**_Job title:_** **_R&D Project Manager_** + **_Location: Hyderabad_** **Our Team:** _Sanofi Global Hub (SGH) is an internal Sanofi resource organization based in India and is setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CHC, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions​._ We are a team of Project Leaders and Managers with the ambition to operationalize critical R&D processes to streamline the management of our Projects and support our Portfolio. We implement dynamic and efficient solutions for the R&D organization to address current gaps and pain points for end-to-end R&D processes, governance processes and governance committees’ ways of working, as well as build strategic workforce and capabilities and drive best practice sharing, transparency, and communication. **Job Description:** The Project Manager supports the management of key initiatives in R&D, articulating the strategy of the project and its execution. The Project Manager will support Project Leaders to drive projects through the design, delivery and implementation ensuring effectiveness is measured. The Project Manager articulates activities across core team members, identifies risks and mitigation plans, and manages variances in timing, resources/budget, and ensures project quality. + Identifies issues to be raised with Project Leader and proposes solutions and mitigation plans. + Acts as key connector between different functional interfaces: between sub-workstreams, team members and other parts of the organization. + Communicates project vision as needed and establishes trust within the project team and functional departments. + Ensures communication to all stakeholders, including regions, functions and platforms as needed. This includes project reports and timely alerts. + Ensures execution of project plan and roadmap within expected timelines + Ensures that team members are aligned to deliver on project plans + Manages stakeholders by ensuring communication to departmental management on issues related to their deliverables and/or responsibilities. + Actively contributes to the creation of presentations to Sponsors, management committees, and others as appropriate. + Provides concise updates on status of project including timelines and budget + Completes the project trackers/ PM Tools on a regular, timely and consistent basis. + (Co-) leads project team meetings in alignment with the Project Leader. + Supports and/or leads sub-team meetings as appropriate case-by-case + Ensures implementation of initiatives and solutions across R&D **_About you_** + Candidate will have demonstrated the ability to challenge the status quo and implement simple solutions. + Candidate will be a positive change agent for any changes as it relates to organizational structure or processes/governance. + Demonstrated ability to influence across functions and levels and proactively engage with key partners. + Strong verbal and written communication skills are required. + Experience working with cross-functional and globally dispersed teams preferred + Project management skills + Organizational, interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) + Experience in leading and delivering transversal initiatives + An understanding of financial reconciliation and LEAN Six Sigma + A broad understanding of the life cycle management of a product including processes and governance + Expertise with multiple computer applications (including but not limited to MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Ariba and database management systems). + **Education** : Bachelors or advanced degree (BS, MBA, PhD) in science and/or business ​ + **Language Requirements** : English _Pursue progress, discover extraordinary_ 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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together. At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, 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) ! **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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