New · posted Nov 1
Sanofi · Pharmaceuticals
Senior Clinical Research Director
- Cambridge, MA
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Director
The role
Join the engine of Sanofi’s mission — where deep immunoscience meets bold, AI-powered research. In R&D, you’ll drive breakthroughs that could turn the impossible into possible for millions.
We are looking for a Senior Clinical Research & Development (CRD) to join our Rheumatology/Transplant clinical development team, playing a pivotal leadership role in shaping and advancing our clinical programs. If you are a medically trained expert with a passion for immunoscience and a drive to mentor, collaborate, and innovate, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact at scale.
Leadership & Mentorship
- Act as a mentor for other CRDs and Clinical Scientists within the same project or therapeutic area
- Provide leadership, build consensus, and coordinate action plans with other CRDs and stakeholders to resolve project-related study issues
- Anticipate potential issues by sharing lessons learned across project and study teams
- Raise study or project-level issues to TA Heads as relevant, and share pertinent information within and beyond project teams
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with functions to ensure a uniform, aligned operational approach (e.g., harmonizing study documents, endpoints, protocols)
- Interact with other CRDs in the project, Global Project Head, PV Representatives, Regulatory, and other key functional representatives
Clinical Research & Development (CRD Role)
- Provide medical expertise to clinical studies (except select Exploratory Pharmacology studies) and/or registries, including protocol development, Key Results, and Clinical Study Reports
- Support other clinical development activities such as pressure testing and cluster feasibility, medical review and validation of clinical data, and study risk assessment
- Contribute to the clinical part of submission dossiers, including Common Technical Documents for FDA & EMA submissions, filings in Japan and China, and responses to health authority questions
- Provide appropriate medical input and support for all activities related to clinical studies, including medical training, feasibility assessments, medical review of data, and medical information for study teams, medical advisors, Clinical Project Leaders from Clinical Study Units, and investigators
- Serve as the medical reference within the Clinical Study team, ensuring the medical relevance and integrity of clinical data
What you need
- MD or equivalent medical degree is required (DO, MBBS)
- Medical training or clinical development experience in rheumatology, hematology, transplant, or immunology
- At least 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry (experience in late-stage clinical development preferred)
- English fluency (spoken and written)
Experience & Competencies
- Understanding of pharmaceutical product development and life cycle management gained through approximately 4 years of clinical development and medical experience
- Excellent scientific and medical/clinical expertise
- Excellent expertise in clinical development methodology and design of clinical studies
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) for interactions across functional areas and with key regulatory agencies
- Demonstrated capability to challenge decisions and the status quo with a risk-management approach
- Ability to negotiate to ensure operational resources are available for continued clinical conduct
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Excellent teaching skills with a demonstrated ability to assist and train others
- Ability to work effectively within a matrix model
- Strong international/intercultural working skills
- Open-minded and adaptable to new digital solutions
Skills named in this posting
- MD or equivalent medical degree
- Clinical development methodology and study design
- Protocol development and Clinical Study Reports
- Regulatory submissions (CTD, FDA/EMA)
- Medical review of clinical data
- Rheumatology, hematology, transplant or immunology experience
- Mentoring and leadership
- Matrix team collaboration
What you'll do
The Senior CRD serves as a senior medical and scientific leader within the Rheumatology/Transplant team. Key responsibilities include:
Pay and benefits
$236,250 – $393,750 a year
Employer providedNorth America Applicants Only
The salary range for this position is:
$236,250.00 - $393,750.00
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.
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 a lateral move, at home or internationally.
Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
14weeks
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, and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Where you'll work
Cambridge, MAHybridOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)
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From the posting
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.
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.
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Sanofi US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Job intelligence
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Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 5% above the US median for Clinical Development roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Director roles in Massachusetts63 roles publishing pay
Director roles in the US204 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $236,250 | — | $393,750 |
| Massachusetts (middle half) | $255,000 | $297,000 | $316,750 |
| All US (middle half) | $259,125 | $300,000 | $335,500 |
This role: Sanofi's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Clinical Development roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 1, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Clinical Development
The general path across 263 open Clinical Development roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Sanofi's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 29 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Collaboration and leadership12
- Clinical trial conduct10
- Documentation and SOPs3
- Lab testing and methods2
- Investigations and CAPA1
- Validation and qualification1
- Regulatory submissions1
- Quality systems and risk1
- MD or equivalent medical degree
- Clinical development methodology and study design
- Protocol development and Clinical Study Reports
- Regulatory submissions (CTD, FDA/EMA)
- Medical review of clinical data
- Rheumatology, hematology, transplant or immunology experience
- Mentoring and leadership
- Matrix team collaboration
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Sanofi on Regulatory Jobs
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- Open roles
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By discipline
- Quality14 56%
- Regulatory7 28%
- Clinical4 16%
By level
- Senior & Principal10 40%
- Director5 20%
- Manager4 16%
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Senior Clinical Research Director at Sanofi
Applications close December 4. $236K–$394K a year, employer provided.