Specialty Care Finance Strategy & Operations Lead

Sanofi; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi is seeking an experienced Specialty Care Finance Strategy & Operations Lead in Cambridge, MA. The role combines Chief of Staff duties to the Global Head of Finance Specialty Care with strategic finance planning, partnering across SPC Finance and cross-organization initiatives.

You will drive governance, talent strategy, and executive communications while leading strategic finance priorities and financial modeling efforts to advance Sanofi’s long-term ambitions in a high-impact environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field; advanced degree a plus.
• 10+ years of experience in finance or related roles, including senior leadership exposure.
• Chief of Staff mindset — drive organizational effectiveness and strategic finance content.
• Strong facilitation of complex leadership dynamics with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent project management, handling multiple high-priority workstreams.
• Exposure to LRP, portfolio strategy, M&A/BD, or financial modeling is a plus.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills for senior audiences.
• High emotional intelligence and ability to operate in white space as priorities shift.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern governance model for SPC Finance Leadership Team and cadence.
• Protect leadership time with executive calendar management and agenda design.
• Facilitate decisions, track actions and drive accountability across teams.
• Collaborate with People & Culture on talent strategy and organization design.
• Lead Your Voice survey actions and strengthen team culture within the leadership team.
• Prepare executive-ready materials and communicate progress to senior leadership.
• Partner with IR to ensure financial narratives are coherent and externally credible.

Skills

Strategic finance

Executive presence

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Business/Economics

MBA or related advanced degree

Job description

Job Title: Specialty Care Finance Strategy & Operations Lead Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

The Specialty Care Finance Strategy & Operations Lead is a dual-mandate, high-impact role within the Specialty Care Finance organization. The role operates as a 50/50 split: serving as Chief of Staff to the Global Head of Finance Specialty Care, and supporting the Finance Strategy & Cross-Organization Excellence Lead on strategic finance priorities. This role is the connective tissue of the SPC Finance organization — sitting on the Specialty Care Finance Leadership Team, ensuring leadership operates with discipline and cohesion while also contributing to the strategic financial agenda that drives Specialty Care's long-term ambitions. Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you’ll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.

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 Section 1 — Chief of Staff to the Global Head of Finance Specialty Care (50%)

• FLT Governance & Meeting Cadence Design and own the SPC Finance Leadership Team governance model, meeting cadence, agenda architecture, and decision-making frameworks
• Maintain a master executive calendar across all SPC Finance forums, ensuring leadership time is protected and focused on priorities
• Decision Facilitation & Follow-Up Facilitate leadership forums and ensure decisions are made, documented, and tracked to completion
• Maintain a living log of key decisions and follow-up actions across the FLT, driving accountability and closure
• Talent Strategy & People & Culture Partnership Serve as the primary interface with People & Culture (P&C) on talent strategy, organizational design, and development planning
• Lead the Your Voice survey results action plan and champion team-building and culture efforts within the FLT
• Internal Communications & Engagement Own internal communications for SPC Finance, including townhalls, leadership messages, and all-hands forums
• Develop executive-ready materials for internal and FLT-facing audiences
• Compliance & Controls Ensure comprehensive compliance with all internal controls and financial/accounting principles within the perimeter of the role
• KPI: People and Culture Engagement Impact measured through Year-over-year improvement in Your Voice survey scores for the Global SPC Finance team (incl. leadership trust, team cohesion, development opportunities)

Section 2 — Strategic Finance Support, in partnership with the Finance Strategy & Cross-Organization Excellence Lead (50%)

• Support the development and annual refresh of the Specialty Care long-range strategic plan (LRP), integrating financial modeling, pipeline assumptions, and competitive dynamics
• Support financial and strategic architecture for new product and indication launches across SPC's therapeutic portfolio, partnering with Commercial, M&A, and Regulatory
• Assist in cross-organizational strategy coordination across SPC, M&A, BD, and IR — ensuring strategies are financially integrated and aligned to the overall SPC ambition
• Support the Finance Innovation Roadmap, including digital transformation priorities, advanced analytics, and process automation opportunities
• Prepare executive-ready materials and provide updates to senior leadership on strategic project progress, risks, and financial impact
• Partner with Investor Relations (IR) to ensure narratives are financially coherent, externally credible, and aligned with guidance commitments.
• Support launch performance dashboards KPI: Strategic Alignment & Stakeholder Satisfaction Score measured annually to rate the clarity of financial narratives and quality of financial integration in cross-org initiatives.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field; advanced degree a plus
• 10+ years of experience in finance or related fields, including significant time working with senior leadership in a Chief of Staff, business partnering, or governance-oriented capacity
• Chief of Staff mindset — energized by making organizations run better, with the intellectual curiosity to engage on strategic financial content
• Skilled at facilitating complex leadership dynamics, building trust across diverse stakeholders, and driving decisions in ambiguous environments
• Strong project management capabilities; able to lead multiple high-priority workstreams simultaneously with limited oversight
• Exposure to strategic finance topics including LRP, portfolio strategy, M&A/BD, or financial modeling is a strong plus
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills; able to craft compelling narratives for senior audiences
• High emotional intelligence; comfortable operating in white space and adapting quickly as priorities shift

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 a 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 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.

#GD-SA #LI-SA #LI-Hybrid #vhd Pursue progress, discover extraordinary 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. Sanofi US endeavours to make our career center accessible to any and all users.

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. 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.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is: $161,250.00 - $232,916.66

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.

We are an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and creating compelling growth. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We want to build a healthier, more resilient world, and turn the impossible into the possible by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines and vaccines for millions of people around the world.

Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi Start a career that makes a difference. Reinvention is in our DNA. It's what drove our evolution from a small French enterprise to one of the world’s leading biopharma companies. Whether it’s using AI to shorten drug-discovery times or building trust in healthcare, you could be helping our teams make life better for patients, partners, and communities. This is where you grow your career. We open the door for you to explore new opportunities, push your limits, and connect with people who are driven by a shared purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.