Digital M&S GBU Cluster Head - Waterford & Le Trait

This position manages multiple sites and global solutions for business processes and software's. These include, but are not limited to, the following: Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Serialization platforms, Information Management tools, Statistical Analysis systems, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), ERPs, and Data Visualization platforms like Power BI.

Overview:

Provide leadership by guiding, instructing, and directing team members to achieve key results, including leading training sessions, workshops, and team performance reviews at the cluster or site level.

Engage with key local, regional, cluster and global stakeholders to align and prioritize efforts, offering a platform for discussing local and global objectives with stakeholders and global Product Management.

Coordinate and deliver efforts for the M&S site, implementing global solutions such as enterprise-wide MES implementations or global data analytics platforms.

Main responsibilities

60% Effort Coordination/Management

• Monitor the quantitative and qualitative achievements of the team; report results and provide feedback to management regarding team performance.
• Orchestrate support of systems, computers, and hardware installations with third parties.
• Coordinate contractors and execute site change controls, ensuring cross-functional team interaction.
• Collaborate with security engineers to set up and maintain cybersecurity solutions for systems within scope, such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
• Manage the projects between global and local organizations to ensure coherence and consistent use of systems.
• Coordinate with local business users' actions to design, implement, and maintain local and global systems.
• Coordinate local activities in alignment with Digital Governance and Product Management teams, ensuring implementation of global directives and strategic objectives within their scope.
• Prioritize team activities based on feedback from local and global stakeholders.

30% Strategy & Program/Project Management

• Deliver projects on time, on budget, on quality.
• Engage with Business stakeholders to elaborate Digital M&S strategy within the cluster
• Work closely with Sites Leadership Teams and Business Areas Leaders to validate the Digital M&S roadmap
• Accountable for Digital budget at cluster and site level
• Evaluate workload, solutions and sites readiness, budget and planning for rollout activities
• Contribute to the various program's governance, if and when needed. Contribute to analyze (feasibility, workload, cost) and to prioritize evolution requests raised by the sites, in collaboration with the business partners and the solutions centers
• Deploy Sanofi Core Models as per agreed roadmap, in close collaboration with Business Areas and selected partners
• Deliver local projects as per agreed roadmap
• Support local digital initiatives and implement them with the support of Digital M&S team

10% Personal Development, Simplification & Innovation

• Actively drive your own Individual Development Plan and participate in mentoring or coaching others.
• Simplify efforts of digital processes, policies, and tools, such as process automation or reducing manual reporting tasks.
• Actively participate in and contribute to local, cluster, and global digital communities. Lead Site Digital transformation to develop talents and leverage their expertise beyond their current activities
• Secure that Individual Development Plans of the team are in place and aligned with business needs and Digital M&S strategy
• Drive actions to Simplify Digital processes, policies and tools implementation and enforcement
• Lead actions with the Digital M&S team addressing all unmet needs to create a positive work environment
• Possess a working knowledge of M&S and Digital M&S policies and procedures
• Take an active role in promoting the digital transformation

Management Responsibility

• Budget Responsibility: > 5M€ annually (projects and local LCM)
• Headcount: directly 10-15 FTEs, indirectly 10-30 resources (including external services)
• Number of active sites: 2 between (SpeCare Waterford and Le Trait)
• Number of users: Approximately 2,000-3,000
• Level of autonomy (low, medium, high): High
• The role requires independent decision-making and leadership to drive results aligned with both site-level and global Digital objectives.
• Compliance of the whole product line on GxP, BCP adoption and evolution on vital application

Academic background: Bachelor's or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, System Analysis, Engineering, or related fields., * Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Digital M&S solutions, including MES, Serialization, and Statistical Analysis systems.

• Strong knowledge of business processes such as Label Printing, Electronic Work Instructions, Laboratory Information Management, and Data Visualization platforms like Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience in Computerized Systems Validation and compliance frameworks (e.g., FDA, ISO standards, GAMP 5).
• Project management expertise, preferably with certifications like PMP or Agile.
• Proven ability to drive process improvement initiatives with a focus on innovation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Leadership Capabilities:

• Steps beyond comfort zones
• Foster a culture of creativity and innovation
• Focuses energy on must-wins
• Manages performance to high standards
• Develops self and others
• Recognizes and celebrates success.
• Business understanding and Stakeholder engagement to execute the right strategy, * Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Coordination and management abilities
• Innovation management
• Strong communication skills
• Sense of urgency

Languages:

• Proficiency in the local language - FRENCH IS MANDATORY.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken) with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in international, multilingual environments.
• Ability to work in multilingual teams and adapt to cultural differences is important for global projects.

#LI-FRA, Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But 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. So, let's be those people.