Data and AI Engineering Lead

R2829592 Data and AI Engineering Lead Location: Toronto, Canada (Hybrid) About the Job Ready to grow your skills while helping shape the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you’ll be empowered to learn, ask questions, and bring your ideas to life – all while supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams. At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. Join our AI Workflow Engineering team as a Data Engineering Lead and you can help make it happen. The products you will work on You will play a key leadership role across our AI Workflow data products, specifically supporting the Source to Pay reimagination for buying and the streamlining of Sanofi knowledge and resolution for service management. These products aim to: • Automate and optimize AI-driven workflows across Sanofi, including procurement and support. • Enable seamless deployment of GenAI and agentic systems through robust, scalable data pipelines and system integrations architectures. About Sanofi: We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Main Responsibilities: Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of data pipelines, datamarts and AI workflows, ensuring scalability, resilience, and compliance with Sanofi’s standards. Work closely with business and product stakeholders within the AI Workflow domain to understand requirements and translate them into technical architectures and deliverables. Collaborate with Data Architects and Software Engineers to design, build, and maintain DataMart's, models, and integrations in Snowflake, leveraging DBT, Airflow, and Python for automation and orchestration. Define, enforce, and continuously improve DataOps and MLOps practices, including CI/CD with GitHub Actions and infrastructure management using Terraform on AWS. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to a small team of engineers, fostering a culture of accountability and technical excellence. Ensure high data quality and observability through automated testing, validation, and monitoring processes Collaborate with AI Workflow teams to integrate GenAI, RAGs, and Agentic AI components into production workflows. Stay current with Sanofi standards, industry practices, and emerging technologies, ensuring the AI Workflow ecosystem remains at the forefront of innovation About You You are a dynamic and hands-on Data Engineering lead who combines technical depth with leadership maturity, you enjoy leading small, high-performing teams while staying close to code and architecture decisions. You’re passionate about designing systems that make AI workflows reliable, scalable, and impactful for Sanofi’s enterprise mission. Key Technical Requirements & Qualifications Strong experience leading end-to-end data engineering projects from design to production deployment Proven experience with Snowflake, Airflow, DBT, Python, AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases technologies/concepts Proven ability to define and enforce data and MLOps standards (CI/CD, observability, lineage, reproducibility) Experience in building and maintaining data pipelines, datamarts, and data models at enterprise scale Practical understanding of GenAI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and Agentic AI integration Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams — Product, Data Architecture, and AI Engineering Ability to work within regulated environments (data privacy, compliance, cybersecurity) is a plus Soft and behavioral skills Excellent written and verbal English communication skills Strong leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to inspire and elevate junior engineers Excellent communication, both written and verbal, able to translate technical concepts for diverse stakeholders Service-oriented mindset and collaborative spirit Self-motivated, proactive, and able to drive initiatives independently Analytical and structured problem-solver with a delivery focus Your background 5 years of experiences in a data team. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or relevant field Experience in the healthcare industry is a strong plus Why Choose Us? Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team. Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally. Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact. Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs This position is for a new vacant role that we are actively hiring for. Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request. #GD-SP #LI-SP #LI-Hybrid #DBBCA 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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com! North America Applicants Only The salary range for this position is: $125,300.00 - $180,966.66 All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK. La fourchette salariale pour ce poste est la suivante: $125,300.00 - $180,966.66 Toute compensation sera déterminée en fonction de l'expérience démontrée. Les employés peuvent être admissibles à participer aux programmes d'avantages sociau de l'enterprise. Des informations supplémentaires sur les avantages sont disponibles via le lien. Global Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Statement 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 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

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