Sanofi · 1 day ago
Principal Data Scientist
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expSanofi is a global leader in healthcare, dedicated to improving lives through scientific innovation. The Principal Data Scientist will provide expertise in modeling and data analytics to support various projects, employing advanced analytical and computational methods to drive data-centric product development.
Health CareLife SciencePharmaceuticalTherapeutics
Responsibilities
Provide scientific and technical leadership in machine learning and AI
Act as a subject matter expert in machine learning, statistical modeling, and mentoring junior colleagues
Champion advanced analytics results to non-technical audiences
Employ cutting-edge analytical approaches to drive digital, data, and pharmaceutical product development
Develop computational and statistical methodologies for advanced analytics
Work closely with other disciplines across Sanofi to deliver cutting-edge analysis to key business questions
Apply a broad array of capabilities spanning machine learning, statistics, mathematics, modeling, simulation, text-mining/NLP, and data-mining
Collaborate with internal and external data scientists to scope and execute advanced analytics projects
Support the implementation of patient support strategies alongside other Sanofi teams
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field
7+ years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases, or statistical analysis, or a PhD degree
Experience with advanced ML techniques (neural networks/deep learning, reinforcement learning, SVM, PCA, etc.)
Ability to interact with large-scale data structures (e.g., HDFS, SQL, NoSQL)
Experience with big data analytics platforms or high-level ML libraries (e.g., H2O, SageMaker, Databricks, Keras, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Theano, DSSTNE)
Experience with Federated Analytics (i.e. FlowerAI)
Ability to prototype analyses and algorithms in high-level languages (e.g., GitHub, containers, Jupyter notebooks)
Exposure to NLP technologies and analyses
Knowledge of data visualization technologies (e.g., ggplot2, Shiny, Plotly, D3, Tableau, Spotfire)
Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written)
Preferred
7 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems
Experience with biomedical data types, population health data, real-world data, or novel data streams relevant to the pharmaceutical industry
Benefits
High-quality healthcare
Prevention and wellness programs
At least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave
Company
Sanofi
Sanofi is a global biopharma company focused on prescription drugs, vaccines, and treatments for chronic, rare, and infectious diseases.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.97BKey Investors
Blackstone Life SciencesEvotec
2025-10-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-06-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.74B
2025-03-05Post Ipo Debt· $1.59B
Leadership Team
Paul Hudson
Chief Executive Officer
Francois-Xavier Roger
Chief Financial Officer
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