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Biomarker and Precision Medicine Lead

Vitry-sur-Seine, France
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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.

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Job title:Biomarker and Precision Medicine Lead

  • Location: Vitry-sur-Seine
  • Permanent Job

About the job

As Biomarker and Precision Medicine Lead within our Research & Development Translational Medicine Unit, you'll drive the development and implementation of decision-enabling translational medicine strategies for our robust Immunology and Inflammation pipeline, with a specific focus on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Ready to get started?

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.

About Sanofi:

We’rean 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:

  • Lead the development of comprehensive biomarker and precision medicine strategies across all development phases (Phases 1-4) for Immunology and Inflammation projects with a specific focus on projects in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Provide scientific, biomarker and precision medicine focused expertise to pre-clinical projects
  • Design and implement biomarker approaches in clinical studies using diverse platforms including omics, bioimaging, and other cutting-edge technologies
  • Translate biological pathways to clinical markers and clinical observations back to biological mechanisms, providing scientific expertise that drives decision-making
  • Lead cross-functional translational medicine teams in a highly matrixed environment, coordinating biomarker identification, assay development, and execution
  • Identify and validate novel biomarkers for patient selection, response prediction, target engagement, and clinical outcome correlation
  • Author biomarker sections of clinical protocols, reports, Investigator Brochures, and regulatory documents
  • Collaborate with global multidisciplinary teams including research scientists, clinical pharmacologists, clinicians, operations, regulatory, and data scientists, as well as external key opinion leaders and research partners

About you

Experience:

  • 10 years post-PhD or 12+ years post-Master's/post-Bachelor's in translational or clinical research within the biopharmaceutical industry, working in global, highly matrixed environments

Soft and technical skills:

  • Demonstrated expertise in immunology and inflammation, preferably with experience in gastrointestinal diseases and IBD
  • Strong understanding of biomarker development, implementation in global clinical trials, and drug development processes
  • Experience with various biomarker platforms, technologies, and statistical and bioinformatics methods
  • Proven track record leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects within a highly matrixed environment
  • Excellence in written and verbal communication, with ability to present to diverse audiences
  • Experience with regulatory interactions and scientific publications
  • Demonstrated experience working with CROs

Education:

  • MD, MD/PhD, or PhD in a relevant scientific field

Languages:

  • Fluent English required

Why choose us?

  • Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science. 
  • 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.  ​
  • Join a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core, with Employee Resource Groups and leadership programs that celebrate every voice.
  • Achieve genuine work-life balance in a supportive R&D environment.

PursueProgress.DiscoverExtraordinary.

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 dowhat’snever-been-done-before.You’llhelp push boundaries, challengeconvention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives?Let’sPursueProgressand DiscoverExtraordinary– together.

At Sanofi, weprovideequal 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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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

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  • 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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