AREA TECHNOLOGY LEADER UK/IE

Area Technology Leader UK/IE

• Location: Reading, UK (3 days in the office)

About the job

The Area Technology Leader role sits within our Digital organisation and focuses on managing and evolving Technology Products and Services that support our internal customers and business needs. The role ensures the delivery, performance, and user experience of technology services within the assigned market, while supporting ongoing transformation and digital-first strategies. Working closely with product and service owners, enterprise delivery teams, local business leaders, vendors, and facilities, this role helps to enable an efficient, customer-focused digital environment as part of Sanofi’s wider technology roadmap.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main responsibilities:

• Coordinate the local deployment and implementation of Global Tech projects, products, services, and initiatives in line with local priorities.
• Partner with Tech Enterprise Delivery and Global Digital Technology teams to support planning, reporting, and alignment.
• Oversee on-site support operations and vendor delivery to ensure high-quality user experience.
• Drive digital-first service approaches, promoting automation, self-service, and user education.
• Monitor Service Level Agreements and define improvement actions where required.
• Act as the point of contact and escalation channel for local Tech incidents, requests, and needs.
• Manage the local Tech budget and support local purchasing for technology services and equipment.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology/Science.
• Proven experience owning and delivering Technology Services in a large organisation.
• Strong technical understanding across multiple technologies and domains.
• Experience in regulated environments and working within a matrix organisation.
• Knowledge of Windows/M365 and ITSM practices including incident, request, problem, and asset management.
• Experience with Agile delivery tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence.
• Fluent spoken and written English, with strong communication and collaboration skills.

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 and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

 

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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!