Head PLO of Clinical Development and AI Workflow

Job Title:Head PLO of Clinical Development and AI Workflow

Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

About the Job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.  

At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. Join our R&D Data & AI Products and Platforms Team as a Product Line Owner and you can help make it happen. 

Sanofi has recently embarked into a vast and ambitious digital transformation program. A cornerstone of this roadmap is the acceleration of its data transformation and of the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions, to accelerate R&D, manufacturing and commercial performance and bring better drugs and vaccines to patients faster, to improve health and save lives. 

The R&D Data & AI Products and Platforms Team is a key team within R&D Digital, focused on developing and delivering Data and AI products for R&D use cases. This team plays a critical role in pursuing broader democratization of data across R&D and providing the foundation to scale AI/ML, advanced analytics, and operational analytics capabilities. 

We are seeking a Product Line Owner to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of a portfolio of high-impact data products that enable data standardization, harmonization, lineage, accessibility, and advanced analytics across the clinical development lifecycle. This person will lead a team of Product Owners focused on various domains within clinical development—including EDC, labs, imaging, external data, and regulatory submission datasets. 

As the most senior product leader in this product line, you will drive alignment with key clinical, regulatory, and statistical stakeholders, influence enterprise-wide data architecture decisions, and build best-in-class data products that power clinical science, trial operations, and next-gen AI use cases. 

Our vision for digital, data analytics and AI 

Join us on our journey in enabling Sanofi’s Digital Transformation through becoming an AI first organization. This means:  

• AI Factory - Versatile Teams Operating in Cross Functional Pods: Utilizing digital and data resources to develop AI products, bringing data management, AI and product development skills to products, programs and projects to create an agile, fulfilling and meaningful work environment. 

• Leading Edge Tech Stack: Experience build products that will be deployed globally on a leading-edge tech stack. 

• World Class Mentorship and Training: Working with renown leaders and academics in machine learning to further develop your skillsets.

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? 

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:

Strategic Leadership

• Define and own the clinical development data product and platform strategy that delivers trusted, harmonized, and analytics-ready data across the clinical lifecycle. 

• Partner with clinical, biostatistics, regulatory, and digital stakeholders to align product vision to business priorities and regulatory requirements. 

• Ensure the roadmap is scalable and flexible to meet global and therapeutic-area specific needs. 

• Lead quarterly and annual planning, prioritizing initiatives based on impact, resource capacity, and scientific value. 

• Bridge the gap between scientists and product teams to ensure that outcomes are aligned to business needs and value. 

• Gather and prioritize requirements from scientists, technical stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define the “What” and “Why” of product development. 

Product Portfolio Management 

• Direct a team of Data and AI Product Owners responsible for building and evolving individual clinical data products (e.g., EDC ingestion, SDTM conversion, metadata lineage, imaging data hubs). 

• Oversee cross-product dependencies, ensuring interoperability, governance alignment, and compliance with data quality standards. 

• Ensure all products follow best practices in FAIR data principles, CI/CD delivery, and audit-readiness. 

• Build and manage a shared services model across product teams, including re-usable data assets, common pipeline components, and metadata catalogs. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Represent the clinical data product domain at key leadership forums and strategic decision-making bodies. 

• Collaborate with Digital R&D platform leads, enterprise data governance teams, and AI/ML leaders to influence data infrastructure investments. 

• Partner with clinical system owners (e.g., Medidata, Veeva Vault) and external data providers to optimize data ingestion and lifecycle management. 

Team Development & Leadership 

• Build and mentor a high-performing team of Product Owners, associate product managers, and data product analysts. 

• Cultivate a culture of accountability, agility, innovation, and user-centered thinking. 

• Define success metrics, performance reviews, and development plans for team members. 

• Promote knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous learning across product domains. 

Delivery Excellence 

• Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of data products in alignment with sprint plans and release milestones. 

• Champion agile product development and iterative delivery, balancing short-term execution with long-term product health. 

• Drive measurement of impact through business KPIs, data usage metrics, and stakeholder satisfaction. 

• Resolve escalated product or delivery risks, and coordinate mitigation strategies across internal and external teams. 

About You

Key Functional Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required, Master’s or Ph.D. a strong plus. 

• 10+ years of experience in product leadership, including 5+ years managing product teams or portfolios in life sciences or clinical research. 

• Deep understanding of clinical development data domains, systems (e.g., EDC, lab systems, imaging, eTMF), and regulatory data requirements (e.g., CDISC, ADaM, SDTM). 

• Demonstrated success in building and scaling complex data products in a regulated environment. 

• Proven leadership experience influencing cross-functional teams and driving digital or data transformation in R&D. 

• Familiarity with metadata management, data catalogs, data lineage, and cloud-native data architecture (e.g., AWS, Snowflake, Databricks). 

• Ability to define product vision and strategy and translate that into team deliverables and stakeholder outcomes. 

• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills, including the ability to represent the organization at internal and external forums. 

• Proven track record of hiring, developing, and retaining top product talent. 

Key Technical Requirements & Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, product portfolio management, and iterative product development. 

• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and product releases for data infrastructure. 

• Familiarity with GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, GDPR, and other regulatory and privacy standards. 

• Experience working with product tools like Jira, Confluence, Miro, and enterprise data platforms. 

• A strong data-driven mindset, with the ability to balance innovation with compliance and operational excellence.

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. 

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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.