Job title: Packaging Engineer

• Location: Scoppito, Italy

About the job

As Packaging Engineer within our Packaging Team, you’ll deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

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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:

• Provide both technical expertise and technical project management support needed for new product implementations (CMC) and life cycle management changes (LCM) packaging projects in the perimeter of GDPU.
• Development of technical positions regarding packaging material and component performance and Regulatory compliance for Sanofi packaging practices. This includes investigating and recommending new packaging materials, systems, and technology for potential use in Sanofi packaging systems considering the 3Ps (Patient, Planet and Performance).
• Support activities within GDPU regarding technical documentation, SOP’s, and internal systems.
• Support multi-functional teams to formulate plans and strategy that meets the defined objective.
• Collaborate with R&D Drug Development, iCMC, IA packaging sites, component and material suppliers, Regional Marketing, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering and QA in the development of project strategies and objectives.
• Makes technical and business-based recommendations on primary (for solids form), secondary and tertiary package systems, and material for both new and marketed pharmaceutical product projects.
• Develops test protocols and manages execution of various packaging studies including material tests and transport qualification for finished drug product and packaging.

About you

• Experience: Experience in packaging equipment start-up, qualification and validation is preferable.
• Soft and technical skills: Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of solid primary secondary and tertiary packaging material types and their technical performance characteristics, cost, and manufacturing processes; working knowledge to advanced understanding of principles and applications behind the packaging materials testing and performance requirements defined in USP, ASTM, ISTA, IATA, CFR, and FDA Guidance’s; Solid project management skills with varied scope and complexity with multifunctional/ organizational project teams is preferable; has comprehensive knowledge of the related pharmaceutical customer, supply and distribution requirements and considers their wants/needs into packaging solutions; has knowledge of FDA Regulations regarding required documentation and data to support new product registrations and various types of changes to primary packaging materials; Project management experience; strong technical writing skills; proficiency with MS Office tools (e.g., responsibilities include authorship of Technical Packaging Reports); ability to work in cross functional teams, provide strong analytical skills for troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and communicate with internal and external team members.
• Languages: excellent Italian and English skills - verbal and written.

Why choose us?

• Be part of a pioneering biopharma company where patient insights shape drug development.
• Work at the forefront of AI-powered science that accelerates discovery and improves outcomes.
• Collaborate beyond your expertise, sparking new ideas with diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
• Explore bold career paths – with opportunities to grow through scientific, leadership, and cross-functional moves.
• Care for yourself and your loved ones with generous health and well-being benefits, including top-tier healthcare and 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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