R & D Solution Architect – Digital Clinical Development Operations

About the role

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.

At Sanofi Architecture CoE, we have one overarching mission – to work passionately, challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to build an efficient, reliable and consistent end to end IT landscape.

Our team is responsible to define the high-level vision and roadmaps in terms of solutions architectures, ensure proper implementation, maintaining interoperability and consistency of the business processes and technical solutions.

We collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and architect scalable and robust solutions tailored to the unique challenges of the pharmaceutical industry.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the design and implementation of all solutions for clinical operations. Ensure alignment with architecture strategy and adhere to governance standards
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and clinical experts to understand requirements and challenges from a functional and technical perspective
• Streamline and simplify (whenever possible) existing architecture, delivering reusable services and identifying cost-saving opportunities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams & other domains to ensure complete and operable solutions that align with business processes
• Provide clear and detailed leadership for clinical development architecture within projects
• Evaluate product usefulness and cost in the supplier selection process
• Create and maintain current and target-state architecture roadmaps aligned with business needs
• Responsible for establishing the strategic direction, choosing technologies, settings standards for clinical development domain

About You

• Experience
• Good understanding of existing IT technologies, data types, and ontologies at Sanofi R&D
• Extensive background in designing, developing, and optimizing IT solutions
• Demonstrated understanding of the processes and workflows in Clinical domain
• Willing, ready and enthusiastic to bring digitalization to the Clinical community
• Global/multi-cultural experience
• Strong vendor relationship management skills
• Solid experience in Solution Architecture
• Experience with GxP, HIPAA, and GDPR regulations and the ability to ensure compliance with these regulations in the design and implementation of IT solutions
• Proven ability to translate functional requirements into technical/solution design, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with Sanofi’s standards technologies (Snowflake, GitHub, IICS, Python, Openshift, ReactJS, SQL, AWS, Azure)
• Ability to work collaboratively as a team player, fostering a positive and productive work environment
• Demonstrated professional and reliable behavior, consistently delivering high-quality work and meeting deadlines
• 5-8 years of experience in Solution Architecture
• Soft skills
• Business Acumen - Advanced
• Problem Solving - Advanced
• Decision Making- Intermediate
• Critical Thinking - Advanced
• Transversal collaboration - Intermediate
• Communication & interpersonal skills - Advanced
• Technical skills
• Application Design & Integration - Advanced
• DevOps - Intermediate
• Architecture - Advanced
• Compliance of computerized systems - Advanced
• Llean & Agile practices - Intermediate
• Languages
• English
• Education
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or similar field required

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 a 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 US Services 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.

Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.