Job detail for 6-month internship – Process Chemistry

Job Title: 6-month internship – Process Chemistry

• Location: Montpellier
• Start date: February 2027

About the role

As an intern within our Drug Substance Commercial Development team, you will participate in the scale-up of chemical processes, from the laboratory to industrial production, to contribute to the development of innovative medicines for patients around the world. Ready to get started?

Ready to develop your skills while participating in the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you will have the freedom to learn, ask questions, and bring your ideas to life, all supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams.

About Sanofi:

Sanofi is a company that innovates in R&D and leverages AI at scale to improve people's lives and create long-term growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and our innovative pipeline – allows us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we pursue the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Key :

• Participate in conducting laboratory experiments, including implementing syntheses and chemical reactions according to established protocols, documenting observations, and resolving experimental issues
• Contribute to the analysis and interpretation of results, using analytical techniques to characterize compounds and evaluate process performance
• Take part in writing technical reports, documenting work performed in laboratory notebooks and detailed reports
• Participate in presenting results, sharing work progress and key findings with the team during regular meetings
• Provide support for process scale-up, participating in the transposition of procedures developed in the laboratory to larger volumes and taking into account the specificities related to scale-up
• Get involved in exploring new technologies, including digital tools, automation platforms, and data-driven approaches, to optimize workflows and improve chemistry processes

About you

• Technical and soft skills: curiosity, communication, analytical mind. Experience in organic synthesis, chemical reactions, and the use of laboratory equipment
• Education: Master's degree (bac+5) in chemistry
• Languages: fluent English

Why choose us?

• Launch your career in a company that invests in you and gives you the means to reinvent what is possible.

• Build your future with the latest tools, digital innovation, and continuous learning to always stay one step ahead.

• Evolve in a committed company where your voice counts and your work improves the lives of millions of people.

• Thrive in inclusive and flexible environments that support your personal and professional well-being.

• An attractive internship allowance.

• Depending on your site, access to a company restaurant with a contribution from Sanofi.

• Our recruitment process has been designed to be fast and efficient. If your application is selected, you will receive a call from our recruiter for an initial telephone exchange and then to meet the manager quickly.

Always Progress. Discover the Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and enter a new era of science – where your journey can be as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you so that you go further, accelerate your thinking, and accomplish what has never been done before. You will contribute to pushing boundaries, challenging conventions, and designing smarter solutions for the communities we serve. Ready to pursue the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's pursue progress and discover the extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we believe in equal opportunity, without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other criteria protected by law.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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