Digital R&D Strategy and Operations Analyst

Job title: Digital R&D Strategy and Operations Analyst

• Location: Morristown, NJ

About the job

As Digital R&D Strategy and Operations Analyst within our Digital team, you will support Operations Leads in ensuring the smooth and effective running of up to two verticals' digital product portfolio. You will contribute to strategy execution, financial tracking, performance reporting, and stakeholder communications — helping the team deliver impact at scale across Digital R&D.

This is a coordination-heavy role that requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work across multiple teams and functions in a fast-paced, global environment.

Join the digital engine driving Sanofi’s transformation - where AI, automation, and bold experimentation power faster science and smarter decisions. Here, you’ll help build the first biopharma company powered by AI at scale.

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

Strategy & Roadmap Support

• Assist in maintaining and updating the verticals' strategy documentation and product roadmap

• Help prepare materials for strategic planning sessions, leadership reviews, and governance forums

• Track roadmap milestones and flag dependencies or risks to the Operations Lead

Financial Management Support

• Support budget tracking and reporting in collaboration with Finance and Procurement

• Help consolidate inputs for annual and mid-year strategic planning cycles

Resource & Staffing Coordination

• Assist in tracking staffing allocation across products and flagging gaps or optimization opportunities

• Support coordination activities with People & Culture and Procurement on staffing topics

• Maintain up-to-date resource planning documentation and tools

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Collect, validate, and consolidate OKRs/KPIs from Product Line Owners for verticals and global Digital scorecards

• Support post-implementation ROI reviews and product adoption monitoring

• Contribute to ensuring the quality and consistency of analytical deliveries

Governance & Communication Support

• Help prepare content and materials for the Verticals' Guiding Coalition meetings

• Assist in coordinating cross-vertical and cross-functional initiatives

General Coordination

• Facilitate meetings, capture action items, and follow up on commitments

• Support ad hoc analyses and projects as directed by the Operations Lead

• Support the vendors’ management: contracting and smooth onboarding

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 1–3+ years of experience in Strategy, Operations, or a related field

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, finance, life sciences, digital field, or related field

• Understanding of organizational change management and Six Sigma methodologies

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Experience working with budgets, OKRs, and performance metrics

• Ability to synthesize data into clear, actionable insights and presentations

• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to collaborate across technical, business, and finance teams

• Results-oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience in digital R&D teams

• Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau)

• Familiarity with pharma R&D processes (portfolio management, clinical operations, CMC, Labs)

• Basic understanding of agile development and product lifecycle

Why Choose Us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, futurefocused 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.

• Join the digital force behind Sanofi’s AI-powered pipeline, where Expert, Generative, and Snackable AI accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of breakthrough treatments to patients.

• Help reduce time from discovery to commercialization, delivering life-changing medicines to patients faster than ever.

• Join a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core, with Employee
  Resource Groups and leadership programs that celebrate every voice.

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.