• Location: Warsaw (other locations within the CSE MCO might be considered)
• Job type: Permanent, Full time
• This position may require up to 10 - 20 % overall business travel

About the job

Our Team

Exciting internal opportunity has become available within Digital Program & Services. The digital business mission is to enable the perfect balance of business growth with accelerated business transformation through best-in-class leading digital innovation and strong operational excellence that enable customers, and patients to have meaningful and positive interaction with Sanofi medicines, products and services that contribute positively to company growth and results. Working hand in hand with MCO GBU Heads, she/he will define the MCO Digital priorities, identify new digital opportunities that enable growth, prioritize the business unit wide digital initiatives, ensure consistency, and scalability across all digital initiatives, and act as a change catalyst as well as a digital business thought leader in the business unit leadership team. The Digital MCO Lead will work to transform the mindset of the affiliate and avoid any fragmentation of the ecosystem through improvised local solutions and the duplication and overlap of functions and activities related to digital topics. She/he will be accountable for the MCO digital strategy & roll out based on business priorities and the rapidly changing ecosystem

Key responsibilities

• Boost the digital transformation and change management mindset within the affiliate.
• Influence to have more agile and based on data the decisions making processes within the affiliate.
• Establish the appropriate narrative of Digital scope and ways of working, eliminating definitively any proxy with the past “ITS” set-up.
• Relentlessly focus on business growth objectives, customer, and patient’s needs, while aligned with the overall global Sanofi digital strategy.
• Unify MCO plans into clear and coherent X-GBU digital strategy with clearly defined positive impact outcomes.
• Proactive prioritization of digital initiatives against business unit strategy, establishing a 360-degree and omnichannel approach to enable the best experience for our customers – HCP’s, nurses, pharmacists, commercial clients, administrative people.
• Actively making sure that the digital strategy is followed through with best-in-class execution and delivery of the of digital initiatives at market level.
• Establish or drive adoption of good practices that maximize value of digital assets, while minimizing risks.
• Avoid the fragmentation of the local ecosystem.
• Actively monitor, identify, and bring out-side in insights and opportunities from the rapidly changing competitive landscape to shape digital strategy and adjust execution.
• Have a strong leadership (transversal leadership, navigate in political arena, clear ambition to create result, challenge, making arbitration between multiple choices for high impact creation).
• Be the ambassador of big tickets approach to enhance overall prioritization, generating less initiatives with more impact in performance.
• Boost simplification and drive ROI based on outcomes.
• Do an inventory of resources to avoid any duplication or overlap of functions and activities related to digital topics within the affiliate.
• Build actively digital talent and capabilities in the organization through a combination of developing current staff and attracting new talent.
• Be accountable for the business continuity supported by operational excellence for the MCO working closely with the Global Digital teams.
• Provide leadership in time of crisis related to business in scope and have an active participation in the design of the most effective and robust BCP for the affiliate.
• Accountable to execute digital strategy with a global mindset.
• Work with teams across the GBU and Sanofi Global Digital to apply executional best practices (both technical and empathetic) on innovative digital solutions for products, services, processes, and experiences at MCO level.
• Jointly establish mechanisms to measure results, establish a practice of lessons learned, resolve obstacles, and keep leadership appraised of metrics and value brought by digital efforts to patients, customers, regulators, and colleagues.
• Set the agenda and drive the recurring Digital Business Acceleration Council (DBAC) as the MCO strategy review and decision-making forum.
• Accountable to actively empower and develop people.
• Comprehensive team management, including goalsetting, people development, capability building, succession planning, and continuous performance appraisal.
• Drive clarity on roles of digital leadership within GBUs and with other stakeholders, ensuring remit and oversight of full digital portfolio.
• Create an environment of empathetic risk-taking and fast learning.
• Ensure availability and access to digital, innovation and technical training and development programs.
• Nominate the teams for and celebrate when teams are recognized with internal and external professional awards.
• Provide strategic vision, supporting GBUs in defining their digital strategic roadmap, translating their priority must wins battles into the big tickets and digital value streams.
• Behave as a business partner, proactively providing strategic counsels to overcome potential roadblocks to accelerate digital transformation.
• Orchestrator, coordinating build and delivery of digital products locally together with global Digital teams based on the Digital GBU roadmap.
• Be the one consistent front from Digital, simplifying the interface between GBUs and digital ecosystem.

About you

• Possesses a strong business acumen, combined with strong understanding of digital.
• Broad understanding of the technology context and its implication on business.
• Strong Leadership and stakeholder management experience: A minimum of 10 years of experience, 3-5 years senior leadership experience, 5-10 years industry experience. Strong leadership (transversal leadership, navigate in political arena, clear ambition to create result, challenge, making arbitration between multiple choices for high impact creation).
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required. A master’s degree in Science, Engineering, or MBA degree is preferred.
• Robust end-to-end view of the company’s operations.
• Experience with Agile methodology and Lean or 6-sigma is a very relevant plus.
• Experience and knowledge of Data Transformation and AI is preferred or a plus.
• Diverse experience in different geographical and cultural settings are a plus.
• Seasoned leader with outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Proven record of creating and implementing successful digital initiatives.
• Successful management of large digital and technology initiatives especially.
• Successful at building a culture of performance and accountability.
• Proven record of developing people, capabilities, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrating a positive result orientation, problem solving attitude & a “getting things done” mentality.
• Able to work effectively in a matrixed, multi-cultural, global organization.
• Team player with great interpersonal skills, positive attitude, and confident demeanour.
• Ability to both “think big” and manage the details to ensure impactful execution.
• Native Fluency in English is a must.

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