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Senior Scientist Drug Product - all genders (limited contract for 12 months)
At a glance
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.
About the job
Within the Synthetics platform of Sanofi’s Global CMC organization, we are offering a position for a senior scientist within the DP Design team in Frankfurt which has an interdisciplinary scientific scope covering of formulation, biopharmacy and analytics. As part of the team you will support the development of new medications from research to clinical testing by developing pre-clinical and clinical formulations in close interaction with global CMC and project teams.
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:
- Act as formulation expert and representative in global R&D project teams for pre-clinical and clinical formulation development
- Provide formulation strategies/solutions and early biopharmaceutical risk evaluations to project teams enabling proper candidate profiling, selection and development
- Responsible for the supply of various pre-clinical studies
- Evaluation, interpretation and presentation of data and Progress
- Manage close interaction and exchange with global CMC functions, pharmacokinetics, pre-clinical safety, medicinal chemistry and the therapeutic areas
- Contribute to the continuous evolution of methods, analytics, way of working and formulation strategies as part of the DP Design team
- Laboratory management – including equipment and documentation
- Instruction and training of technicians
About you
- Ph.D. in pharmaceutical or related natural sciences
- Strong scientific background in formulation development
- Experience in biopharmaceutical experimentation and modelling
- German: spoken with confidence to ensure proper communication with lab staff
- English: excellent written/oral communication and presentation skills
Why choose us?
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.
- Be part of a pioneering biopharma company that engages patients early in drug development and uses their insights to design studies that reflect real-world needs.
- Help improve the lives of millions of people globally by making drug development quicker and more effective.
- Enjoy opportunities to collaborate beyond your area of expertise, working with diverse teams across science, clinical, and digital fields to spark new ideas and drive breakthroughs.
- Achieve genuine work-life balance in a supportive R&D environment.
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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.
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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.
Please note that for Tariff positions in Germany, compensation is based on the federal collective bargaining agreement of the chemical industry.
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Why work with us
- Expand your horizons. Grow through curiosity, with support to move, learn, and lead in a culture that champions mentorship, mobility, and bold development.
- Accelerate results with technology. Harness the power of AI and automation to push scientific boundaries and reimagine what's possible in drug discovery.
- Impact through inclusive innovation. Help deliver better science and fairer outcomes by driving inclusive research that reaches more people, in more meaningful ways.
- Turn patient needs into breakthrough science. Drive scientific breakthroughs that start with patient needs – and end in treatments that change lives.
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