Job Title: Accelerator Digital Architect – Manufacturing Sciences, Analytics &

Job Location: Lyon, France

Job Location Type: Remote

Job Contract Type: Full-time

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Job Title: Digital Architect – Manufacturing Sciences, Analytics & Technology (MSAT)

• Location: Lyon, France (Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite, 2 days remote)

About the Job

We are looking for a Digital Architect to shape and evolve the digital, analytics, and AI landscape supporting Manufacturing Sciences, Analytics & Technology (MSAT).

This is primarily an architecture, strategy, and roadmap-focused role. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining future-state architectures, identifying opportunities to enhance existing capabilities, and guiding the adoption of scalable digital and analytics solutions across the MSAT domain.

The role does not involve hands-on software development or direct implementation. Instead, it focuses on architectural leadership, governance, technology strategy, and collaboration across business, scientific, and technology teams.

As the organization continues to expand its use of advanced analytics and AI technologies, the role will evolve over time. We are therefore looking for someone who is curious, adaptable, and excited by continuous learning.

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.

At Sanofi, we’re committed to transform the practice of medicine through break-through science. Within Sanofi, Manufacturing & Supply (M&S) is the bridge between Science and Patients, ensuring all patients get their dose reliably, that new medicines are launched faster to cover unmet needs and that they can be delivered affordably across the globe. At Sanofi we are convinced that Manufacturing is, and must in the future increasingly be, a competitive advantage and that digital unlocks every next step in that journey.

Join Sanofi Manufacturing & Supply (M&S): Where Innovation Meets Life-Saving Impact in the Heart of Lyon!

Imagine working in a vibrant startup environment, right in Lyon’s bustling city center!

Why This Role?

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future digital and analytics strategy for MSAT while working at the intersection of manufacturing science, data, analytics, cloud, and AI. It is ideal for someone who enjoys defining direction, influencing strategy, and building long-term digital capabilities rather than focusing on day-to-day implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy

• Define and maintain architecture strategies, roadmaps, and target-state solutions supporting MSAT objectives.
• Assess and enhance the existing digital, data, analytics, and AI landscape.
• Lead architectural decisions and technology evaluations aligned with business and scientific priorities.
• Establish architecture standards, principles, and governance models.

Analytics & AI

• Define architecture patterns supporting advanced analytics, AI, and data-driven decision making.
• Guide the adoption and integration of AI capabilities.
• Support scalable analytics solutions for process optimization, technology transfer, and manufacturing performance improvement.
• Ensure analytics and AI solutions are explainable, compliant, and suitable for regulated environments.

Manufacturing & MSAT Enablement

• Partner with MSAT teams to support:
  • Process optimization
  • Technology transfer
  • Process validation
  • Lifecycle management
  • Continuous improvement initiatives
• Translate scientific and operational requirements into scalable technology strategies.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure architectural solutions align with GxP, GMP, GAMP5, CSV, and Data Integrity requirements.
• Embed security, compliance, and governance principles into architecture decisions.
• Support audit and inspection readiness from a digital architecture perspective.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to MSAT, Quality, Data, Digital, and IT stakeholders.
• Facilitate collaboration across scientific, business, and technology teams.
• Influence strategic decisions and drive alignment across multiple functions.

What we offer you:

A fixed salary over 12 months, supplemented by a short-term incentive, as well as a collective variable compensation based on Sanofi Group results.

Because taking care of our employees is also our mission:

• Benefits & Well-being: Quality health insurance, extended maternity/parental leave (18/14 weeks), enhanced support in case of illness, teleconsultation and second medical opinion covered by Sanofi, as well as many other wellness programs to discover here.
• Work-Life Balance: 31 days of paid leave + RTT depending on your status, remote work up to 2 days/week
• Transportation: Public transport coverage up to 80%
• Savings & Retirement: Group Savings Plan and PERCOL with employer matching, and PERO
• Professional Development: Internal and international mobility opportunities, learning & development opportunities
• And more: platforms dedicated to peer-to-peer recognition & service exchanges between Sanofi employees (carpooling, home exchanges, etc.), numerous CSE benefits...

About you

What We're Looking For

Required Experience

• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Manufacturing Sciences (MSAT)
  • Manufacturing Analytics
  • Data Science and Advanced Analytics
  • Digital Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing IT/OT
  • Solution or Enterprise Architecture
• Experience working within regulated environments such as pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences organizations is preferred.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong understanding of Manufacturing Sciences (MSAT) concepts and processes.
• Strong background in Data Science, Analytics, and data-driven decision making.
• Experience with cloud-based analytics and data platforms.
• Understanding of AI/ML concepts and their application within regulated environments.
• Knowledge of GxP, GMP, CSV, and Data Integrity requirements.

Technical Knowledge

Exposure to some of the following areas:

• Public Cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Data platforms and analytics ecosystems
• Manufacturing systems and digital manufacturing environments
• Data governance and architecture frameworks

Soft Skills

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across scientific, business, and technology teams.
• A learning mindset and openness to evolving responsibilities.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Strategic thinking and systems-level problem solving.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting global manufacturing organizations.
• TOGAF or similar architecture certification.
• Experience with AI governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with MES, historians, LIMS, ELN, or manufacturing data platforms.

Why choose us?

• Work alongside a supportive and forward-thinking team dedicated to advancing the frontiers of healthcare.
• Contribute to a company that is not only a leader in healthcare but also a pioneer in digital transformation.
• Discover diverse career growth opportunities, whether through promotions, lateral moves, or international assignments.
• Benefit from a comprehensive rewards package that acknowledges your contributions and enhances your impact.
• Access a wide range of health and wellness benefits, including high-quality healthcare, preventive programs, and at least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas, and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue Progress. And let’s discover Extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

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