Sanofi Vitry-sur-Seine est l’un des sites les plus innovants du Groupe, avec plus de 2 000 collaborateurs.​

Doté d’un outil de production ultramoderne, le Biolaunch, le site maitrise à la fois les activités de recherche, de développement et de fabrication de produits de biotechnologies.​

Les pathologies que nous traitons ? Le cancer, les maladies neurodégénératives et les maladies cardiovasculaires.​

Le contenu du poste est libellé en anglais car il nécessite de nombreuses interactions avec nos filiales à l’international, l'anglais étant la langue de travail.

CONTEXT

Global Manufacturing Sciences and Technology (MSAT) is a center of excellence in manufacturing and process sciences and as such is the keeper of the body of manufacturing process knowledge. It is a multi-disciplinary function that provides expertise in process and analytical sciences, manufacturing sciences, process modeling, trending, and statistical analysis, process validation and technology transfer.

The Global MSAT organization is the seeding ground for technical and scientific talent that executes their work in matrix organization. Furthermore, Global MSAT is providing cross-functional training and development, and is the portal for collaboration with many different organizations including process development, and operations.

In that scope, Global MSAT is responsible for

• Providing on-the-floor technical and scientific support
• Providing expertise in process/product-related investigations
• Overseeing and leading data management, monitoring and statistical analysis
• Owning technical transfers and process validation
• Defining and maintaining the product control strategy
• Owning comparability and product characterization
• Identifying commercial process/product life cycle improvements
• Identifying and driving implementation of improvements to maximize throughput and capacity utilization

JOB PURPOSE

Within the Global Manufacturing Sciences and Technology (MSAT) organization, we are looking for an experienced Data Scientist/Biostatistician to join our Data Analytics Group.

The proposed position is based in Vitry-sur-Seine site, and is to manage the development and design of automated systems as well as to provide advanced analytics, statistics, and system modeling support across multiple functions of Cell Culture, Purification and Analytics.

This is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of system modeling and data science in a cutting-edge scientific department and to contribute to the ambitious site digital roadmap.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Daily support of statistical analysis and data modeling, offer proactive advice, service and technical expertise upon request, to guarantee the reliability of statistical analyses, and/or automated systems
• Provide technical leadership in the area of process monitoring and data analysis
• Act as a major contributor to the Periodic Product Review with regard to data analysis and trending
• Monitor the performance of the tools used for data collection, data configuration, data analysis and/or data modeling, and adjust and/or escalate where necessary, to prevent deviations from standards, resolve bottlenecks and identify opportunities for improvement to meet the predefined quality requirements
• Contribute to the configuration, validation and/or maintenance validated status of MSAT computerized systems
• Design necessary experiments, contribute to understanding and interpretation of results; recommend changes or additional experiments
• Collect, analyze and interpret data and analyses for reports
• Maintain, update and communicate documentation and knowledge of statistical methods and techniques
• Contribute to the transfer of knowledge and ensure the traceability and correctness of collected data
• Ensure correct and timely information exchange with all relevant stakeholders
• Follow up on developments within the domain of expertise as well as building and sharing knowledge within this domain, to translate these developments into accurate and relevant information and expert advice for the organization
• Develop or adapt existing and innovative methods and techniques for data collection, data configuration, data analysis and/or data modeling, to continuously increase effectiveness and efficiency of relevant statistical methods and techniques to contribute to process improvement
• Ensure proper compliance with legal standards and regulations, to contribute to high-quality scientific/technical reports and documents, and strive for optimal quality of methods / techniques in accordance with agreements, guidelines and regulations
• Build and maintain a professional network, to increase and transfer scientific/technical knowledge and come to a substantiated, supported, and integrated approach for relevant projects
• Coordinate with cross functional teams from various site functions, in particular manufacturing, quality, as well as other departments within global MSAT to progress projects
• Contribute to keep procedures aligned with global guidances in area of expertise
• Provide technical support during health authority inspection including preparation, coaching of sites operation staff and response preparation

PROFILE

Basic qualifications

• Ph.D. in Statistics, Data Sciences, Computer Sciences or a related discipline, or
• Master’s degree with at least 4 years of industrial experience in Statistics, Data Sciences, Computer Sciences or a related discipline, or
• Bachelor’s degree with at least 6 years of industrial experience in Statistics, Data Sciences, Computer Sciences or a related discipline

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working in a cGMP environment and extensive knowledge of regulatory guidelines
• Experience developing data analytics solutions on biologics processes
• Master statistical techniques, complex statistical analyses, data configuration and/or data modeling techniques
• Domain knowledge in Biologics with direct experience in either upstream or downstream development or manufacturing
• Lead complex technical substantive projects
• Team player, ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment
• Change agent mentality, proposing novel approach to challenging scientific questions
• Act as a mentor to colleagues
• Work autonomously
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal) in French and English with cross-functional teams and senior management

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