Senior Laboratory Manager for Ligand Binding Assays

About the role

The Global Clinical Immunology (GCI) organization, part of Late Stage Global Immunology within Vaccines R&D at Sanofi, specializes in developing, validating, and deploying regulated bioanalytical assays to assess immune responses to vaccines throughout their lifecycle. This role will ensure high-quality, consistent, and compliant data, managing a team responsible for developing, validating, and implementing immunological ligand-binding methods that support clinical endpoints across vaccine trials from Phase I through Phase IV.

Responsibilities

• Scientific oversight and data integrity
• Developing project timelines and scheduling
• Supporting experimental studies
• Contributing scientific insights to projects
• Evaluating new technologies to enhance throughput, precision, accuracy, and overall quality

Requirements

• Previous experience with Ligand binding assays such as ELISA, RIA, Luminex, MSD, Ortho VITROS, and automated platforms
• Demonstrated team leadership and management experience
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills with a deep understanding of project management

Qualifications

• PhD in Science +4 years of relevant professional experience in industry setting OR
• MS in Science +6 years of relevant professional experience in industry setting OR
• BS in Science +9 years of relevant professional experience in industry setting

Skills

• Clear communication (written and verbal)
• Written skills to create clear and concise documents including procedures, deviation investigations, plans, test cases and reports
• Verbal skills to act as a liaison between different groups/stakeholders, such as GCI and Maintenance/HSE
• Creative and abstract thinking
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables
• Understanding of GXP practices and procedures
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices
• Excellent technical skills, analytical ability, judgment with a strong operational focus
• Excellent communications skills
• Excellent interpersonal, technical, scientific and communications skills (written/oral)
• Advanced written and verbal skills

Benefits

Sanofi offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact
• High-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave
• Engaging in drug development with a pioneering biopharma company that engages patients early in drug development and uses their insights to design studies that reflect real-world needs
• Opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science
• Attractive compensation and additional benefits

Pay

Compensation is determined commensurate with demonstrated experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.