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Signal Management Operations Lead

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Morristown, New Jersey
Salary Range   USD 178,500.00 - 257,833.33
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Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.

Job title: Signal Management Operations Lead

Location: Morristown, NJ / Cambridge, MA

About the job

Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you’ll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions. 

Our Team:

The Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety (PSPV) aspiration is to be a cutting-age safety group, to enable us to optimize the benefit-risk of our therapies, so we can best serve our patients and consumers.

The Signal Management team is an international group of process, method and technology experts dedicated to supporting Global Safety Officer (GSO) and Pharmacovigilance Scientists (PVS) monitoring of product safety throughout the product lifecycle.

The Signal Management Operations Lead (SMOL) will oversee and maintain day-to-day functioning of the signal management process and systems. This will include system ownership of signal detection and management systems, maintaining compliance with regulations, and preparing for audits, inspections and routine metrics oversight. The SMOL will manage Signal Management Experts and maintain oversight of outsourced vendor tasks. 

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:

  • Maintain oversight of the signal management process including business system ownership of signal detection and management systems.

  • Evaluate and adapt Sanofi process in compliance with evolving global regulations. 

  • Define and execute quality document strategy in alignment with global regulatory requirements and Sanofi standards.

  • Represent signal management on PSPV and cross functional working groups and continual improvement initiatives

  • Perform quality control and quality assurance of signal detection and management activities executed by Sanofi employees and vendor staff

  • CAPA development and execution for quality events

  • Oversee vendor operations and track KPIs

  • Serve as subject matter expert on Signal management for stakeholders internal and external to PSPV.

  • Train staff on signal management processes and systems.

  • Be representative for audits and inspections (business partner & internal process / system audits)

  • Define strategy for signal management acquisition and divestment data exchange

About You

Required Qualifications:

  • Work Experience: Minimum of 6 years of pharmacovigilance experience; additional experience is an asset

  • Required Skills:Proven ability to lead and manage projects effectively

  • Strong facilitation and stakeholder influence capabilities, both within and outside of PSPV

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Familiarity with signal detection and management systems

  • Working knowledge of pharmacovigilance regulations (US, EU, and global)

  • Education: Minimum of a Master's degree in a STEM discipline or Public Health; PharmD or other advanced life science degree is an asset

  • Language Requirements: Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Preferred Qualifications:

In addition to the required qualifications, this section should also list the preferred qualifications, knowledge, skills, education, or experience that incumbents may have. 

  • People management

  • Audit and inspection presentation, execution and strategy

  • Influencing without authority

  • Sanofi standard systems (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow)

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.

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.

Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com

Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, expertise, location, and others. Employees may be eligible to participate in company employee benefit programs.

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