Head of Program Management (Data)
Job Overview
Job title: Head of Program Management (Data)
Job description: Reference No. R2666392
Position Title: Head of Program Management (Data)
Department: Data Engineering, Architecture and Governance
About Sanofi:
We are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions.
Who You Are:
You are an experienced software engineer who is interested in designing and developing comprehensive solutions to support and facilitate business operations. You have a strong understanding of back-end and front-end technologies and have experience implementing highly functional solutions that can scale. You have a passion for good user experience and know how to ensure user needs are met through agile development and stakeholder engagement. You are an excellent communicator, and can work with subject matter experts, graphic designers, support teams and managers to deliver professional grade solutions.
Our vision for digital, data analytics and AI
Sanofi has recently embarked into a vast and ambitious digital transformation program. A cornerstone of this roadmap is the acceleration of its data transformation and of the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions. This has enabled us, to accelerate R&D, improve manufacturing and commercial performance, and bring novel drugs and vaccines to patients faster, all in order to improve health and save lives.
The Digital Team at Sanofi is a unique data-driven team. We pride ourselves on being data obsessed and highly focused on using state of the art processes along with global technologies to drive impact to our solutions. We measure our insights and products based on how they preform across the globe and hold ourselves to the highest regard as our solutions can impact millions of lives. When tackling a problem, we do not just ask how we will create a solution, but how we will create a solution that reaches across the world with the best possible societal outcome.
If you are passionate about improving the health and wellness of people across the globe using Data as your means, then you should look no farther than the Digital Team here at Sanofi. Join us on our journey in enabling Sanofi’s Digital Transformation through becoming an AI first organization. This means:
AI Factory – Versatile Teams Operating in Cross Functional Pods: Utilizing digital and data resources to develop AI products, bringing data management, AI and product development skills to products, programs and projects to create an agile, fulfilling and meaningful work environment.
Leading Edge Tech Stack: Experience build products that will be deployed globally on a leading-edge tech stack.
World Class Mentorship and Training: Working with renowned, leaders and academics in machine learning to further develop your skillsets.
Location: The Sanofi Digital Data Team uses a hybrid working model combining remote and office-based work. The Canada Digital Data Hub offices will be located in the greater downtown area of Toronto.
Position Summary:
You are a dynamic leader, looking to manage a large program for a key data pillar. You’re interested in ensuring that strategy meets execution, leading teams that implement data and AI products on scalable technology platforms. Your role includes adopting the global PMO standards within your team, ensuring you’re resourced to execute on the data team operating model, program management (leading important and highly visible programs in white spaces as well as providing oversight for selected program areas), project definition and support delivery of quality work.
In your role, you will be reporting directly into the VP of Data Engineering, Architecture and Governance, managing data centric programs within its perimeter overseeing $50M+ budgets annually. Such programs include establishing data mesh architectures and automation, executing on enterprise data governance, implementing master data management solutions and deliver on reusable components.
You will work closely with multiple transversal teams in Data (across foundational data platforms, business-facing AI products, and data portfolio management), Digital (infrastructure, cloud, security, Agile) and key business stakeholders. You will have direct people management responsibilities and accountabilities for a team of project managers, scrum masters and analysts, with opportunities to shape your team at your discretion. As many projects are executed through third-party partner and/or vendor organizations, a strong multi-party engagement to maintain budget, resourcing and schedule comes natural for you.
Key Responsibilities:
Facilitate, manage and implement the design of the program portfolio within your assigned perimeter.
Act as an in-house consulting capability, responsible for re-alignment and support of major programs.
Ensure your programs adopt digital wide and data team standards for product management, agile adoption and portfolio management.
Work with product owners to identify mechanisms to modularize data transformation, analytic, or AI components and scale products to different GBUs and functional areas in a standardized, expedited manner.
Leverage and engage resources across the organization to ensure team priorities are delivered.
Manage the run business operations for the team’s portfolio, including integration with Finance, Procurement and other corporate functions.
Drive the definition of your team’s roadmap – seeing that it is well defined, budgeted, resourced, and aligned with the evolving priorities of the organization, connecting the dots between various projects, programs and people at Sanofi.
Key Requirements:
Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in business, or STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) preferred or equivalent experience.
8+ years of relevant experience preferred.
Demonstrated strategy and transformation / implementation of large-scale programs.
Certified PMP, ASM-Agile Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Master/Product Owner (CSM, CSPO, SAFe) preferred.
Technical knowledge of software application development and agile methodologies.
Understanding and application of data / digital strategy and governance.
Understanding of software development processes and procedures.
Understanding of change management and release processes.
Experience in using agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc. preferred.
Demonstrated data and analytics / management consulting experience preferred.
Strategic thinker with the ability to act as a translator between data and analytics and the business, ensuring business value is achieved through data and AI products.
Demonstrated techno functional data capabilities (e.g. data engineering, data architecture, master data management, data lake/warehouse).
Product management skillsets.
Ability to lead and manage agile teams.
Experience working cross-functionally in large organizations on a global scale to solve complex problems and treat large amounts of information.
Relationship-oriented with the ability to communicate meaningfully and influence all levels of stakeholders.
Storyteller with the ability to translate complex technical jargon and concepts into something simple, accurate and understandable.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and work in autonomy with limited guidelines.
Effective written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.
Thank you in advance for your interest.
Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.
Company: Sanofi
Expected salary:
Location: Toronto, ON
Job date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 06:30:05 GMT
Job Source: Careerjet.ca