Senior Corporate Counsel Manufacturing and Supply_Transactions and Operations

Job title: Senior Corporate Counsel - Manufacturing and Supply Transactions and Operations

Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

About the job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.  

Position Overview:

A strategic business partner to Sanofi’s Global Manufacturing and Supply organization (M&S), embodying and advancing M&S’ mission as “Makers,” turning the miracles of science into transformative medicines and vaccines for patients.  This role serves as a “business lawyer,” supporting M&S leaders across Sanofi’s Global Business Units (Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines) (GBUs) with subject matter expertise in complex international manufacturing and supply transactions, biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations, and the regulatory framework governing both.  The ideal candidate has represented biopharmaceutical companies in manufacturing and supply transactions in both private practice and as internal counsel in a multi-national biopharmaceutical company.          

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:

• Serve as proactive thought partner to M&S stakeholders in each of Sanofi’s GBUs. 

• Drive legal strategy, drafting, and negotiation for complex transactions across the continuum of biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations, including direct materials, drug substance, active pharmaceutical ingredient, drug product, and finished drug product across the GBUs on a global basis. 

• Support M&A colleagues with expert legal advice on M&S – related topics in connection with due-diligence, definitive agreement negotiations, interim operating considerations, integration, and broader post-closing operations.

• Support BD/Licensing colleagues and M&S Alliances in negotiating, drafting, and alliance management with respect to M&S topics in connection with complex biopharmaceutical manufacturing collaborations.

• Lead advanced dispute resolution measures to transform conflicts into business opportunities.

• Collaborate with colleagues in M&S Global Functions to drive projects related to transformation of the M&S industrial network, including those related to capacity, investment, strategic sourcing, smart spending, collaborations with external partners, and optimized risk management. 

• Drive optimized ways of working across the Sanofi Legal Division, M&S, Global Procurement, and Business Operations with an emphasis on standardization and simplification.

• Champion digital adoption and adaptation with focus on maximizing efficiency and allocation of resources to impactful work. 

• Model Sanofi values of Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, Lead Together; Thoughtful Risk Taking; and Take the Lead mentality. 

About You

Qualifications:

• J.D. or LL.M. degree from an accredited law school; admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction 

• 10+ years of legal experience supporting complex biopharmaceutical manufacturing transactions; at least five years’ experience in-house in a multi-national biopharmaceutical company preferred

• Detailed knowledge of GxP, CMC Regulatory, Standard Cost Accounting, and multi-national biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations

• Demonstrated business acumen

• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to effectively partner with technical and business stakeholders globally

• Strong business partner support focus

• Strategic mindset, entrepreneurial problem solver who continuously evaluates “what could be” and is not limited to “what is” 

• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, prioritize competing projects, meet timelines, and navigate highly-matrixed workstreams to completion

• Excellent judgment and commitment to ethical conduct

• Strong communication skills; ability to effectively address complex issues in succinct oral and written communications

• Stakeholder management skills

• Willingness to travel internationally as needed

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 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 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.