Job title: Global Lead, Innovation Expansion & Adoption
About the Job
At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. We are accelerating Sanofi's modernization journey, supporting our Take the Lead strategy to become more focused, integrated, agile, and efficient. Innovation without adoption is just a test and learn use case. The most persistent challenge in pharmaceutical innovation is not generating great ideas — it is ensuring that proven solutions move from proof-of-concept to global standard. Sanofi's Medical Innovation team is solving that challenge.
Within the Medical Strategy ,Transformation and Excellence team, the Medical Innovation function serves as the enterprise incubator for high-impact innovation across Medical Affairs. Operating on an Incubator-to-Operator model, the team scouts, use cases, and proves new capabilities before scaling them into standard practice globally. This requires not only bold ideas, but disciplined execution — and a dedicated leader who ensures that what works in a test and learn use case becomes the new standard of care for Medical Affairs worldwide.
The Global Lead, Innovation Expansion & Adoption is the operational bridge between Sanofi's Medical Innovation Lab and the broader Medical Affairs organization. This role owns the full scaling lifecycle — from change management and KPI governance through GBU transformation partnering and Hub innovation coordination — ensuring that innovations tested by the team become permanent, scalable capabilities embedded across Medical GBUs and Hubs worldwide. This is a role for a transformation-minded professional who thrives at the intersection of strategy, execution, and people change, and who measures success by standards established.
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.
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:
Innovation Scaling & Adoption Strategy:
Define and own the Innovation Expansion & Adoption roadmap, establishing the frameworks, governance models, and change management strategies that transform successful use cases into global enterprise standards.
Lead the development and management of Sanofi's Medical Innovation scaling playbook — a standardized methodology for transitioning innovations to GBU operational ownership at scale.
Design the Incubator-to-Operator handoff model — establishing clear criteria, governance checkpoints, and transition protocols for when a use case is ready to move from the Innovation team to operational owners (Field Excellence, Scientific Communications, and other pillars).
Establish and manage the KPI and governance framework for all Medical Innovation initiatives, tracking adoption rates, impact metrics, time-to-standard, and scientific value delivered across Markets and GBUs.
Own the Medical Innovation Council's reporting cadence for adoption and scaling milestones, ensuring transparent DAI (Decide, Advise, Inform) governance across all scaling initiatives.
Contribute to the 5-year Medical Innovation roadmap by providing adoption feasibility and scalability assessments for proposed innovation initiatives.
GBU Transformation Partnering:
Serve as the primary transformation business partner to Medical GBUs, spending significant time embedded in GBU leadership meetings to facilitate adoption of scaled innovations and address GBU-specific barriers.
Design GBU-specific adoption roadmaps for major Medical Innovation platforms, ensuring solutions are configured, deployed, and optimized for GBU context and workflow.
Lead cross-GBU coordination forums that accelerate adoption learning, share best practices, and resolve scaling challenges across therapeutic areas and geographies.
Build and manage GBU transformation capability, including training programs, adoption toolkits, and peer-learning networks that sustain momentum beyond initial rollout.
Identify adoption barriers and resistance patterns across geographies and GBUs, and develop proactive mitigation strategies to accelerate uptake of new ways of working.
Hub Partnership & Global Coordination:
Lead the Hub partnership model for Medical Innovation, coordinating with Regional Hubs to ensure global scaling strategies are adapted for local market contexts, regulatory requirements, and operational capabilities.
Develop Hub-specific adoption frameworks that leverage Hub capabilities to accelerate scaling while maintaining consistency with global innovation standards.
Partner with GTMC on omnichannel scaling strategies, ensuring that medical innovation platforms deployed at Hub level integrate seamlessly with field and digital engagement infrastructure.
Coordinate cross-functional handoffs between the Medical Innovation team and operational pillars, ensuring receiving teams are equipped, trained, and resourced to sustain scaled programs.
Change Management & Cultural Transformation:
Design and lead enterprise-wide change management programs that embed innovation culture, digital fluency, and experimentation mindsets across Medical Affairs globally.
Build and deploy adoption enablement tools — training curricula ( with Medical Learning institute) , adoption dashboards, communication strategies, and incentive frameworks — that sustain engagement through the full scaling lifecycle.
Identify and mitigate adoption barriers across geographies, functions, and organizational levels, using data-driven insights to optimize scaling strategies in real time.
Act as a visible change champion within Medical Affairs, inspiring teams to embrace new ways of working and demonstrating the value of scaled innovations through storytelling and impact measurement.
Champion internal cultural transformation by embedding curiosity, experimentation, and digital fluency as core behaviors across Medical Affairs globally.
Governance & Compliance:
Build and maintain the Medical Innovation Governance framework, ensuring all innovation programs have clear ownership, decision rights, risk assessments, and compliance checkpoints before scaling.
Ensure all innovation scaling activities comply with applicable regulations, GxP standards, and ethical requirements relevant to the deployment of AI and digital health technologies in pharmaceutical medical affairs.
Develop and maintain governance protocols for scaled technology deployments, including validation frameworks, performance monitoring, and escalation pathways for post-launch issues.
Stay current on evolving regulatory and industry standards for enterprise AI adoption, change management in regulated environments, and medical affairs digital transformation.
About You
6+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, Innovation Management, Transformation, or Digital Health with a specific focus on adoption, change management, or capability scaling within a pharmaceutical or healthcare organization.
Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, or Master's in life sciences or related field) preferred; additional qualifications in Change Management (e.g., Prosci, CCMP), Organizational Design, or Digital Transformation are a strong plus.
Proven track record of leading large-scale change management or technology adoption programs in global, matrixed pharmaceutical organizations.
Experience with KPI framework design, innovation governance, and executive reporting for transformation initiatives.
Familiarity with pharmaceutical Medical Affairs platforms and operational models.
Strong communication skills; ability to drive adoption and inspire change across senior Medical, GBU, and Hub leadership.
Leadership & Skills
Transformation leader with a proven track record of scaling complex innovations from test and learn use case to global standard within a pharmaceutical or large healthcare organization.
Expert in change management methodologies applied to technology adoption and digital transformation in regulated environments.
Deep understanding of Medical Affairs operational models, GBU dynamics, and the challenges of driving adoption across matrixed, multi-geography organizations.
Strong governance and KPI design skills, with experience building impact measurement frameworks for innovation and transformation programs.
Excellent cross-functional influencer, able to drive adoption across GBUs, Hubs, Digital teams, and Medical pillars without direct line authority.
Executive Competencies
Scaling Mastery: Brings structured, proven approaches to moving innovations to enterprise standard, managing complexity and competing priorities without losing pace or fidelity to the innovation intent.
Transformation Partnership: Operates as a trusted advisor to GBU and Hub leadership, building confidence in new capabilities through demonstrated results, transparent governance, and sustained engagement.
Impact Measurement: Designs KPI frameworks that capture adoption, utilization, and scientific value in ways that resonate with Medical, Digital, and Executive audiences — making the case for continued investment.
Change Leadership: Inspires and sustains adoption momentum across large, diverse organizations by combining compelling storytelling with practical enablement tools and data-driven optimization.
Enterprise Perspective: Balances GBU-specific adoption needs with enterprise-wide innovation governance, ensuring consistency without sacrificing local relevance or operational practicality.
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 and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Be part of a pioneering biopharma company that engages patients early in drug development and uses their insights to design studies that reflect real-world needs.
Help improve the lives of millions of people globally by making drug development quicker and more effective.
Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms to push the boundaries of science.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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