Job title: R&D Team Lead – Medical Service Delivery (SPC & GenMed Focus)

• Location: Bogotá, Colombia

About the Job

At Sanofi, we're committed to transforming the practice of medicine through breakthrough science and innovation. As part of our R&D Medical Service Delivery organization, we are looking for a highly skilled and people-focused leader to oversee financial controlling activities supporting our Specialty Care (SPC) and General Medicines (GenMed) Medical organizations.

This role will manage operational controlling activities for a €1B Medical budget portfolio, including approximately €200M of clinical study investments, while leading a global team of specialized controllers. The position serves as a strategic business partner to Medical Finance leadership, ensuring robust financial governance, accurate forecasting, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across a complex international environment.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead financial controlling activities for a €1B Medical budget portfolio across SPC and GenMed.
• Ensure accurate monthly closing activities, including accruals, journal entries, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Oversee the integrity of the Medical P&L structure and ensure accurate cost allocations and accrual reversals.
• Coordinate forecasting and budget planning cycles, including headcount planning and C1 submissions.
• Provide actionable financial insights and recommendations to enable strategic decision-making.
• Support the implementation and optimization of OneCasa and other financial systems.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Medical Controllers operating across multiple global hubs.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Establish clear objectives, performance expectations, and development plans.
• Build strong controlling capabilities and subject matter expertise within the team.
• Act as the primary finance partner for Medical leadership teams.
• Collaborate closely with Finance Business Partners, Global Medical teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Translate complex financial information into meaningful business insights.
• Drive alignment between regional operations and global finance strategies.
• Ensure compliance with Sanofi's Core Model and financial governance requirements.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate controlling activities.
• Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency, service quality, and operational effectiveness.
• Monitor performance metrics and ensure service delivery excellence.
• Ensure adherence to financial policies, internal controls, and compliance requirements.
• Proactively identify and mitigate financial risks.
• Support internal and external audits and ensure readiness for compliance reviews.
• Partner with Internal Control teams to maintain a strong control environment.

About You

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in financial controlling, FP&A, finance business partnering, or related roles.
• Previous people leadership experience managing teams in a matrix or global environment.
• Experience within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or R&D environment is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, month-end closing, and financial reporting processes.
• Experience supporting R&D, Medical, or Clinical Operations organizations is a plus.

Technical Skills

• Advanced financial controlling and performance management expertise.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis capabilities.
• Experience with ERP systems and financial planning tools.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Ability to interpret and communicate financial performance metrics and KPIs.
• Knowledge of internal controls, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Experience driving process improvement and transformation initiatives.

Soft Skills

• Strong people leadership and coaching capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage complexity and competing priorities.
• Results-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• High level of collaboration and cross-functional partnership.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Advanced English proficiency required.

Why choose us?

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• You’ll be part of leading the first experiences a job seeker has with Sanofi and ensuring it is best-in-class and driving conversions.
• You’ll be part of a truly diverse cross-cultural team and can have real business impact.
• Flexible working policies, including up to 50% remote work.
• Private medical care, life and health insurance, and gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Colombia is one of Sanofi’s key locations for new talents, having a big footprint with the Bogota HUB and its best-in-class operation.
• Mexico and Argentina Play an instrumental part in creating best practice and innovation within our 3 vaccines production plants.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

To apply under the disability condition, it is necessary to have a certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to comply with the obligations established in Law 2466 of 2025 regarding the hiring of people with disabilities.

If you require any reasonable accommodation or adjustment during the recruitment process, please inform the Talent Acquisition team. This information will be treated confidentially and will not impact your application.
 

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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

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.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!