Talent Acquisition Partner - Early Careers

Job title: Talent Acquisition Partner-Early Careers

• Location: Hyderabad

About us

At Sanofi, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. All our decisions are taken with our most important stakeholder in mind – the patients.

Having a rich history of innovation that dates back over 100 years, Sanofi more than ever stays true to its commitment to transform the practice of medicine by providing potentially life-changing treatments and the protection of life-saving vaccines to millions of people. This history includes the first treatments for many rare diseases and the establishment of standards of care in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Sanofi’s commitment to public health has helped protect hundreds of millions of people from influenza every year for decades and pushed polio to the brink of eradication, while its scientific vision has led to breakthrough innovations in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.

~90 countries

~ 91K employees

~ 59 manufacturing sites

~ 20 R&D sites

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

About the job

Join Sanofi’s talent team and you can play a vital role in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.

Our Vision: We deliver best-in-class enterprise solutions and be the catalyst for modernization and transformation, enabling Sanofi to chase the miracles of science. Hubs are synonym to GBS/GCC that is widely known in the industry.

The Early Careers Partner plays a vital role in attracting and securing top early career talent for Sanofi. This role supports key operational recruitment activities throughout the full recruitment lifecycle, focusing on high-volume recruitment for early career programs. The Early Careers partner is a champion for a positive candidate experience, leveraging sourcing expertise and a collaborative approach to build strong talent pipelines.

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.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage a large volume of early career requisitions, utilizing diverse sourcing channels (e.g., online platforms, university job boards, career fairs, social media) to identify and engage qualified candidates.

• Conducting innovative campus engagement events, conceptualise and execute various engagement programs / models with the stakeholders in the campuses (Student community / Career Services office / faculty / alumni, etc) to position Sanofi as an employer of choice.

• Consultant to Business for University Relations Assessing client needs, educating them on the campus landscape, and setting realistic expectations basis market intelligence gathered. Partner with the business to forecast the campus hiring needs for the year. Adapt to the dynamic on-campus environment and find creative solutions to unforeseen challenges.

• Conduct efficient and effective initial candidate screenings, including resume reviews, phone/video interviews, and automated assessments, to identify candidate viability and build high-potential candidate pools.

• Execute recruitment activities within the hub, ensuring alignment with Sanofi's global Early Careers recruitment strategy, processes, and best practices.

• Ensure a positive and seamless candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey. Manage interview scheduling, coordinate logistics for assessments, and facilitate smooth onboarding activities. Communicate effectively and proactively with candidates, hiring managers, and stakeholders across different time zones being the main point of contact for those involved.

• Engage in proactive sourcing of early career candidates as directed by the Early Careers Sourcing strategy, utilizing creative and innovative approaches to identify and attract top talent. Provide value-add recruiting advice to hiring managers to influence and persuade talent decisions.

• Demonstrate proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and other HR technologies. Leverage these tools to optimize recruitment processes, track key metrics, generate reports, and ensure data accuracy and integrity.

• Maintain a strong understanding of recruitment best practices and industry trends. Proactively seek opportunities to optimize recruitment outcomes at an operational level, contributing to the continuous improvement of early career recruitment processes.

• Monitor industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to inform and adapt hub recruitment activities as needed from an Early Career lens.

• Drive campus engagement and build relationships with select colleges/institutes across Hub countries in order to establish Sanofi as an employer of choice. Enhance the brand recall by maintaining a continuous connect with the institutes/colleges/universities.

• Develop a strong external network to keep Sanofi on top of the list for the key campus placement administrators and academicians.

• Flexibility to manage other projects across the end-to-end talent services line.

• Partner closely with the global Talent Acquisition COE and Local Activation teams to ensure that early career recruitment activities are aligned with the broader early careers strategy, global best practices, and local market needs.

About you

Experience /Soft and technical skills

In this role, you will support the Early Career strategy, following are pre-requisites for the role:

• Significant expertise in supporting early talent hiring, with strong focus on local/global employment market dynamics, experience of same in GBS (Global Business Services) organizations will be an added advantage.

• Project Management skills and ability to drive results, demonstrating a strong business acumen with an understanding of how Early Talent strategy impacts the business.

• Demonstrated skills around good judgement, and ability to effectively interface with employees and leaders at all levels within the firm.

• Effective time management and organizational skills, proven ability to prioritize while simultaneously managing numerous projects/processes often under tight deadlines.

• Excellent communication, presentation skills in English.

• You have a bachelor’s degree.

Why should you consider this role?

• You will be part of a truly diverse cross-cultural team and have impact on a global scale.

• You will get an opportunity to develop or strengthen your Talent, HR expertise that could benefit you to a wider role in TA/HR (should that be your preferred career path)

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

• Be a part of a dynamic and collaborative global team, influencing and shaping recruitment and sourcing strategies across the organization.  

• Drive innovation and implement cutting-edge recruitment and sourcing technologies/ methodologies to attract top talent in a competitive market.  

• Make a real impact on Sanofi's mission by connecting the best talent with opportunities to improve people's lives. 

 Why choose us? 

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

• Be a part of a dynamic and collaborative global team, influencing and shaping recruitment and sourcing strategies across the organization. 

• Drive innovation and implement cutting-edge recruitment and sourcing technologies/ methodologies to attract top talent in a competitive market. 

• Make a real impact on Sanofi's mission by connecting the best talent with opportunities to improve people's lives.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary. 

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s 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, or gender identity.  

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!