Sr Director US Insights and Analytics Enablement

BioSpace; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Parental leave

Career growth

Job summary

Sanofi in Cambridge, MA, seeks a senior leader to drive AI-enabled analytics and strategic capability development across Commercial, Medical, Digital, and BI functions. You will shape governance, partner with Data Science and technology teams, and deliver scalable analytics solutions that inform decision-making and accelerate commercial performance.

The role emphasizes strategic thought leadership, stakeholder management, and a track record of delivering AI-driven capabilities in a complex

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in data, analytics, or AI leadership.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across Commercial, Digital, Medical and IT.
• Experience with AI models in the pharmaceutical industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic capability and transformation initiatives across the Insights & Analytics North America roadmap.
• Own governance, timelines, and risk across concurrent initiatives to ensure measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Digital, Data Science, BI, and vendors to deploy AI-enabled analytics and drive adoption.

Skills

Data analytics

AI enablement

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Strategic leadership

Education

BA/BS degree

MS/PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Claude

OpenAI

Databricks

Snowflake

Tableau

Power BI

Salesforce

Job description

Job Title: Sr Director US Insights and Analytics Enablement

Location: Cambridge, MA

About The Job

The GTMC organization is charged with delivering best-in-class capabilities to bring speed and increased value to commercial operations. It will refine priorities across products, markets, and the pipeline through dynamic resources allocation and efficiencies. Silos that existed between business units as well as duplicative and overlapping resources will be replaced with standardized processes and tools. Operating with a One Sanofi mindset and entrepreneurial spirit, GTMC will accelerate and improve key capabilities to do more with less and facilitate the best-informed strategic decision making across the organization.

• Centralize Go-to-Market operational tasks across GBUs
• Standardize best in class capabilities, strengthen global support, and implement a better vertical reporting structure within GTMC from local to global
• Define ways of working, bringing clarity on the interactions across GBUs, Digital, and Commercial executional support teams from Sanofi hubs to optimize process excellence and efficiency

Join the team redefining how Sanofi generates and applies insights to drive smarter, faster business decisions. This Senior Director role sits at the strategic intersection of AI innovation, analytics capability transformation, and cross-enterprise partnership serving as a catalyst for future-readiness across Sanofi's North America Insights & Analytics organization. You'll challenge conventional ways of working, broker strategic alignment across Commercial, Medical, Digital, and business units, and drive the identification, design, and scaled delivery of AI-powered capabilities that position Sanofi as an industry leader in pharmaceutical analytics, data science, forecasting, and market research.

This is a role for a strategic thinker and collaborative influencer who can navigate complexity, build coalitions across diverse stakeholders, and translate emerging possibilities into practical, scalable solutions that advance both analytical performance and organizational readiness for the future of data-driven commercial engagement.

Ready to push the limits of whats possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you canplay a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millionsaround the world

About Sanofi

Were an 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 Partnership & Future-Readiness Leadership (40%)

Serve as strategic partner and thought leader across Commercial, Business Units, Digital, Medical, and People & Culture driving alignment on the future vision for insights and analytics capabilities and challenging existing paradigms on how analytics, data science, forecasting, and market research teams work, learn, and engage

Broker cross-functional collaboration to identify emerging opportunities, surface unmet needs, and co-create innovative solutions that advance analytical effectiveness and prepare the organization for AI-enabled, data-driven decision-making

Challenge the status quo by bringing forward industry trends, competitive intelligence, and emerging AI/technology capabilities facilitating strategic conversations that push stakeholders to rethink traditional approaches to insights generation, forecasting, and market research

Champion cultural transformation toward future-ready ways of working, building organizational appetite for experimentation, continuous learning, and adoption of next-generation analytical tools and methodologies

Drive thought leadership on AI enablement and analytics innovation representing Insights & Analytics needs in global transformation programs, influencing enterprise digital roadmaps, and presenting strategic recommendations to senior leadership to secure sponsorship and investment

Establish strategic partnerships with Digital, AI solution providers, technology vendors, and implementation partners to ensure Sanofi remains at the forefront of analytics and data science innovation

Monitor industry trends and best practices in AI for analytics, data science, forecasting, and market research translating external insights into actionable recommendations and strategic initiatives

AI Enablement & Capability Innovation (Strategic Focus)

Identify and champion the piloting and scaling of AI-powered tools and solutions that enhance analytical productivity, insights generation, forecast accuracy, data management and decision-making (e.g., predictive analytics, generative AI tools, advanced modeling, automated insights)

Partner with Digital and business stakeholders to evaluate emerging AI capabilities and translate them into practical, compliant applications that drive measurable business outcomes across analytics, data science, forecasting, and market research

Design and deliver future-readiness initiatives that prepare Insights & Analytics teams for AI-augmented ways of working from foundational awareness and literacy to advanced application and proficiency

Collaborate with Data Science and Business Intelligence teams to deploy AI-enhanced analytics, insights, and automation that improve forecasting accuracy and commercial decision-making

Drive enterprise data and cultural transformation toward AI-enabled, data-driven insights generation in strong collaboration with Digital Global teams and business unit stakeholders

Establish governance frameworks and guardrails to ensure responsible, compliant, and ethical use of AI within analytics and market research activities

Help shape change management and adoption strategies to drive team readiness, proficiency, and sustained engagement with AI-enabled tools and ways of working

Program & Initiative Leadership (60%)

Lead the design, prioritization, and execution of strategic capability and transformation initiatives that advance the Insights & Analytics North America roadmap, spanning Analytics, Data Science, Forecasting, Data Management and Market Research

Own program governance, timelines, and risk mitigation across concurrent initiatives, from opportunity identification through scaled deployment ensuring measurable outcomes and sustainable adoption across the Insights & Analytics organization

Manage interdependencies and align on roadmaps with cross-functional stakeholders across Commercial, Digital, People & Culture, Hub, US, and Global teams translating business strategy into actionable, capability-building programs

Develop business cases and ROI frameworks to prioritize capability and technology investments, balancing quick wins with long‑term capability building to maximize business impact and demonstrate value

Serve as change management lead for major capability rollouts partnering with the Change Management function to drive adoption, minimize disruption, and embed sustainable new ways of working

Manage strategic vendor and technology partners across the analytics technology ecosystem, ensuring delivery excellence and value realization

Coordinate with Global Insights & Analytics teams to leverage global investments, align on standards, and share best practices across markets

About You

Education Requirements

BA/BS degree and a scientific degree (either MS/PhD) from with a concentration in quantitative fields or advanced certification in modern data science/machine learning is required

Skills and Competencies

Minimum of 12+ years of experience in a significant Data / Analytics / Data Science / AI role with advance knowledge of analytical, data science, or AI techniques

Strong grasp and proven success in implementation of AI models in the pharmaceutical realm

5 Years Management Experience Required

Proven leadership acumen, with well-developed communication & presentation skills

Excellent organizational awareness and stakeholder navigational skills

Self-direction in ambiguous environments

Strong strategic thinking ability, with deep understanding of the life‑sciences industry

Experience with key pharmaceutical data sources and analytics platforms, including:Claude, OpenAI, or other open weight modelsNational-level sales / demand data (e.g., IQVIA NPA & NSP)Longitudinal HCP & patient-level claims (e.g., IQVIA, Symphony, Komodo, etc.)Specialty pharmacy / patient services data (e.g., Capgemini / LiquidHub)CRM systems (e.g., Veeva, Salesforce, etc.)Media platform reporting tools (e.g., CM360 / SA360, Meta Business Manager, etc.)Site analytics platforms (e.g., Google Analytics & Adobe Analytics)Customer Data Platforms (e.g. Segment)Pseudonymous analytic environment (e.g. Liveramp)Data management & analysis platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, etc.)Data visualization / business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, etc.)MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Relevant Therapeutic Area Experience In Pharmaceutical Analytics Preferred

Proficiency in programming languages, preferably SQL and Python preferred

Soft Skills

Effectively influence in a highly matrixed environment

Effectively and confidently communicate to various audiences, including senior leadership

Synthesize complex ideas to simple

Develop brand implications from market research findings, not just a summary of the data

Strong learning agility and high degree of curiosity

Strong focus on detail, accuracy, and ability to solve problems through analytical reasoning

Strong work ethic and personal motivation

Ability to think strategically in an ambiguous environment and flex and pivot as the business requires

Demonstrated EQ and leadership skills

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 its 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.
• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changingtreatments to millions and is committed to doing right by patients,communities, and the planet
• Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how aglobal biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably.
• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building bettersystems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed.

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.