialty laboratory testing including immunogenicity analyses and other bioanalytical data such as virologic and bacteriologic diagnostics. The Manager, Strategic Partnerships position reports into the head of Strategic Alliances within Global Immunology. They will be required to identify, onboard, and maintain external vendors in accordance with company procurement, legal, and quality requirements. Testing assays may need to be developed, qualified, validated or may already be in place at perspective external vendors. The Manager, Strategic Partnerships will work with other internal and external functions to author or obtain necessary documentation such as work proposals, work orders, assay protocols, reports, analyst qualifications, and data reports as required. They will also participate in budget, resource, and administrative activities required to ensure external vendor plans are aligned with the company’s strategic plans. The position will interact with various management committees as needed and will ensure quality data is being generated to support the company’s vaccine clinical trials.

Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you’ll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization.

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.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Science with 2+ years of experience in vendor and project management within pharma or vaccines industry OR
• Master's degree in Life Science with 1+ years of experience in vendor and project management within pharma or vaccines industry OR
• PhD in Life Science with 1+ year of experience in vendor and project management within pharma or vaccines industry.
• Previous experience in research and /or laboratory setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices.
• Excellent technical skills, analytical ability, judgment with a strong operational focus.
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, technical, scientific and communications skills (written/oral).
• Advanced written and verbal skills in English.
• Proven experience in management of budget and projects

Main responsibilities:

• Vendor Identification and Setup – Identifies and establishes external vendors with applicable testing capability as needed. Works with Procurement and Site Quality Operations (SQO) to ensure external vendors are in alignment with company standards and requirements relating to outsourcing. Assists with the creation of RFPs, MLSAs, QTAs, and other legal and financial documentation as needed. Works with GCLP Support to onboard a CROs/vendors and ensures appropriate training is provided to the CRO.
• Strategic Partnerships Management – Acts as a Project Manager and direct liaison between R&D operations and outside CROs/vendors. Ensures external testing is adequately planned, monitored and delivered per project needs. When required, ensures assay development, qualification, and validation is completed within defined timelines. Leads routine or ad hoc joint meetings between R&D and CROs/vendors. Ensures a good working relationship between R&D and the CROs/vendors. Ensures quality data is being delivered to R&D
• Documentation – Authors or contributes to required documentation (work orders, protocols, reports) in support of technology/method development, optimization, qualification, validation. Assists in investigation/troubleshooting of external methods and documenting the outcome. Works with quality and compliance to ensure all quality documentation is filed appropriately and available for audit.
• Business Operations – In coordination with FPRM/PPFP, responsible for scheduling testing at CROs and ensuring accuracy of testing schedules. Responsible for contributing to yearly OEC budget ensuring CRO costs/spending is aligned with the forecasted budget and R&D financial objectives. Reviews and revises processes and procedures to ensure accuracy and applicability.

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.
• Work at the forefront of AI-driven research, smart manufacturing, and groundbreaking mRNA platforms that are redefining the future of immunology.
• Help protect half a billion people every year, contributing to one of the largest global vaccination efforts in healthcare.
• Be part of a company that believes in the future with significant investment annually in manufacturing innovation.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affinitative 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.

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affinitative 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.

North America Applicants Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affinitative 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.

Salary

The salary range for this position is:

$85.500,00 - $123.500,00

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 .