**_Job title: Data Modeling manager Associate_** + **_Location: Hyderabad, India_** **_About the job_** Sanofi is a global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare and supporting the people we serve throughout the continuum of care. From prevention to treatment, Sanofi transforms scientific innovation into healthcare solutions, in human vaccines, rare diseases, multiple sclerosis, oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, diabetes and cardiovascular solutions and consumer healthcare. More than 110,000 people in over 100 countries at Sanofi are dedicated to making a difference on patients’ daily life, wherever they live and enabling them to enjoy a healthier life. As a company with a global vision of drug development and a highly regarded corporate culture, Sanofi is recognized as one of the best pharmaceutical companies in the world and is pioneering the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with strong commitment to develop advanced data standards to increase reusability & interoperability and thus accelerate impact on global health. The R&D Data Office serves as a cornerstone to this effort. Our team is responsible for cross-R&D data strategy, governance, and management. We sit in partnership with Business and Digital, and drive data needs across priority and transformative initiatives across R&D. Team members serve as advisors, leaders, and educators to colleagues and data professionals across the R&D value chain. As an integral team member, you will be responsible for defining how R&D's structured, semi-structured and unstructured data will be stored, consumed, integrated / shared and reported by different end users such as scientists, clinicians, and more. You will also be pivotal in the development of sustainable mechanisms for ensuring data are FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable). **_Position Summary:_** The primary responsibility of this position is to enable effective data capture and analysis in the R&D space through the development of conceptual and logical data models for initiatives, programs, and cross-R&D capabilities. This role is critical for structured data capture, and upkeep of models even beyond the conclusion of a project. Data modelers will apply and assist in the definition and governance of data modelling and design standards, tools, best practices, and related development of any R&D data capability. **_Main responsibilities:_** + Design conceptual and logical data models and data dictionaries/ontologies to cater to R&D business needs and functional requirements; lead validation of physical data models + Understand data governance policies, standards and procedures for R&D data + Maintain modelling and naming standards, and data harmonization, metadata management, and source-to-target data mapping documentation + Evaluate and influence projects while serving as “voice-of-business”; map systems/interfaces for data management, set standards for future state, and close gap from current-to-future state + Serve as functional and data consultant for R&D initiatives with major platforms/technology implementations + Maintain documentation and act as an expert on data definitions, data standards, data flows, legacy data structures / hierarchies, common data models, data harmonization etc. for R&D functions + Educate and guide R&D teams on standards and information management principles, methodologies, best practices, etc. **Deliverables** + Conduct requirements gathering from business analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders + Develop complex and scalable data models aligned to organization’s long term strategic goals + Formulate data governance frameworks, policies, and standards + Establish best practices for data modelling ensuring interoperability among systems, applications & data sources **_About you_** + Experience in data management, data analysis, data architecture, or another related field + Demonstrated ability to understand end-to-end data use and business needs + Knowledge and/or experience of Pharma R&D or life sciences data and data domains are critical + Experience with creating and applying data modelling best practices and naming conventions + Strong analytical problem-solving skills + Demonstrated strong attention to detail, quality, time management and customer focus + Excellent written and oral communications skills + Strong networking, influencing and negotiating skills and superior problem-solving skills + Demonstrated willingness to make decisions and to take responsibility for such + Excellent interpersonal skills (team player) + Knowledge and experience of data modelling, SQL and database design are required + Knowledge and experience of RDF, NoSQL and ontology are highly desired. + Experience pharma R&D platforms; experience with requirements gathering, system design, and validation/quality/compliance requirements + Experience managing technology and/or data warehouse projects + Experience with hierarchical data models from conceptualization to database implementation + Education: Bachelor’s in science, Engineering, or related; Masters preferred + Languages: English **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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) ! Global Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Statement (https://www.sanofi.com/en/careers/global-terms-and-conditions/) Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions. With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo) As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live. All in for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sanofi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=2s)