Location: Barcelona, Spain
About the Job
As Software Engineering Manager for B2B Strategic Accounts Solutions & Tender Management within Sanofi's Global eCommerce organization, you'll lead the engineering team behind the digital infrastructure that connects healthcare professionals, institutions and patients to our life-changing medicines and vaccines. Ready to get started?
You will own two strategically critical platforms: our Global Tender Management system , which orchestrates complex multi-market public procurement, and VaxEdge , our US-facing platform serving the top 100 health accounts. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role at the intersection of engineering excellence, product strategy and global business operations. You will manage a team of ~7 engineers and partner with Product, Commercial and Operations stakeholders across multiple geographies.
About Sanofi
Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health, committed to chasing 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.
At Sanofi, we believe our people are our greatest strength, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation. Our values — Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, and Lead Together — guide everything we do.
Main responsibilities
Lead and grow a high-performing team: recruit, onboard, mentor and retain a diverse group of engineers, and own performance, career development and succession planning
Own engineering execution end-to-end: drive planning, prioritization and delivery quality, and establish clear engineering standards and practices
Set the technical strategy: define the multi-year roadmap for Tender Management and VaxEdge, make principled architectural decisions and manage technical debt so the platforms stay scalable, reliable and extensible
Bring clarity to ambiguity: build alignment across engineering, product, commercial and operations in a complex, matrixed environment
Deliver customer value: work with Product Managers and business leads to turn complex B2B and tender requirements into well-scoped work that impacts customers and business outcomes
Champion quality and operational excellence: uphold coding standards, code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines and live-site operations
Communicate with impact: turn technical complexity into crisp narratives for senior leadership and represent your team in executive forums
Foster inclusion and psychological safety: create an environment where engineers take ownership, experiment and grow
About you
Experience: 7+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years in engineering management or technical leadership, with a proven record of building and scaling full-stack teams in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. Experience with globally distributed teams, B2B, enterprise software or regulated industries is a plus
Technical skills: Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js), React or equivalent, and an object-oriented language (Java, Python, C++ or similar). Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure), Infrastructure as Code, microservices, API design, CI/CD, observability tools (e.g. DataDog) and automated testing. SAP Commerce Cloud or Salesforce CCM is a plus
Soft skills: A people-first leader who gives direct feedback and builds teams that outlast any single project. You communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, solve problems with incomplete information, build trust across functions and geographies, and focus on results, not just…