Sanofi · 12 hours ago
Senior Clinical Research Director, I&I
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
4+ years expSanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives. The Senior Clinical Research Director will drive breakthroughs in immunoscience, mentor other clinical research directors, and contribute to clinical studies and regulatory submissions.
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Responsibilities
Act as a mentor for other CRDs and Clinical Scientists on a same project/TA
Collaborate with functions to ensure uniform, aligned operational approach (e.g harmonizing study documents, ES, protocols, etc). As relevant, within a project, ensure leadership, build consensus, coordinate action plans with other CRDs and stakeholders to resolve project-related study issues, anticipates potential issues (sharing lessons learned) across the project or study teams. He/she raises study or project-level issues to TA Heads, as relevant and shares relevant information within and beyond Project teams
Take on as necessary the CRD role:
Provide medical expertise to the clinical studies (except select Exploratory Pharmacology studies) and/or registries (eg: protocol, Key Results, Clinical Study Report)
Support other clinical development activities (e.g. pressure test and cluster feasibility, medical review and validation of clinical data, study risk assessment)
Contribute to the clinical part of submission dossier for their projects: Common Technical Document for FDA & EMA submission, filing in Japan and China and answers to questions from health authorities
Provide appropriate medical input & support for all activities related to clinical studies such as medical training, feasibility, medical review of data, medical information for the study team, medical advisors/Clinical Project Leaders from Clinical Study Units, and investigators
Be the medical reference in the Clinical Study team, ensuring the medical relevance of the clinical data
Interact with other CRDs in the project, Global Project Head, The PV Rep, Regulatory and other key functional reps
Qualification
Required
Understanding of pharmaceutical product development and life cycle management gained through ~4 years of clinical development and medical experience
Excellent Scientific and medical / clinical expertise
Excellent expertise in clinical development and methodology of clinical studies
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) for interactions across functional areas and for interactions with key regulatory agencies
Demonstrated capability to challenge decision and status quo with a risk-management approach
Ability to negotiate to ensure operational resources are available for continued clinical conduct
Fluency in written and spoken English
Excellent Teaching skills, demonstrated ability to assist and train others
Ability to work within a matrix model
International/ intercultural working skills
Open-minded to apply new digital solutions
MD or equivalent (DO, MBBS)
Specialization and training as a Rheumatologist
At least 4 years in pharmaceutical industry or CRO, previous experience in late stage clinical development
English fluent (spoken and written)
Benefits
High-quality healthcare
Prevention and wellness programs
At least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave
Company
Sanofi
Sanofi is a global biopharma company focused on prescription drugs, vaccines, and treatments for chronic, rare, and infectious diseases.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.97BKey Investors
Blackstone Life SciencesEvotec
2025-10-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-06-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.74B
2025-03-05Post Ipo Debt· $1.59B
Leadership Team
Paul Hudson
Chief Executive Officer
Francois-Xavier Roger
Chief Financial Officer
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