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Research Fellow
| Company | Sanofi |
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| Location | Cambridge, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $228750 – $381250 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | PhD |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Ph.D. in STEM field (e.g., biology, biochemistry, biophysics).
- 15+ years of academic research on biological pathways and MoAs, with industrial, biotech or pharma, exposure in drug discovery.
Responsibilities
- Monitor scientific breakthroughs in Sanofi business focused areas and identify opportunities that could enrich and accelerate our R&D pipeline
- Conduct sophisticated analyses of emerging scientific domains to identify non-obvious breakthrough opportunities
- Focused on generating transformative innovations that fundamentally advance therapeutic development, representing the pinnacle of scientific creativity and expertise
- Conduct trend analysis and produce white papers, reports, presentations and publications on innovation themes
- Serve as a residence scientific mentor to the Research Laboratories to drive scientific advancement, progressing programs with high level of scientific rigor, with creativity and breakthrough
- Drive an Intrépide Research Lab if needed to lead the team to overcome scientific and technical challenges and advance the projects
- Champion biotech-inspired culture and operating models to transform organizational ways of working
- Mentor the teams to formulate and mature proposals to be the review by Intrépide Board for program entry and advancement decisions
- Chairing the proposal evaluation committee to govern the quality and strategic fitness of the final proposals for Intrépide Board’s approval.
- Be a key player of developing KPIs and frameworks to measure the success and scalability of innovation initiatives
- Apply first principles thinking to overcome fundamental scientific barriers in drug discovery and clinical back-translations
- Contribute to elegant translational strategies connecting basic science discoveries to clinical applications
- Establish cutting-edge methodologies for experimental design and validation that elevate research quality and scientific advancement
- Develop novel mechanistic hypotheses and unconventional approaches to challenging disease targets, mechanistic questions and molecular designs
- Synthesize insights across diverse scientific fields to create unique solutions
- Establish and nurture strategic relationships with KOLs to leverage diverse and pertained expertise
- Identify emerging technologies, startups, and research Sanofi’s strategic focus and adjacent areas and synthesize them into actionable proposals for Intrépide Research Labs
- Design and facilitate innovation sprints, ideation workshops, and pilot projects with internal and external partners (in collaboration with existing External Innovation initiatives)
- Cultivate development and testing of new concepts, working alongside internal TAs, PFs other innovation teams
- Generate foundational scientific concepts that form the basis for high-value patent portfolios.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong record of scientific publications in high impact journals
- Track record of publishing or speaking on innovation-related topics
- Strong understanding of open innovation, emerging technologies, and collaborative models
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset and experience working in fast-paced, dynamics environments.
- Experience in working across internal organizational functions (TAs, PFs, Portfolio Strategy, BD, External Innovations and Legal/IP) and external partner.
