Job Specifications
Position Title: Data Scientist Catalyst
Department: RWD & HI Data Science
Location: Toronto, ON, 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.
You’ll join as one of four role types in the Sanofi Data and AI Future Catalyst Program - a 2-year program that will provide you with an unparalleled opportunity to try different projects and learn about our different pharmaceutical business domains. This opportunity will allow for personal and professional growth, as no two experiences will be alike and you’ll have the opportunity to carve your own path. You’ll work with multi-faceted teams to design and build AI products, create cutting-edge, scalable platforms, and enable Sanofi to make the best value of data, transforming people’s lives in 90+ countries around the global. Whatever projects you’re working on, you’ll learn from world-class leaders who come from industry and academia backgrounds, pushing you to stretch your goals and achieve your best.
As a member of Sanofi’s Global AI Centre of Excellence in Toronto, you will be working on a team that is globally diverse, with members here in Toronto as well as across our global hubs in France, Spain and USA. You’ll be engaged in a structured program that’s focused on driving the growth of your technical knowledge and business acumen. Based on your skills and background, you’ll be aligned to one of Sanofi’s five core data and AI functions to deliver on meaningful strategic initiatives - whether that be in data science, data and business analysis, data and ML engineering, software engineering, or data and AI strategy. This approach ensures that you specialize in your area of interest, while being engaged as part of a larger cohort of colleagues to collectively build core skills in strategic problem solving, product design, agile ways of working, and leadership. Upon completion of the two years, you’ll be provided the opportunity to a preferred position, responding to Sanofi’s business needs.
As a data scientist within the Data and AI Future Catalyst Program you’ll have the opportunity to work on projects within our industrial affairs team (focused on using AI for supply chain and manufacturing problems, Real World Data & Healthcare Intelligence team (focused on creating new real world data AI solutions), R&D (focused on using machine learning to propel data driven drug discovery) and commercial (focused on creating innovative AI products across our 100+ markets).
Our vision for digital, data analytics and AI
Join us on our journey in enabling Sanofi’s Digital Transformation through becoming an AI-first organization. This means:
AI Factory - Versatile Teams Operating in Cross Functional Pods: Utilizing digital and data resources to develop AI products, bringing data management, AI and product development skills to products, programs and projects to create an agile, fulfilling and meaningful work environment.
Leading Edge Tech Stack: Experience build products that will be deployed globally on a leading-edge tech stack.
World Class Mentorship and Training: Working with renowned leaders and academics in machine learning to further develop your skillsets
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
Apply advanced data science methods to extract insights from both text and table-based datasets, using techniques such as NLP, forecasting, and optimization.
Propose innovative approaches to problem-solving using Generative AI, Machine Learning, and other advanced analytical techniques.
Build models, algorithms, simulations, and experiments by writing highly optimized code and using state-of-the art machine learning technologies.
Work on full-spectrum of activities, from conducting ML experiments to delivering production-ready models.
Use data analysis, visualization, storytelling, and data technologies to scope, define and deliver AI-based data products.
Work with developers, engineers, and MLOps to deliver AI/ML solutions.
About You
Eligibility Requirements:
Must have participated in the Sanofi Digital Co-Op program at some point during 2024 or 2025 and be eligible for a May/June 2026 start date.
Must be legally authorized to work for Sanofi in Canada.
An undergraduate degree or higher in mathematics, computer science, engineering, physics, statistics, economics, operations research or a related quantitative disciplinw, with foundational business knowledge. Masters degree or above is preferred
Experi
About the Company
We are Sanofi, an innovative global healthcare company. We chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions.
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