Location: Cambridge, MA / Morristown, NJ

About The Job Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.

Position Overview A strategic business partner to Sanofi’s Global Manufacturing and Supply organization (M&S), embodying and advancing M&S’ mission as “Makers,” turning the miracles of science into transformative medicines and vaccines for patients. This role serves as a “business lawyer,” supporting M&S leaders across Sanofi’s Global Business Units (Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines) (GBUs) with subject matter expertise in complex international manufacturing and supply transactions, biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations, and the regulatory framework governing both. The ideal candidate has represented biopharmaceutical companies in manufacturing and supply transactions in both private practice and as internal counsel in a multi-national biopharmaceutical company.

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

• Serve as proactive thought partner to M&S stakeholders in each of Sanofi’s GBUs.
• Drive legal strategy, drafting, and negotiation for complex transactions across the continuum of biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations, including direct materials, drug substance, active pharmaceutical ingredient, drug product, and finished goods across the GBUs on a global basis.
• Lead advanced dispute resolution measures to transform conflicts into business opportunities.
• Collaborate with colleagues in M&S Global Functions to drive projects related to transformation of the M&S industrial network, including those related to capacity, investment, strategic sourcing, smart spending, collaborations with external partners, and optimized risk management.
• Support Business Development, Alliance, and other Legal colleagues/work streams with expert legal advice on M&S – related issues and transactions in connection with M&A and licensing activity.
• Drive optimized ways of working across the Sanofi Legal Division, M&S, Global Procurement, and Business Operations with an emphasis on standardization and simplification.
• Champion digital adoption and adaptation with focus on maximizing efficiency and allocation of resources to impactful work.
• Model Sanofi values of Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, Lead Together; Thoughtful Risk Taking; and Take the Lead mentality.

Qualifications About You

• J.D. or LL.M. degree from an accredited law school; admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction
• 10+ years of legal experience supporting complex biopharmaceutical manufacturing transactions; at least five years’ experience in-house in a multi-national biopharmaceutical company preferred
• Detailed knowledge of GxP, CMC Regulatory, Standard Cost Accounting, and multi-national biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations
• Demonstrated business acumen
• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to effectively partner with technical and business stakeholders globally
• Strong business partner support focus
• Strategic mindset, entrepreneurial problem solver who continuously evaluates “what could be” and is not limited to “what is”
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, prioritize competing projects, meet timelines, and navigate highly matrixed workstreams to completion
• Excellent judgment and commitment to ethical conduct
• Strong communication skills; ability to effectively address complex issues in succinct oral and written communications
• Willingness to travel internationally as needed