Product Owner Corporate

About the Role

The Product Owner Data Corporate serves as the strategic leader and primary bridge for requirements and Agile delivery teams within the Data & Insights Excellence department. This role drives an Agile squad of developers, ensuring consistent product vision, backlog quality, and value delivery across the portfolio. The role owns end-to-end product strategy, drives backlog management, roadmap constraints, and digital capabilities, and fosters a high-performing product ownership culture grounded in Sanofi's values.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership
• Drive a delivery squad in Agile culture aligned with Sanofi values and ensure a safe environment.
• Lead by example through active participation in day-to-day product operations, backlog refinement, and stakeholder engagement.
• Product Vision & Strategy
• Define and communicate a coherent, inspiring product vision across the Corporate data portfolio.
• Align roadmaps and maintain a clear, well-structured, and prioritized product backlog with Business.
• Translate high-level strategic objectives into actionable product goals and measurable outcomes.
• Business Partnership & Stakeholder Management & Prioritization
• Build and sustain strategic relationships with senior business stakeholders across functions and geographies and participate in prioritization discussions.
• Represent the product team in executive forums, governance committees, and cross-functional leadership meetings.
• Ensure consistent backlog hygiene standards with appropriate escalation paths for complex or high-impact items.
• Agile Delivery Oversight
• Collaborate closely with Scrum Masters and delivery teams to ensure smooth sprint planning and execution of Agile.
• Identify, escalate, and resolve impediments that block delivery or reduce team effectiveness.
• Monitor velocity, delivery quality, and team health metrics.
• Portfolio & Roadmap Management
• Define portfolio health metrics, KPIs, and manage risks across the Data & Insights product landscape.
• Ensure strategic alignment between roadmap commitments, team capacity, and evolving business priorities.
• Provide transparent, data-driven portfolio reporting to senior leadership and governance bodies.
• Governance & Communication
• Lead product review meetings, steering committees, and executive-level communications.
• Manage stakeholder expectations with full transparency, proactively surfacing risks and trade-offs.
• Produce clear, compelling communications tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Continuous Improvement & Practice Development
• Define and drive the roadmap for product ownership practice maturity within the team, promoting best practices.
• Stay current with industry trends in data, AI, and digital transformation.
• Benchmark internal practices against industry standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience managing complex digital or data product portfolios in a global organization.
• Skills & Competencies:
• Team Leadership
• Data & Technical Fluency in data, BI, AI
• Business Acumen on Finance processes
• Stakeholder Management
• Communication (verbal/written in English)
• Process Management
• Tools & Systems like ServiceNow, Jira