Senior Product Manager - Global Data Platform

Overview

Senior Product Manager - Global Data Platform at Sanofi. Location: Toronto, Canada. Reference No. R . Position Title: Senior Product Manager - Global Data Platform. Department: PLO AI Mesh Platform.

Base pay range: CA$125,300.00/yr - CA$180,966.66/yr. This range is provided by Sanofi. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

This role is part of Sanofi’s digital transformation and AI/ML initiatives, with a focus on leading a flagship global data platform and enabling advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-enabled capabilities across the company.

Main Responsibilities

• Product Vision and Strategy
  • Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and outcomes for Sanofi’s global data platform.
  • Define the product ecosystem and ensure seamless interaction between components to provide an exceptional user and developer experience.
  • Establish strategic partnerships across Sanofi, including Digital and Business groups, to drive adoption and alignment.
  • Connect business needs with technical capabilities to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
  • Prioritize initiatives and negotiate trade-offs across diverse stakeholders.
• Execution and Delivery
  • Manage the product backlog, ensuring clear priorities and continuous refinement; empower decisions related to product features, backlog prioritization, and release planning.
  • Lead a team of Product Owners and Associates to deliver on the OneMesh vision and roadmap through coordinated release plans.
  • Assess and improve product management and delivery processes to maximize team efficiency, velocity, and impact.
  • Partner daily with engineers, data scientists, and scrum masters in an agile pod structure.
  • Drive launch readiness across cross-functional teams and lead post-launch adoption.
  • Understand and adjust for nuances and customizations required for technical platform product, including cloud, data, and AI infrastructure, vendor capabilities, and key user needs.
  • Take ownership of product budget and resource allocation, ensuring efficient use of resources while achieving product goals.
• User Advocacy and Value
  • Own the user experience - act as the internal voice of the user, representing data and ML engineers, analysts, data scientists, and more.
  • Define success metrics (KPIs, business value, technical performance indicators), track outcomes, and continuously improve product value.
  • Lead change management initiatives, including training programs, user onboarding, and support mechanisms, to enable successful adoption of new data products and features.
  • Incorporate user feedback to deliver continuous improvements and measurable business value.
  • Provide clear, consistent updates to leadership and executives on product progress, challenges, and decisions.
• Governance and Compliance
  • Ensure solutions align with best practices in architecture, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements (GxP, SOX, data privacy).
  • Oversee and facilitate integration across technology products and platforms, ensuring interoperability and consistency within Sanofi’s technology ecosystem.
  • Maintain operational excellence and resilience at global scale.

About You

Key Functional Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong business acumen with the ability to seamlessly connect business priorities and technical solutions.
• Skilled at prioritizing across competing demands in a complex, multinational environment.
• Naturally curious, asking “why” to uncover business needs and “how” to shape effective technical solutions.
• Proven experience applying Agile product management practices to drive delivery.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders.
• Creative problem-solver who can challenge existing processes and propose innovative approaches.
• Hands-on experience managing products for data and/or cloud platforms built for technical users.
• Track record guiding large-scale data platform initiatives (data lakes, warehouses, or cloud-native solutions).
• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams, clarifying requirements, resolving conflicts, defining roadmaps, and ensuring execution.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information sciences, or other related field.
• 9+ years’ experience in data transformation, migrations, and development/implementation of enterprise data platforms (cloud-based, data lakes, or relational warehouses).
• Deep understanding of technical platform products and ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, ML engineers, and data scientists.
• Strong knowledge of platform technologies (cloud, data, AI) and how they enable business value.
• Hands-on experience with modern cloud ecosystems (AWS preferred) and contemporary data/AI practices, including DataOps, MLOps, and ML engineering.

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.

This position is for a current vacant role that we are actively hiring for. Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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. 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.

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