Job title: People Business Partner, Vaccines R&D

• Location: Marcy l'Etoile - France

• CDI

• This job offer is accessible to all, regardless of gender.

About the job

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

As a passionate People Business Partner within our France People & Culture team supporting our Vaccines R&D function in France, you will work as a strategic advisor, supporting Global Vaccines R&D leadership teams and contributing to the development and implementation of our people strategy. You are highly motivated, with a positive attitude, unafraid to challenge the status quo, and eager to propose innovative People & Culture solutions.

Main responsibilities:

As a member of the Vaccines R&D People & Culture team, you will be expected to work in close partnership with the business leaders and the rest of the P&C community across the geography.

• Strategic Partnership: Advise and coach Vaccines R&D leadership on people strategies aligned with Sanofi's global objectives and culture

• Talent Management: Support activation of Vaccines R&D talent priorities in alignment with the North Star Talent Strategy. Know Accelerate and selected Advance talents for Vaccines R&D France. Build manager capability in assessing potential, lead succession planning for critical roles, and develop strategies to retain and develop top talent. Advise leaders and employees on career development and talent activities. (approx. time spent on Talent is 30-40%)

• Org Design and Effectiveness: Coordinate and manage business and organization changes in country in conjunction with other People Business Partners at R&D level. Support Vaccines R&D organizational transformation, ensuring best practices in organization design to promote effectiveness and competitiveness

• Culture, Diversity and Inclusion: Champion Sanofi's Culture, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives within R&D. Support leaders in sustaining the culture transformation

• Strategic Workforce Planning: In collaboration with the Organizational Capabilities COE, lead the end-to-end Strategic Workforce Planning process for Vaccines R&D. This includes delivering actionable insights on capability gaps, workforce sizing, and competitive talent landscape dynamics. Design and execute targeted strategies to close identified gaps, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives and future-ready talent needs

• Talent Acquisition: Provide local input to understand and shape requirements for respective workforce segment and partner with TA teams for hiring of L3+ talent for critical Vaccines R&D roles

• Performance and Compensation Management: Lead annual performance and compensation cycles for Vaccines R&D, ensuring fair and competitive practices

• Learning & Development: Collaborate with L&D teams to design and implement initiatives that enhance R&D capabilities and individual development

• Change Management: Coordinate and manage organizational changes within R&D, applying change management methodologies to ensure smooth transitions

• People Analytics: Advise business based on data and insights and leverage local people insights and analytics for strategic P&C agenda and to provide voice of the customer

• Employee Relations: Advise on high-profile/severe cases and act as escalation point for high-profile cases in respective market

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