Transition Manager People Services and Excellence

• Location: Budapest
• Job type: Permanent, Full time
• Hybrid working (60% office, 40% home)

Our Team:

This position is part of Business Operations BU, within Global Hub Operations and Transitions Management organization and reporting to the Head of Operations Readiness for the Business Tower.

Transitions Management is the team managing Business Operations transitions to deliver the BO strategic roadmap both now and for the future.

The role will provide transition leadership to implement strategic initiatives and will be responsible for managing and implementing transitions to deliver value in the end-to-end processes. This role is focused on initiatives of high complexity, that can span transversally across end-to-end process areas and regions, in an environment with a high degree of interdependent changes and advanced technologies.

Our critical success factors:

We have identified three key drivers:

• Community - Building a vibrant team that will attract and engage talent, with four global hubs.
• Excellence - Simplifying, standardizing and continuously improving processes to capture synergies, scale effects and productivity improvements.
• Digitalization - Enabling transparency, data-driven decision-making support, agility and rapid innovation across Sanofi's entire value chain.

Be part of something exceptional. Our Budapest Hub has been recognized for workplace excellence, innovation, and our commitment to putting people first. See the full list of our awards at the end of this posting.

About the role:

The Transition Manager will ensure the successful execution of projects. You will be responsible for developing and driving transition plans for People Services and Excellence, identifying sequence of activities, durations, dependencies, milestones, deliverables, resources.

Main responsibilities:

• Transition management throughout the transition life cycle for People Services and Excellence.
• Ensure transition methodology, operational policies and processes are consistently applied and adhered to (e.g. legal, regulatory, quality, internal control, etc.).
• Manage and report on actual Progress against plan, providing regular visibility to overall transition status.
• Facilitate transition and transversal meetings and workshops as required, typically involving cross-functional teams at the global and regional level.
• Establish rules for decision making and issue resolution protocols that empower teams efficiently and effectively.
• Prioritize, challenge, and resolve issues and proactively identify transition risks.
• Implement the change management components to increase employee adoption and utilization (e.g. stakeholder impact management, communications, training, etc.).
• Monitor progress of project for business value document lessons learned and best practices, and close out project summarizing achievements and improvements.

Experience:

• Proven experience in transitions or consultancy in shared services sector.
• Human Resource background is a plus
• Operational experience with processes is a plus.
• Proven track record of project oversight.
• Ability to lead and motivate transition teams, team members with indirect reporting relationships across multiple geographies.
• Self-starter, initiative-taker, and ability to work independently under pressure and deliver high level of customer service.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a business or project management related field. Demonstrated problem-solving skills, strong analytical skills and capacity to handle multiple stakeholders in a complex and changing environment.

Certification in Project management, Agile certification or certification in Lean/Six Sigma/Continuous Improvement (CI) methodologies is a plus.

Languages:

Fluent in English.

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team in an international work environment.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
• An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks.
• Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs).

Office of the Year 2025 – Evolution Award
Our most recent award – Sanofi is recognized for creating an innovative workspace that supports collaboration and adaptability.

Marketing Diamond Award 2026 – Employer Branding
One of the highest honours at Hungary's prestigious Marketing Diamond Awards, recognizing excellence in employer branding.

BSC Investor of the Year 2025
Awarded by HIPA, ABSL Hungary, and AmCham Hungary for our contribution to Hungary's business services sector.

PwC Workforce Preference Survey 2025 – Top 3 Most Attractive Employers
Ranked 3rd among the most attractive employers in Hungary.

Hungarian Employer Branding Awards 2025 – Gold & Silver
Best Strategic Employer Branding Campaign (Gold) and Best Employer Branding Campaign in the Pharma Sector (Silver).

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