Sanofi is building the pharmaceutical industry's first AI-powered operating system and needs a Head of Solutions Engineering to accelerate cloud transformation, modernize API frameworks, and improve infrastructure reliability across global pharmaceutical operations.
Requirements
- Deep expertise across 3+ domains: Cloud Architecture, API/Integration, Database, Network, and Observability
- AI/ML infrastructure experience, including data pipelines and cloud-native ML platforms
- Multi-platform integration and strategic technology planning at enterprise scale
- Agentic AI or intelligent automation platform implementation
- Multi-cloud expertise (AWS/Azure) with FinOps and governance
- Site Reliability Engineering with observability platform implementation
- Cloud certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Responsibilities
- Recruit 5-7 specialized solution engineers across Cloud, API/Integration, Database, Network, and Observability
- Establish cross-domain collaboration frameworks that eliminate technical silos
- Partner with Agentic AI core team to design infrastructure supporting intelligent automation
- Architect cloud-native solutions optimized for AI/ML workloads with pharmaceutical compliance
- Establish real-time data pipelines enabling AI-powered drug discovery and manufacturing
- Implement API frameworks supporting agent-to-agent communication and automated decision-making
- Lead hybrid cloud migration with AWS/Azure governance and FinOps
Other
- 15+ years enterprise technology leadership including 5+ years leading technical teams with hiring authority
- Large-scale transformation leadership in organizations with 10,000+ users
- Regulated industry experience with GxP, SOX, HIPAA, or equivalent compliance frameworks
- Travel: 30% domestic and international travel required for global team collaboration and stakeholder engagement
- Cross-Domain Technical Leadership: Guide specialists while maintaining architectural coherence
