Digital Research Experiment and Assay Product Line Owner

Role Summary

Lead the strategy and delivery of digital products for Research labs at Sanofi, delivering data capture, scientific workflow, and lab-operational solutions to enable AI-enabled analytics and scalable, user-centered science.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with R&D business stakeholders to develop a clear vision and define operational demand initiatives, ensuring products evolve with R&D business needs and drive high maturity
• Lead the strategic demand ideation of research lab digital products, including sourcing external innovation, coordinating with R&D business and key stakeholders, drive ideation working sessions, and ensure effective product prioritization
• Work with team leadership to develop the long-term strategy and delivery roadmap for the portfolio of products
• Oversee the development and execution of all product projects and initiatives within your product line, ensuring solutions meet scientists’ needs
• Manage execution of multiple product lines to ensure accurate delivery and timeliness of the Products, while mitigating issues, risks, and blockers
• Drive product development through required governance: build recommendations for go/no-go at stage gates based on supporting data, evidence, and R&D business value to governance bodies with compelling executive summaries and requests
• Work with business stakeholders to ensure adoption of product line, via proper business transformation / change management integrating product to existing or new business processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and build a culture that fosters knowledge-sharing amongst teams, aiming to resolve any blockers and accelerate product delivery
• Ensure effective partnership and communication between externally supporting roles
• Be the voice of the customer to drive the development of modern user-centric research lab products
• Act as a change agent and thought leader on Digital opportunities and priorities
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in product management and Pharma Research applications
• Create a balanced workload for product teams by managing priorities and delivery across products
• Act as the primary escalation point for Product Owners and associated Pod delivery teams
• Act as the key liaison between R&D business stakeholders & technical teams

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience in product management, project management in a technical field, R&D data management, or other related field

Education

• Bachelors Degree or Advanced Degree (PhD, MS) in a relevant scientific field (e.g., Chemistry, Structural Biology, Bioengineering, Computational Sciences) or equivalent industry experience.

Skills

• Proven experience in digital product management, particularly in digital research lab systems within the pharmaceutical R&D or life sciences context
• Strong understanding of drug discovery workflows and challenges
• Track record of delivering high-impact products in pharmaceutical research or life sciences, demonstrating ability to meet time, scope, cost, and quality expectations
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects in a large pharma environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to bridge technical and business teams
• Strong facilitation skills in design-thinking workshops and ideation sessions with diverse stakeholder groups
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to derive value from data pipelines and workflows to address business challenges
• Experience in building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective data products