Senior Product Manager – Global Data Platform

Reference No. R2766703​

Position Title: Senior Product Manager – Global Data Platform​

Department: Data Mesh & Analytics Platforms ​

Location: Toronto, Ontario ​

About the Job

At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. Join our Data Mesh & Analytics Platforms as Senior Product Manager – Global Data Platform and you can help make it happen. Your job?  

Sanofi has recently embarked into a vast and ambitious digital transformation program. A cornerstone of this roadmap is the acceleration of its data transformation and of the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions, to accelerate R&D, manufacturing and commercial performance and bring better drugs and vaccines to patients faster, to improve health and save lives. 

 

You are an influential, experienced Product Manager with a passion for building data centric software products in an agile way. You are passionate about working with cross-functional teams of data scientists, engineers and business analysts to build and deliver exceptional data products relying on data foundations, advanced data science capabilities, and /or compelling visualizations to make a difference for the patients of tomorrow. You are comfortable guiding technical implementation decisions drawing from various perspectives, benefits, dependencies and engineering commitments to create a comprehensive roadmap. You enjoy defining and guiding implementation of KPIs to ensure design and delivery of extraordinary applications. 

 

Our vision for digital, data analytics and AI 

Join us on our journey in enabling Sanofi’s Digital Transformation through becoming an AI first organization. This means: 

• AI Factory – Versatile Teams Operating in Cross Functional Pods: Utilizing digital and data resources to develop AI products, bringing data management, AI and product development skills to products, programs and projects to create an agile, fulfilling and meaningful work environment. 

• Leading Edge Tech Stack: Experience build products that will be deployed globally on a leading edge tech stack. 

• World Class Mentorship and Training: Working with renown leaders and academics in machine learning to further develop your skillsets 

 

There are multiple vacancies across our Digital profiles and NA region. Further assessments will be completed to determine specific function and level of hired candidates.   

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?  

 

 Main Responsibilities:

• Owns the Why, What and When of a product: Sanofi’s flagship global data platform. Responsible for the product vision, roadmap, and business outcomes in alignment with broader organization goals 

• Connects business and tech worlds 

• Owns the user experience – internal voice of the user in the pod (product team), supported by data platform engineers, service management, and UI/UX as required 

• Works with the scrum master and the digital data team daily, maintaining team health 

• Owns the product backlog and its continuous refinement and prioritization 

• Lead business-critical operational performance indicators and technical metrics 

• Negotiates Yes/No with the data platform users and with the delivery team; empowered to make decisions related to product features, backlog prioritization, release planning 

• Understand and adjust for nuances and customizations required for technical platform product, including implications of cloud, data, and AI infrastructure, vendor capabilities, and key user needs 

• Defines user stories and accepts them from the delivery team 

• Define and measures business value and incorporate user feedback to ensure continuous value delivery 

• Develop launch plans, ensure readiness of the various cross-functional partners 

• Ensures good practices in architecture and that the product meets applicable operational, quality, regulatory (Data Privacy, GxP, SOX, etc.) and cybersecurity requirements 

• Provide consistent updates to leadership and executives, making communication easy and clear regarding product issues and decisions to be made 

 

About You:

Key Functional Requirements & Qualifications: 

• Strong business acumen, with ability to connect tech and business worlds 

• Ability to prioritize among conflicting priorities and requests in a complex, multinational environment 

• Data-driven – product analytics matter! 

• Curiosity, asking the “Why” questions from the business to understand business rules better and the “How” questions from the development team to create a better vision of what the final product should be 

• Proven experience with Agile practices and expectations 

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. 

• Creativity to go beyond current processes to deliver the best solution for a problem or opportunity 

• Experience guiding large-scale, data-platform / data lake / data warehouse products 

• Experience leading cross-functional teams: clarifying requirements, resolving conflicts, defining roadmap and driving progress 

• Specific domain expertise may be required for some roles, e.g. experience in the life sciences industry, knowledge in B2C or B2B marketing/commercial analytics, web development… 

 

Key Technical Requirements & Qualifications: 

• Agile / Scrum practices using Atlassian software (Jira, Confluence) 

• Deep understanding of technical platform products, and working with technical users such as engineers, ML engineers and data scientists 

• Deep functional understanding of platform technologies (cloud, data, AI) and how they enable value delivery 

• 8+ years’ experience with data transformation, data migrations, and development / implementation of data platforms (cloud, data lake, or relational data warehouse-based preferred) 

• Knowledge and experience working with modern cloud-based systems (AWS preferred) and data and AI practices such as data and ML engineering, DataOps, MLOps 

• Specific experience may be required for products involving machine learning models, descriptive analytics (BI solution eg Power BI), user-facing web/mobile apps, data platforms or (Snowflake/Informatica) 

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

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.  Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.​

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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