External Science Lead

25/11/22

Location

Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 21, Gent, Belgium

Vacancy

About the job

Our Team:

To strengthen the Large Molecules Research organization and to ensure a continuous innovation of Sanofi’s LMR platform, we are searching for an External Science Lead

If you have the ambition to explore new and transformative avenues with biologics

If you have an affinity for scouting what is new in the field of biologics

If you want to contribute to the next generation of biological drugs

then … you should consider this position

Reporting directly to the Global Head of LMR Innovation, the LMR External Science Lead procures and vets relevant scientific information of strategic interest to LMR, influencing the future of the LMR modalities and platforms. This is performed in close collaboration with all stakeholders, i.e. the LMR project heads/scientists, the Sanofi Business Development and Licensing (BD&L) team, the Sanofi Knowledge Management and Learning (KM&L) team and the Sanofi Scientific Relations & Initiatives (SRI) team.

As MR External Science Lead you will consult various information sources (e.g. scientific publications, media, conference reports, etc.), identified on own initiative, within the LMR organization and/or within the BD&L, KM&L and SRI organization. This person provides regular updates to the different stakeholders and represents Sanofi at external conferences.  

Additionally, you will coordinate the submission of national and international governmental funding programs to further strengthen LMR’s innovation portfolio, in consultation with internal and external stakeholders.

This position offers an unparalleled opportunity for exposure to a comprehensive collection of technologies at the forefront of biologics modality drug discovery and to a broad range of internal/external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

  • Coordinates the LMR technology landscaping, processing and following up on identification of novel technologies, potential collaborators and information published by competitors within the innovation areas of interest

  • Screens literature, external reports and other sources of external news/social media for the identification of technologies/companies of interest for Sanofi’s innovation portfolio

  • Interacts with the involved LMR key stakeholders (project heads, area experts)

  • Interacts with Business Development and Licensing team

  • Interacts with Knowledge Management and Learning team

  • Interacts with the local Scientific Relations & Initiatives teams

  • Interacts with external partners (academic institutes, companies, funding agencies)

  • Provides operational framework for tracking the landscape of novel technologies

  • Provides operational framework for tracking LMR involvement in due diligences

  • Coordinate submission of governmental funding programs (national, international), in close interaction with the involved Sanofi project heads/scientists and external partners

About you

Education:

  • PhD or Master in life sciences

Experience:

  • 5+ years in the pharmaceutical industry (R&D)

  • Experience with drug development of biologic modalities (antibodies, NANOBODY® molecules, antibody fragments, etc)

  • Experience with drug development in (immuno-)oncology, immunology or inflammatory diseases is a plus

Technical skills:

  • Ability to rapidly develop a good understanding of the different aspects of the LMR platform

  • High scientific curiosity and creative thinker.

  • High affinity for innovation

  • Vigilance to screen literature/external news/social media for the identification of technologies/companies of interest for Sanofi’s innovation portfolio

Soft skills:

  • Ability to work cross-project in a global multidisciplinary team

  • Strong operational skills; ability to set up operational frameworks to process the collected information

  • Skills to manage multiple tasks in parallel

  • Highly proficient in communication and presentation - written and oral, fluent in English

  • Team-player with excellent communication skills

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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.

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