The ideal candidate moves seamlessly between 30,000-foot strategic thinking and deep analytical execution and is equally comfortable pressure-testing a business case, structuring a leadership presentation, and connecting digital initiatives to business imperatives. Success requires the ability to navigate ambiguity, connect disparate information across sources and functions, and translate complexity into clear, actionable recommendations. This role demands intellectual ownership: anticipating what leadership needs before being asked, identifying emerging business questions, and proactively developing the analysis to answer them.
This position is not suited for individuals who require extensive structure or detailed direction. The work is inherently ambiguous, priorities evolve throughout the year, and success requires the ability to take strategic direction and execute independently while continuously raising the quality of the team's thinking and output. Strong financial acumen, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams are essential.
Note: The scope of this role may evolve as the team's priorities change year-to-year. Intellectual curiosity and adaptability are essential.
What You'll Own
Portfolio Operations: Own portfolio management and operations for the modernization agenda, designing and maintaining KPI frameworks, synthesizing portfolio value and health, and proactively surfacing risks, dependencies, and strategic tradeoffs to senior leadership
Frameworks & Playbooks: Develop and codify analytical frameworks, decision-making methodologies, and strategic planning processes that become the standard operating approach for the modernization agenda.
Business Cases & Financial Modeling: Develop ROI models, cost-of-inaction analyses, and value realization tracking in partnership with Finance to demonstrate the financial impact of modernization initiatives.
Deliverable Production: Translate strategic direction, data, and analysis into clear, well-structured presentations and materials for quarterly business reviews, leadership updates, and stakeholder communications.
Process & Tools: Design and maintain the operational infrastructure, including dashboards, reporting mechanisms, and decision-support tools that give leadership real-time visibility into performance.
Intake & Project Management: Establish and manage the formal intake process for consulting requests, including scoping, timeline definition, deliverable specification, and project offboarding.
What You'll Support
Communication & Influence: Develop compelling, executive-level presentations that distill complex analyses into clear business implications. Influence decision-makers through effective data storytelling and structured business case development to connect insights with recommendations that senior stakeholders can act on.
Change Management: Drive adoption of modernization initiatives by designing change strategies, developing stakeholder engagement plans, and building the organizational capability needed to sustain new ways of working.
Process Development: Contribute to the definition of new ways of working that enable functional teams to embrace modernization and translate strategic initiatives into practical, repeatable processes.
Strategic Consulting Projects: Lead or co-lead one-off strategic initiatives, developing structured problem definitions, analytical frameworks, and data-driven recommendations that inform high-stakes commercial decisions.
Innovation Culture: Support the operationalization of the Innovation Accelerator and contribute to building processes and habits that encourage continuous improvement across functions.
Competitive Intelligence & Market Analysis: Support research and synthesis of market opportunities, competitive intelligence, and voice-of-customer insights to inform modernization strategy and business cases.
Data Analytics & Digital Tools: Leverage data analytics and digital tools to support data-driven decision-making and identify opportunities for process automation across the modernization portfolio.
Representative projects might include: building the financial case for a digital transformation initiative, developing a commercial operating model for a new go-to-market approach, synthesizing competitive intelligence to inform strategic planning, or designing the analytical framework for a quarterly business review with executive leadership.
Basic Qualifications
5+years of relevant professional experience, including experience at a top-tier management consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, or equivalent), with a track record of delivering rigorous analysis and structured recommendations in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
Experience in commercial activities within the pharmaceutical industry broadly, or in Vaccines specifically, is strongly preferred
Bachelor's degree required
Strong financial acumen with demonstrated ability to develop business cases, ROI models, and budget tracking mechanisms
Exceptional attention to detail with a track record of managing complex timelines and ensuring accountability for deliverables
Comfort operating in ambiguous environments with evolving priorities and scope
Strong collaborative and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across functions
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated ability to rapidly synthesize information and produce clear, professional presentations
Fluency with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, or similar) and a demonstrated ability to independently integrate them into analytical and strategic workflows
Demonstrated willingness to learn new tools, processes, and subject matter areas as organizational needs evolve
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.
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.
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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
$148.500,00 - $214.500,00
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.
