Sanofi · 1 day ago
Head of DevOps, Digital Patient Products
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expSanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives. The Head of DevOps, Digital Patient Products oversees core delivery functions, ensuring high-quality delivery across Digital Patient Experience platforms while collaborating with various teams to drive CI/CD maturity and operational excellence.
BiotechnologyHealthcarePharmaceuticalLife ScienceHealth CareTherapeutics
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor DevOps Engineering, Manual Testing, Test Automation, and Release Management teams
Manage distributed onshore/offshore resources and vendor partners
Establish multi-year roadmaps for CI/CD modernization, automated testing, release governance, and environmental management
Define team operating model, capability structure, and talent development strategies
Oversee hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, skill development, and workforce planning
Foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning
Align delivery strategy with enterprise technology, cybersecurity, and compliance objectives
Architect and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce, IICS, AWS, Snowflake, and Python services
Advance infrastructure-as-code, observability tooling, and reliability engineering practices
Standardize deployment patterns with automated quality gates, security scans, and compliance validation
Automate environment provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows
Partner with architecture to define cloud patterns for scalability, performance, and resilience
Lead manual testing strategy across SIT, UAT, regression, functional, performance, and end-to-end cycles across an agile release train of ~20 PODs
Oversee test planning, test case creation, acceptance criteria validation, and execution oversight
Ensure coverage of complex integration and data flows across all platforms and numerous external partners
Drive defect-management practices and ensure timely issue resolution
Build and maintain automation frameworks for UI, API, mobile, data validation, and integration testing
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to establish continuous quality gates
Expand automation coverage across Salesforce, IICS, Python APIs, and Snowflake validation
Establish and track automation metrics, dashboards, and continuous improvement goals
Own end-to-end release processes including governance, calendar planning, versioning, and approvals – across our internal patient platforms and on Apple / Google App store for our Software as Medical Devices
Oversee environment strategy including sandbox refreshes, data seeding, configuration alignment, and environment health
Maintain audit-ready documentation, traceability, and compliant change-control processes
Coordinate cutover planning, validation steps, checkpoints, and rollback execution
Ensure all DevOps, testing, and release practices meet regulated healthcare requirements
Maintain validation documentation, segregation of duties, and secure deployment workflows
Enforce Patient Health Information protection, privacy-by-design, and data minimization principles
Integrate automated compliance evidence gathering into DevOps and quality processes
Qualification
Required
Proven leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering and QA teams
Expertise in CI/CD, automation tooling, cloud engineering, and testing methodologies
DevOps hands-on experience with Salesforce, IICS, AWS, Snowflake, and Python services
Familiar with main stream DevOps tech stack including GitHub, Splunk, Jira, Confluence, X-ray, SonarQube, CheckMarx, PrismaCloud, GAMS, Schemachange, Copado, etc
Deep understanding of manual QA processes and modern test automation frameworks
Strong observability, monitoring, incident response, and problem-management skills
Experience working in regulated healthcare environments (GxP, HIPAA, GDPR)
Exceptional communication, stakeholder partnership, and strategic planning abilities
Expertise in Git for version control, including branching strategies, commit best practices, pull requests, conflict resolution, and integration with CI/CD pipelines
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MS, MBA) preferred
10+ years leading DevOps, QA, and/or Release Engineering teams
Strong knowledge of Salesforce development practices and cloud engineering
Expertise in CI/CD, release governance, SDLC management, and automation frameworks
Ability to influence senior leadership and navigate complex stakeholder environments
Advanced skills in Agile delivery, product collaboration, compliance, and digital strategy
Fluent in English; an additional language is a plus
Preferred
Experience with digital health ecosystems, EHR, and clinical integrations preferred
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
$6.98BKey Investors
Blackstone Life SciencesEvotec
2025-10-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-06-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.72B
2025-03-05Post Ipo Debt· $1.62B
Leadership Team
Paul Hudson
Chief Executive Officer
Francois-Xavier Roger
Chief Financial Officer
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