Junior Product Owner

Reference no. R2866482

Position title: Junior Product Owner

Department: Digital Strategy

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

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.

We're looking for a Junior Product Owner to drive the development, delivery, adoption and continuous improvement of digital products. You'll work at the intersection of user needs, data, and organizational strategy to drive the AI-first transformation journey that we are on — defining problems worth solving, shaping measurable outcome-based goals, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver real value. This is a hands-on role for someone who communicates with clarity, deciphers ambiguity, and knows how to keep a team moving in the right direction with discipline.

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:

• Creating product strategy and connecting the dots: Understand the key elements of our transformation journey and bring them together in a cohesive, programmatic manner to be able to execute on, bringing product features and functions to life that drive impact. Measuring what matters will be key with a cadence of deployments and releases of the product to drive the right behaviors and shifts in ways of working.
• Shape the product vision with clarity: Shape the vision of the product, define the single north star metric that determines the effectiveness and utility of your product, define clear, measurable outcomes tied to user behavior and product value. Prioritize work based on evidence and impact, not urgency or pressure. Create outcome-oriented sprint goals that give teams a shared sense of purpose. Present the vision, north star metric and roadmap to executive audiences for sponsorship and buy-in to scale.
• Drive dual-track discovery and delivery: Support a product trio (Product Owner, Engineering, Design) to continuously explore and deliver value. Define hypotheses and learning goals each sprint. Run experiments to validate ideas before committing full engineering investment — balancing discovery and delivery with clarity and adaptability. Leverage portfolio data available to support hypotheses generation and testing.
• Build shared understanding: Use story mapping, journey mapping, and collaborative design sessions to align teams around the why before jumping to the how . Bring stakeholders into discovery, testing, and co-creation at the right moments. Make dependencies, trade-offs, and priorities visible and legible across the team.
• Spur Innovation: Define the innovation strategy and direction for the digital organization. Execute upon the plan in a matrixed organization through influence, not authority. Leverage ecosystem partners and suppliers that can help accelerate innovation to impact.
• Engage & Align Stakeholders: Work closely with business SMEs, leadership, compliance, tech, and design. Use storytelling to rally diverse stakeholders around problems and outcomes. Bring stakeholders into discovery and co-creation where possible, building trust and shared ownership of the product direction.
• Enable & support end-users through adoption strategy: Prepare and deliver end-user training, coordinate rollout communications, provide hypercare, and build lightweight support assets (how-to guides, walkthroughs, FAQs). Turn user feedback into actionable improvements and measurable adoption gains.

About You

• 1-2 years of experience in Product Management, Ownership and Development working in cross-functional teams or within a related role.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• Experience supporting large organizational transformations with the use of AI tooling to support optimization in work habits.
• Skilled at balancing discovery and delivery with clarity and adaptability.
• Proven ability to drive executive presentations and storytelling on product vision, roadmap, and benefit trajectory to support sponsorship and buy-in for scale.
• Experience defining program outcomes and measuring value realization.
• Comfortable with dual-track Agile, Lean Startup principles, and rapid validation.
• Track record of problem-solving and overcoming roadblocks in complex environments with a hands-on "get things done" mindset.
• Ability to develop 3-year strategic roadmaps and translate organizational strategy into executable product vision.
• Experience with budget ownership, ROI analysis, and business case development for major investments.
• Track record of building high-performing teams, succession planning, and developing future leaders.
• An understanding of industry trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory environment.

Skills:

• Strong communicator and facilitator; able to align diverse stakeholders including executive audiences. Able to surface tensions to governance forums for discussion and decision making.
• Discipline in delivery, ownership of outcomes, and painting a vision to teams to set north star metrics on.
• Cross-functional leadership and influencing skills with the ability to think strategically and partner across business and technology teams.
• Analytical and data-driven; comfortable using metrics to guide product decisions.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other regulated industries.
• Familiarity with GenAI technologies and their application in enterprise products.
• Knowledge of portfolio management, finances, and program management.
• Background in digital transformation or enterprise data governance.
• Experience working in global, matrixed organizations.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs.
• We offer a highly collaborative environment where you'll work alongside a world-class team on meaningful problems at the intersection of healthcare and digital innovation. You'll have real scope to shape products that matter, contribute to a culture that values diversity and inclusion, and grow professionally in a role where your impact is visible, measurable, and lasting.

This position is for a new vacant role that we are actively hiring for.

AI Usage

"Artificial Intelligence” refers to any systems that use automated processes, including algorithms and machine learning, to analyze data and make predictions, inferences, decisions, or recommendations without direct human involvement. These systems may process personal information to identify patterns, improve services, or support decision-making. The Company may use Artificial Intelligence for purposes including, but not limited to, resume screening and hiring, scheduling interviews or meetings, conducting surveys, matching skills with potential job openings, interview scoring, ensuring compliance with regulations applicable to our industry, and activities related to performance evaluation. Information collected and processed by the Company’s Artificial Intelligence systems may include the personal information detailed above and calendar availability. It excludes the information collected and processed for monitoring purposes. You should contact Human Resources if you have a question or concern regarding your personal information. You can also contact Canada’s Privacy Officer via Sanofi’s data subject request portal,   Data Subject Rights Webform . The  Data Subject Rights Webform can also be used to request access or correction of your personal information and file a complaint. 

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants.  Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

#GD-SP ​ 
#LI-SP 
#LI-Hybrid

#DBBCA

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

Toute compensation sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience démontrée. Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociaux de l'entreprise. Des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sociaux peuvent être trouvées ici.