Job title: Manager of Consumer Experience (CX) Design
Location: Morristown, NJ
About the Job
As Manager of Consumer Experience (CX) Design within our Digital team, you will drive the vision and responsibility of providing world-class user experiences and lead product design globally for Sanofi products and ecosystem in our R&D and employee experience domains.
You will partner with CX strategists, researchers, Product Owners, and engineering teams to develop amazing user experiences. In this role, you will play a key strategic role in shaping and driving the future of Sanofi CX by exemplifying thought leadership, providing mentorship, and managing talented teams of product designers.
This position requires a blend of product vision, organizational leadership, and a high bar for craft. You will drive collaboration, transparency, and clarity between multiple teams and functions while cultivating a culture of user-centric design. Top-notch Product Design capabilities and Human-Centered Design process and methodologies are a must.
Join the digital engine driving Sanofi’s transformation - where AI, automation, and bold experimentation power faster science and smarter decisions. Here, you’ll help build the first biopharma company powered by AI at scale.
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
Design team leadership
Responsible for all aspects of our product design function and overseeing design delivery at our global delivery hubs in U.S., Paris, Hyderabad/India and potentially Asia
Create and nurture a culture that cultivates talented User Experience teammates, solves complex
design problems, and delivers simple product solutions.
Drive the unified user experience and design in collaboration with CX colleagues, business and
technology leaders; respond to organizational changes as they occur
Manage a group of talented Product Design professionals to deliver high quality, on-time design
deliverables, accounting for on-the-fly program needs and changes as they occur.
Attract, hire, and grow an excellent design team. Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship
across a multi-disciplinary organization of interaction designers, visual designers,
prototypers.
Facilitate success of direct reports in meeting their (and their team's) goals by supporting them in
turning their strengths into higher performance, and by helping them grow where needed.
Design strategy and vision setting
Drive design innovation and engage team in emerging UX trends.
Lead all phases of UX
design work: distilling research, design ideation, prototyping, final spec design, and
implementation.
Operational excellence
Champion human-centered design and mature our lean UX practices across our team and at our delivery hubs
Integrate design within the Consumer Experience and digital development process and be an
advocate for design within Digital, partner organizations and stakeholder groups.
Make tough calls around priorities and stand for quality when products are not ready to ship.
Drive design strategy, operational and execution excellence, while leading creative and holistic
thinking at scale across diverse product releases, platforms and devices
Lead, evangelize and share best practices
Drive and document design standards, specifications, and patterns across products systemically
Collaborate with cross-team on process improvements and tool implementation to support those
processes.
Keep well in touch with all areas of project management, to ensure that your team is on schedule
and succeeding from a design standpoint - detailed project planning, budgeting, and team capacity
planning in collaboration with cross-functional groups
Ensure approved projects remain within approved budgets through proper allocation of your staff
and use of contract help when required
About You
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Design, HCI or related field. Master’s degree in relevant field a plus
10+ years of experience creating strategy and designing products
Proven experience in creative/design operation and management experience is a must
Dynamic design portfolio that shows your design process, and shipped products is a must
Experience managing team of UX/Design professionals and delivering projects in a large scale, complex enterprise environment
Experience with iterative design sprints and lean, Agile development process
Advanced Product Design skills and Human-Centered design methods in practice that meet user needs and business goals
Demonstrated ability to navigate complex problems in developing holistic solutions for product and its UX ecosystems
Mastery of design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Miro, Adobe creative suite and other design tools
Expert knowledge and experience with Design Systems and all various platforms human interface guidelines: iOS, Android, LMS and connected platforms
Ability to manage multiple projects and an ability to prioritize and organize to meet tasks and deadlines
Deep understanding of web technologies such HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with Excellent communication skills with the ability to listen, articulate positions, and advocate designs.
Must be a vibrant and engaging communicator who can present concepts and ideas to all levels of the company
Familiarity with pharma/health technology is a plus.
Desired Traits
You balance design strategy and execution simultaneously with strong attention to details, especially in crafting the ideas, education across different functional teams and following through with successful execution.
You bring the ability and interest to help lead cultural shifts in the organization including Digital
transformation.
You are a vibrant and engaging storyteller with strong business communication and presentation
abilities to all levels of the company.
You have an intellectual curiosity that inspires others around you.
Why Choose Us:
Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, futurefocused 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.
Join the digital force behind Sanofi’s AI-powered pipeline, where Expert, Generative, and Snackable AI accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of breakthrough treatments to patients.
Help reduce time from discovery to commercialization, delivering life-changing medicines to patients faster than ever.
Join a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core, with Employee
Resource Groups and leadership programs that celebrate every voice.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
North America Applicants Only
The salary range for this position is:
$161,250.00 - $232,916.66All 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.