About the Job

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We are Sanofi, an innovative global healthcare company that chases the miracles of science to improve people's lives. As an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma leader, we work across 100 countries to transform the practice of medicine by turning the impossible into the possible. Our expertise spans vaccines, rare diseases, rare blood disorders, neurology, immunology, oncology, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Guided by our core values - Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, and Lead Together - we provide life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions globally while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions.

The Senior Data Platform Manager plays a pivotal role within the Global Data, AI, and Governance Platform Engineering team. This position involves leading a team of skilled data engineers and developers to design, implement, and continuously enhance data and reporting solutions that drive innovation and efficiency.

You are a dynamic leader with a background in data platforms, architecture, and engineering. You excel in deploying data and cloud platforms with robust lifecycle management and have a passion for ownership and end-to-end delivery of scalable, secure, multi-tenant data platforms. You are curious and never stop learning, always seeking to improve and innovate.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Act as the single owner and custodian of a modern, cloud-based global data platform.
• Lead a team of data platform engineers and collaborate with product, data foundations, AI platform, and technology teams.
• Define and execute the data platform roadmap to support the Digital Data strategy, including enabling domain-oriented data product ownership in line with Data Mesh principles.
• Develop, manage, and enhance the global data platform based on AWS and Snowflake.
• Design and implement solutions to support various data types with proper controls.
• Integrate Data and AI platforms and develop platform automation and reusable components.
• Advocate for the platform and communicate with management and stakeholders.
• Establish global data platform standards and lead multidisciplinary teams, promoting federated governance and self-serve data infrastructure

About You

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's in STEM or a relevant field.
• 8+ years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining data platforms and large data solutions.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex data solutions and projects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Strong knowledge of data integration technologies, ETL/ELT, and modern data engineering technologies, with experience implementing or supporting Data Mesh architectures.
• Expertise in multimodal data systems and distributed architectures (AWS, Snowflake, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka).
• Hands-on experience with data warehouse/lake solutions and data architectures.
• Proficiency in SQL (preferably Snowflake) and programming languages (Python, Shell scripting, Scala/Java).
• Strong background in cloud technologies and services, preferably AWS.
• Understanding of software application development, agile methodologies, and data/digital strategy and governance, including decentralized data ownership models.
• Knowledge of data security, compliance standards (e.g., GDPR), and best practices in data governance.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools, proficiency in automating workflows and implementing CI/CD processes for data systems.
• Familiarity with Data Mesh concepts such as data as a product, domain-driven design, and federated computational governance is a strong plus
• Curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in the life sciences/pharmaceutical industry.
• Familiarity with visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau) and project management tools (JIRA, Confluence).

We look forward to hearing from you!

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs

This position is for a current vacant role that we are actively hiring for.​

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.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociaux de l'entreprise. Des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sociaux peuvent être trouvées ici.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and 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, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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