Job title: People Business Partner, General Medicines - North America

Location: Morristown, NJ

About the job

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.

Our Team:

Sanofi is a leading global healthcare company focused on a journey to attract and develop top diverse talent to join our mission to bring innovation to more and more patients around the world.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate leader to partner with the organization’s leadership and People & Culture (P&C) team for North America as the catalyst for the deployment of the One Sanofi People Strategy for the General Medicines. The incumbent will contribute to the achievement of the company's short and long-term goals by providing P&C strategic leadership and support (talent management, performance, organization, culture, etc) whilst ensuring alignment to Sanofi’s Global Business Strategy as well as the Take the Lead culture.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

As a member of the General Medicines P&C team, you will be expected to work in close partnership with the business leaders and the rest of the P&C community across North America. This includes specifically General Medicines NA Leadership Team, Global General Medicines organization and Leaders based in North America

• Coach and advise market leadership to shape and enable the people agenda and business strategy, by guiding them on strategic planning activities.

• Anticipate and identify business needs and challenges on market level and translate them into a people roadmap. Drive and support operationalizing strategies and initiatives for General Medicines in North America with strong innovation and modernization mindset.  

• Talent Management – Support activation of North America and General Medicines talent priorities in alignment with the North Star Talent Strategy. Know Accelerate and selected Advance talents for respective market GBU/Global Functions. Build manager capability in assessing potential and strengthening succession of market BU Leadership pipeline. Advise leaders and employees on career development and talent activities. (approx. time spent on Talent is 30-40%)

• Act as a key member of the General Medicines P&C LT, supporting the General Medicines people priorities and contribute to global strategic activities, such as workforce and succession planning, talent and leadership development, culture, D&I by providing market view and context.

• Collaborate with COEs to shape and if required tailor global solutions and best practice solutions by providing market business context and ensure that business needs are met

• Talent Acquisition – Provide local input to understand and shape requirements for respective workforce segment and partner with TA teams for hiring of Director level and above talent

• Insights – Advise business based on data and insights and leverage local people insights and analytics for strategic P&C agenda within respective area of responsibility and to provide voice of the customer

• Org Design and Effectiveness - Coordinate and manage business and organization changes in country (e.g., mergers, divestiture, NBM) in conjunction with other People Business Partners at market level and OC&T         

About you

Requirements:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field is required; master’s degree preferred.

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in People and Culture/Human Resources experience is required. 

• Strong P&C/HR experience in the US is required.  International exposure is desired.

• Current or prior experience within the Pharmaceuticals or Life Sciences is preferred

• Demonstrated experience leading and supporting operationalizing enterprise-wide strategies and initiatives is required

• Strong innovation and transformation experience in both organizational change, capability design, workforce design, and talent sourcing is required

• Demonstrated experience in leading change management initiatives is required.

• Selected candidate will possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization & ability to represent P&C externally.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Fluent in English. (as our position is posted in NA, suggest we remove

• This position may require up to 25% overall travel. 

Why Choose Us?

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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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.