Job Title: People Business Partner Research and Development North America

• Location: Cambridge, MA

About the job

The People Business Partner, R&D North America acts as the key focal point for all people ((> 2,500 R&D employees) and organization related topics and works as a strategic partner and advisor to the relevant R&D global and local business leaders. The role reports into the Global Head of People & Culture R&D and is part of the global R&D P&C leadership team and of the Sanofi North America P&C leadership team. It focuses on translating global R&D and P&C strategy into concrete people and organization objectives across the geography in scope.

Main Responsibilities

• Talent Management: Drive the talent agenda with business leaders in scope, establishing talent reviews and high-quality succession plans for roles up to and including L5 for overall R&D across North America.

• Support business strategy: advises and guides the NA-based R&D teams on the execution of the R&D business strategy in close alignment with the Global BPs of the corresponding R&D functions and Sanofi NA P&C, as necessary

• Employee Relations: Manages communication and execution of organizational initiatives, establishing a trustful relationship with the respective stakeholders, manages individual employee relations issues -all with the support of People Excellence, People Services and Legal functions, as necessary

• People Strategy: Bring to life the People & Culture agenda by advising, coaching and influencing business leadership teams across client groups in scope

• Operational and Strategic Workforce Planning: Contribute to global OWP and SWP for R&D by providing the country perspective for all departments in scope.

• Project Management and Delivery – Drive & support the delivery of R&D People priorities in NA and coordinate in-country projects

• People Managers Development: Hold managers accountable for leading and developing their people – through key development activities and use of available online tools and resources

• Insights - Leverage local people insights to drive local initiatives/projects and to provide voice of customer for any global initiatives.

• Culture and DEI - Promote Sanofi DEI and culture through in-country nitiatives (bringing to life and contributing legal and local culture lens)

• Complex case management (by exception)

• Proactively encourage all managers and employees to utilize available self-service tools and OneSupport

About You

• University Degree in Business Administration, HR Management, Labor Law, Psychology or comparable

• Fluent in English

• 10-15 years of professional People & Culture experience

• Strong experience of common People management processes (performance and reward, talent acquisition, development and succession planning) and related digital tools

• Strong business orientation, commercially minded

• Agility in acting within a globally integrated operating and working with seamlessly with global/local Leadership teams

• Ability to scope, plan and implement P&C projects including the appropriate change management support

• Experience in organizational design and development (e.g. Space to Lead)

•  US labor law

• Structured and independent way of thinking and working, ability to work in a team, self- and situational awareness, ability to manage by influence, flexibility and resilience

Why choose us? 

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• 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.

•  Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet

•  Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably.

• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed.

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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.

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