Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Vaccine

Vacancy Details

Job Title: Manager, Strategic Partnerships
Location: Swiftwater, PA
About The Job: Sanofi is recruiting for a Manager, Strategic Partnerships to support a diverse and growing portfolio of vaccines targeting infectious diseases.

About Sanofi

Sanofi is 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

• Vendor Identification and Setup: Identifies and establishes external vendors with applicable testing capability to as needed. Works with Procurement and Site Quality Operations (SQO) to ensure external vendors are in alignment with company standards and requirements relating to outsourcing. Assists with the creation of RFPs, MLSAs, QTAs, and other legal and financial documentation as needed. Works with GCLP Support to onboard a CROs/vendors and ensures appropriate training is provided to the CRO.
• Strategic Partnerships Management: Acts as a Project Manager and is direct liaison between R&D operations and outside CROs/vendors. Ensures external testing is adequately planned, monitored and delivered per project needs. When required, ensures assay development, qualification, and validation is completed within defined timelines. Leads routine or ad hoc joint meetings between R&D and CROs/vendors. Ensures a good working relationship between R&D and the CROs/vendors. Ensures quality data is being delivered to R&D. Authors or contributes to required documentation (work orders, protocols, reports) in support of technology/method development, optimization, qualification, validation. Assists in investigation/troubleshooting of external methods and documenting the outcome. Works with quality and compliance to ensure all quality documentation is filed appropriately and available for audit.
• Business Operations: In coordination with FPRM/PPFP, responsible for scheduling testing at CROs and ensuring accuracy of testing schedules. Responsible for contributing to yearly OEC budget ensuring CRO costs/spending is aligned with the forecasted budget and R&D financial objectives. Reviews and revises processes and procedures to ensure accuracy and applicability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Science with 2+ years of experience in vendor and project management within pharma or vaccines industry OR Master's degree in Life Science with 1+ years of experience in vendor and project management within pharma or vaccines industry OR PhD in Life Science with 1+ year of experience in vendor and project management within pharma or vaccines industry. Previous experience in research and /or laboratory setting.