Senior Clinical Research Director
Sanofi
September 02, 2026
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
$236,250 - $393,750 USD yearly
Clinical Research and Development
Main Responsibilities
- Mentor other CRDs and Clinical Scientists within the same project/therapeutic area.
- Provide leadership, build consensus, and coordinate action plans with other CRDs and stakeholders to resolve study issues.
- Anticipate potential issues by sharing lessons learned across teams.
- Raise study/project-level issues to TA Heads as relevant and share pertinent information.
- Collaborate across functions to ensure uniform, aligned operations (e.g., harmonizing study documents, endpoints, protocols).
- Interact with CRDs, Global Project Head, PV Representatives, Regulatory, and other functional representatives.
- Provide medical expertise to clinical studies/registries (except select Exploratory Pharmacology), including protocol development, Key Results, and Clinical Study Reports.
- Support clinical development activities: pressure testing/cluster feasibility, medical review/validation of clinical data, and study risk assessment.
- Contribute to clinical content in submission dossiers (FDA/EMA Common Technical Documents, Japan/China filings, and health authority responses).
- Provide medical input for clinical-study activities including training, feasibility, data review, and medical information for study teams/investigators.
- Serve as the medical reference within the Clinical Study team, ensuring medical relevance and integrity of clinical data.
Qualifications
- MD or equivalent medical degree required (DO, MBBS).
- Medical training/clinical development experience in rheumatology, hematology, transplant, or immunology.
- At least 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry (late-stage clinical development preferred).
Skills/Experience
- Strong scientific and medical/clinical expertise; deep knowledge of clinical development methodology and clinical study design.
- Excellent verbal/written communication; fluency in written/spoken English.
- Risk-management mindset; ability to challenge decisions and the status quo.
- Ability to negotiate for operational resources.
- Teaching skills; matrix-model effectiveness; strong international/intercultural skills.
- Open-minded and adaptable to new digital solutions.
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
- Mentor other CRDs and Clinical Scientists within the same project/therapeutic area.
- Provide leadership, build consensus, and coordinate action plans with other CRDs and stakeholders to resolve study issues.
- Anticipate potential issues by sharing lessons learned across teams.
- Raise study/project-level issues to TA Heads as relevant and share pertinent information.
- Collaborate across functions to ensure uniform, aligned operations (e.g., harmonizing study documents, endpoints, protocols).
- Interact with CRDs, Global Project Head, PV Representatives, Regulatory, and other functional representatives.
- Provide medical expertise to clinical studies/registries (except select Exploratory Pharmacology), including protocol development, Key Results, and Clinical Study Reports.
- Support clinical development activities: pressure testing/cluster feasibility, medical review/validation of clinical data, and study risk assessment.
- Contribute to clinical content in submission dossiers (FDA/EMA Common Technical Documents, Japan/China filings, and health authority responses).
- Provide medical input for clinical-study activities including training, feasibility, data review, and medical information for study teams/investigators.
- Serve as the medical reference within the Clinical Study team, ensuring medical relevance and integrity of clinical data.
Qualifications
- MD or equivalent medical degree required (DO, MBBS).
- Medical training/clinical development experience in rheumatology, hematology, transplant, or immunology.
- At least 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry (late-stage clinical development preferred).
Skills/Experience
- Strong scientific and medical/clinical expertise; deep knowledge of clinical development methodology and clinical study design.
- Excellent verbal/written communication; fluency in written/spoken English.
- Risk-management mindset; ability to challenge decisions and the status quo.
- Ability to negotiate for operational resources.
- Teaching skills; matrix-model effectiveness; strong international/intercultural skills.
- Open-minded and adaptable to new digital solutions.
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.