Product Owner - Predictive Maintenance and Asset Optimization

About Growing With Us

Sanofi is hiring key contributors to onboard Sanofi Digital transformation journey and to embrace the Digital capabilities. Global Engineering, including Predictive Maintenance and Asset Management systems are a key component of this digital transformation. As part of Sanofi's digital transformation journey and our embrace of utilizing AI at scale, we focus on the implementation of predictive maintenance and other valuable asset management solutions to optimize pharmaceutical manufacturing, enhance operational excellence, and maintain our position as an industry leader.

As part of the global Digital Manufacturing MSAT & Engineering team, reporting to the Digital Global Engineering Product Line Owner, the Product Owner for Predictive Maintenance & Asset Management is responsible for delivering digital solutions that optimize equipment performance, reduce unplanned downtime, and maximize asset value throughout their lifecycle. This role focuses on developing and enhancing products that help determine the condition of in-service equipment to optimize maintenance activities, leading to cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance. Asset Management leads to enhances efficiency, safety, and quality in production processes while ensuring compliance with GxP regulations and Sanofi's quality standards. This role will directly contribute to Sanofi's operational excellence by reducing manufacturing downtime, enhancing worker safety, and accelerating time-to-market through innovative solutions.

Main Responsibilities

• Asset Lifecycle Management
• In partnership with Global Engineering and other stakeholders, define the asset management strategy from acquisition through decommissioning
• Predictive Analytics & Maintenance Strategy
• Define user stories and requirements for predictive maintenance algorithms and models
• Work with data scientists, engineers, and external vendors to implement condition-based monitoring solutions to address specific needs of the business
• Prioritize features that enable early detection of equipment failures and performance degradation
• Develop KPIs and metrics to measure maintenance effectiveness and cost savings
• Manufacturing & Operations Integration
• Collaborate closely with Global Engineering, manufacturing sites, maintenance teams, and operations personnel
• Understand equipment criticality and maintenance requirements across different asset types
• Ensure solutions comply with GxP, regulatory, and quality requirements specific to pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Define requirements for integration with existing maintenance management systems (CMMS / EAM)
• Data Management & Analytics
• Define requirements for IoT sensor data collection, storage, and processing
• Work with data teams to ensure data quality and availability for predictive models
• Prioritize features for real-time monitoring dashboards and alerting systems
• Ensure data governance and compliance with data privacy regulations
• Business Value & Cost Optimization
• Define and track KPIs related to :
• Reduction in unplanned downtime
• Maintenance cost optimization
• Asset utilization improvements
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) improvements
• Develop business cases for predictive maintenance initiatives
• Measure and report on ROI of predictive maintenance investments
• Stakeholder Management
• Facilitate workshops to understand maintenance pain points and requirements
• Work closely with :
• Digital (IT) infrastructure and OT (Operational Technology) teams
• Manufacturing operations teams
• Reliability engineers
• Plant maintenance managers and technicians
• Finance teams for budget and cost tracking

About You

Minimum Experience & Knowledge Required

This specialized Product Owner role requires a unique blend of digital product management skills with deep understanding of industrial operations, maintenance practices, and the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The focus should be on delivering tangible business value through improved asset performance and optimized maintenance strategies.

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Skills Required

Predictive Maintenance, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Reliability Engineering, data integrity, Predictive Analytics, Asset Management