Clinical Study and Delivery Lead

Position: Clinical Study Performance and Delivery Lead
Job Title:

Clinical Study Performance and Delivery Lead Grade: L4 Hiring Manager:
Nejma Abdelkhader-Chadli

Location:

Morristown, NJ, Cambridge, MA About the Job Join the engine of Sanofi's mission - where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you'll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions. At Sanofi, we are transforming how we discover, develop, and deliver medicines and vaccines. Within Clinical Sciences & Operations (CSO), the Modernization & Performance Office (MPO) leads the transformation toward faster, smarter and more data-driven clinical development.

As part of MPO's Clinical Performance Intelligence pillar, the Study Performance & Delivery Lead plays a pivotal role in building the next generation of predictive, insight-driven study performance management. This role ensures that study teams, functional leaders, and CSO executives have the intelligence needed to anticipate risks, accelerate timelines, improve quality, and strengthen delivery across the clinical development portfolio. About Sanofi:
We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system - and innovative pipeline - enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Main Responsibilities Study Performance Intelligence Serve as a strategic advisor to CSO leadership on portfolio performance, providing evidence-based recommendations that influence investment decisions, resource allocation, and strategic priorities across the clinical development portfolio.

Drive measurable improvements in study delivery timelines, cost efficiency - by collaborating with financial business partners - and quality outcomes, with direct impact on CSO's ability to deliver medicines to patients faster and more predictably - Develop and maintain Study KPI frameworks accordingly. Analyze clinical endpoint data, biomarker results, and patient-reported outcomes across different indications. Monitor and analyze clinical study performance metrics across multiple indications and therapeutic areas.

Monitor competitive landscape and benchmark indication performance against industry standards. Conduct deep-dive analyses on at-risk studies and support mitigation planning. Support to Study Teams & Leaders Partner with CSO departments and study teams to monitor delivery performance and risks. Provide early warning signals and evidence-based recommendations. Support cross-functional performance reviews and escalation pathways. Prepare insights for governance meetings and boards, audits, and inspections, ensuring alignment with CSO departments and modernization initiatives.

Modernization & Innovation Lead the design of next-generation (proactive) performance intelligence capabilities, including AI-powered predictive models, automation platforms, and decision-support systems that fundamentally transform how CSO anticipates and manages delivery risk. Advance the Performance Intelligence Framework through automation, advanced analytics, and predictive tools. Collaborate with the team and Digital partners to deploy GenAI copilots, automation pipelines, and new decision-support platforms (e.g., Trial Pulse, Nexus).

Contribute to modernization of performance processes and global standards. Study Delivery Excellence & Continuous Improvement Drive function-wide performance intelligence capabilities across all therapeutic areas and global functions, establishing standards and frameworks that shape how CSO measures, predicts, and optimizes clinical delivery ve continuous improvement of study timelines and operational efficiency. Create study performance playbooks and best practices for CSO. Identify cross-study systemic issues and propose structural improvements.

Support capability maturity assessments and benchmarking. Collaboration & Leadership Enablement Partner directly with CSO executive leadership, functional leaders and governance committees to shape performance monitoring…