Passer au contenu principal
Deux femmes en blouse blanche regardent ensemble un écran d’ordinateur

People Business Partner, Vaccines R&D

Marcy-l'Étoile, France Permanent Posté le   Jul. 22, 2025 Expire le   Jul. 31, 2025
Postulez maintenant

Le contenu du poste est libellé en anglais car il nécessite de nombreuses interactions avec nos filiales à l’international, l'anglais étant la langue de travail.

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

About you

Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years of HR experience, preferably in a multinational, matrixed organization international exposure is desirable

  • Experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, particularly in R&D, is a plus

Soft and technical skills:

  • Proven ability to build effective working relationships across functions and levels. Comfortable supporting leaders and teams with P&C strategic guidance and operational support

  • Solid business acumen with the ability to understand R&D goals and translate them into P&C solutions

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

  • Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field; master’s degree preferred

Languages:

  • Fluent French and English

Why choose us?

  • Be part of a pioneering biopharma company that engages patients early in drug development and uses their insights to design studies that reflect real-world needs. 
  • Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.
  • Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next.

PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

#LI-FRA

#Li-Hybrid

Poursuivre le progrès. Découvrir l’extraordinaire.

Rejoignez Sanofi et entrez dans une nouvelle ère de la science – où votre parcours peut être aussi transformateur que le travail que nous accomplissons. Nous investissons en vous pour que vous alliez plus loin, accélériez votre réflexion et accomplissiez ce qui n’a jamais été fait auparavant. Vous contribuerez à repousser les limites, à bousculer les conventions et à concevoir des solutions plus intelligentes pour les communautés que nous servons. Prêt·e à poursuivre les miracles de la science et à améliorer la vie des gens ? Poursuivons le progrès et découvrons l’extraordinaire – ensemble.

Chez Sanofi, nous croyons dans l’égalité des chances, sans distinction de race, de couleur, d’ascendance, de religion, de sexe, d’origine, d’orientation sexuelle, d’âge, de citoyenneté, d’état civil, de handicap, d’identité de genre ou de tout autre critère protégé par la loi.

Postulez maintenant
Notre processus de recrutement
Préparer votre CV et postuler
Se préparer à l’entretien

  • Vous n'avez pas encore consulté aucune d'offres d'emploi

  • Vous n'avez pas encore enregistré d'offres d'emploi.

Femme à vélo devant la Tour Eiffel

Carrières Sanofi en France

En France, 20 000 personnes, sur 28 sites partagent un objectif commun : fournir des médicaments et des vaccins aux personnes qui en ont le plus besoin. Dès le premier jour, les projets proposés détermineront votre carrière. Chercheur ou spécialiste du marketing, vous progresserez à l’aide des outils et ressources proposés. Développez vos compétences au sein d’équipes inclusives pour avoir un impact positif sur des millions de personnes dans le monde.

Explorez Sanofi France
Illustration of map pins on globe

En savoir plus
sur ce site

Plan du site

Un monde de possibilités

Rejoignez notre communauté
de talents

Que pourrions-nous accomplir ensemble ? Chaque Sanofien travaille sur des projets qui ont un véritable impact sur la vie des gens.

Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd'hui et découvrez nos dernières opportunités dès qu'elles seront disponibles.

Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui