Job title: Head of Internal Audit Digital

About the job

At Sanofi we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.

Our Team:

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and the Audit Committee, the missions of Sanofi Internal Audit and Risk Management (SIA&RM) is to provide independent and objective reasonable assurance regarding the group’s ability to controls its operations according to the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) international standards.

SIA&RM helps Sanofi execute its strategy and achieve business objectives by assessing and improving the effectiveness of Sanofi’s governance, risk management, and control processes, and is committed to alerting management on significant risks and monitoring their effective mitigation.

Organized by functions, the department is established on 4 locations: France (Paris), the US (Boston & Bridgewater), China (Shanghai) and Singapore.

Main responsibilities:

The Head of Internal Audit Digital reports to the Head of SIA&RM and oversees the audit activities bringing a systematic and comprehensive approach to assess and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes regarding the digital transformation, applications, IT infrastructures and cyber security matters.

The core activity encompasses leading the yearly risk stemming from the business environment, process- or people-driven weaknesses identified internally, the transformation of the company to support the design of the audit plan. Thus, while driving its execution, SIARM contributes to protect the company assets and reputation through thoroughly targeted assignments either standalone or integrated within broader business audits.

While Sanofi is going through a major Digital modernization, the Head of Internal Audit Digital will have to position SIA and Digital Audit has a key player accompanying the change through impactful audits. In her/his role, she / he will also have to contribute to the digital transformation of the department notably in further responsibly leveraging AI and GENAI.

• As a member of SIA&RM leadership team, participate in department strategy definition

• Reporting to the Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management, work collaboratively to plan, manage and deliver against a portfolio of Digital audits, including annual planning, resourcing, risk assessments, and audit scoping

• Supervise / oversee Digital audit teams to perform planned operational, compliance and integrated-IT audits across different functions and sites; liaise across function with Heads of Audits for the tactical organization and delivery of all integrated activities

• Ensure audit pre-scoping, preparation and fieldwork, including testing and evidence, is sufficient to support conclusions in accordance with Sanofi Internal Audit and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standards.

• Review draft audit reports to ensure they include clearly written findings, observations and recommendations that effectively communicate identified issues and their related corrective actions to help auditees and senior management strengthen and improve operations; post issuance of final report, support the timely follow-up and review of action plans as needed

• Strengthen and maintain strong stakeholder relationships with Corporate Functions Executive Committee members and Digital Senior Leaders, their teams and the 2nd line of defense (IC&P, E&BI) to drive simplification and standardization and strengthen the control environment across the organization

• Create an organization of change agents through the management and development of audit staff – provide open, honest and valuable feedback on the performance of audit team members in support of their individual growth and development

• Innovate, drive and support the continuous improvement of the functions audit processes and procedures, including sharing knowledge with the wider team

• Demonstrate and maintain Audit & Digital expertise, as well as working knowledge of Pharma/Biotech industry, staying current on developments in IA / GENAI, in audit literature, including those specific to our industry

About you

Experience

At least 15 years of working experience including internal audit experience (alternatively external audit, risk management or internal control, Digital/IT consulting). Digital experience and a managerial experience are appreciated.

Soft & Technical skills

• Strategic orientation: a strategic thinker, active to stay current with industry trends and company transformation. Particularly regarding new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.

• Results-oriented leader: not satisfied with status-quo, committed to drive change with ability to design change strategies

• A Collaborative & Assertive Influencer: good listening skills, with a desire to partner. mental strength to share unpleasant truth and stand ground. Outstanding ability to navigate through the organization

• Communication skills: executive presence, precision of the verbal and written language, ability to articulate fact-based and perception-based elements, ability to communicate the big picture with story-telling skills and to dig into details

• Values, Ethics and Integrity: highest standards of ethics for self and those around. A recognized role model in this respect: must be perceived as fair, unbiased, not political and truly committed to Sanofi at large.

• Play to Win mindset

• Rigor, autonomy and good organization

• Capability to work in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong ability to identify risks, based on business environment analysis,