Strategy & Ops Senior Director, SILC

Role Summary

Strategy & Ops Senior Director for Sanofi Integrated Launch Capabilities (SILC) based in Cambridge, MA. Leads and shapes SILC foundations, digital and AI-powered launch initiatives, analytics, and data-driven decision-making to elevate launch excellence across Sanofi. Partners with the Lead, Strategy & Operations to drive innovation, insights, and continuous improvement within the SILC framework.

Responsibilities

• SILC Foundations: Elevate best-in-class launch standards and framework
  • Lead the evolution and refinement of the SILC framework, ensuring it is best-in-class and adaptable to changing market conditions
  • Coordinate with transversal areas (SILC Clusters, COEs, GTMC, LEBI, etc.) to ensure alignment and integration of launch standards
  • Manage beta testing initiatives, capturing learnings and insights to drive continuous improvement
  • Document and communicate framework updates and best practices to relevant stakeholders
  • Assist in developing training materials and resources to support framework adoption
  • Serve as a liaison with Hub Operations to ensure seamless implementation of launch frameworks
• SILC Suite & Gen AI: Drive digital and AI-powered launch excellence
  • Act as business lead for digital initiatives with the SILC Suite – a best-in-class digital launch excellence solution
  • Support the development and pilot implementation of Gen AI use cases within the launch ecosystem
  • Identify opportunities for AI application in launch processes to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and impact
  • Document and share learnings from AI implementations to inform future developments
  • Collaborate with training and change management teams to drive SILC Suite usage and AI adoption
  • Partner with the Digital Accelerator in the development of the SILC Suite and AI platform, ensuring data quality and system functionality
• SILC Quants: Build & enhance operations modules to support Sanofi
  • Resourcing: Develop tools and processes to support decisions
  • Metrics: Design and maintain performance dashboards and reporting frameworks to measure outcomes and drive continuous improvement
  • Budget/strat plan and business cases: Create and manage tracking modules to support informed financial decisions
  • Governance tracking: Build modules to track performance against governance decisions
• Data & Simulation: Drive business launch scenarios and impact-driven decision-making
  • Act as business lead for digital initiative with the Launch Simulator
  • Support disruptive innovation as business lead of the Launch Simulator, ensuring model relevance, fostering simulation culture within Sanofi, and generating business impact
  • Evolve Mission Control functionality, including pre-launch metrics definition, data collection in collaboration with I&A, trend analysis, insights, and Next Best Actions (NBA)
  • Gather and integrate external competitor data to enhance launch planning and competitive positioning
  • Conduct launch impact analyses to identify trends, opportunities, and challenges across the portfolio
  • Prepare data visualisations and reports that translate complex information into actionable insights for the brand and franchise teams
  • Lead special projects on behalf of SILC as needed

Qualifications

• Business leadership experience driving pharmaceutical product launches or launch strategy and operations
• Track record of driving organizational transformation
• Leadership experience driving business innovation, particularly using digital and AI technologies
• Track record of translating data into insights and simulations
• Prior US pharma commercial/launch/market access experience is a plus
• Previous consultancy experience is a plus

Skills

• Knowledge of best-in-class launch excellence practices
• Strong ability to analyse complex processes, identify gaps, and implement scalable solutions
• Proficient in AI-driven insight generation
• Adept at storytelling with data, delivering high-impact presentations, and influencing leadership
• You are a role model of Take The Lead behaviours

Education

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree is required. MBA/Advanced Degree is desirable.

Additional Requirements

• Travel: This position may require up to 25% overall business travel.