Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning
Bridgewater, New JerseyCambridge, Massachusetts Permanent Posted on Dec. 12, 2024 Closing on Mar. 01, 2025
Job title: Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning
Location: Bridgewater, NJ
About the Job
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.
Sanofi is an emerging leader in immunology, poised to transform medicine by rebalancing the immune responses that cause systemic, chronic diseases. We’re building on the success of Dupixent® in atopic dermatitis and asthma and developing new solutions for people with debilitating immuno-dermatological, rheumatic, respiratory, and gastrointestinal diseases in addition to our proven expertise in vaccines, general medicines, and consumer healthcare.
Sanofi is on an ambitious transformation journey to become the world’s leading immunology biopharma. The second chapter of our Play to Win journey is about modernizing our commercial operations with a keen sense of urgency and putting in place the right preparations for our exciting pipeline.
Reporting to the Global Head of People & Culture Strategy & Portfolio, this highly visible position is responsible for executing enterprise-wide strategic workforce planning in partnership with organizational development incumbents across the GBUs and GFs. The incumbent will establish and monitor strategic workforce plans that define and enable Sanofi’s journey towards establishing competitive advantage through key organizational capabilities. The incumbent will also work in close partnership with the Global Head of Capability Operations to ensure work is aligned with skills and capabilities taxonomies and technologies.
The incumbent will be strategic, deeply knowledgeable about people & culture (human resources), organizational development, strategic workforce planning methodology, process, implementation, and monitoring. Previous experience in global, regional, and country roles is highly preferred.
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. Ready to get started?
Main Responsibilities:
Partner with business leaders to understand their strategic goals and translate them into actionable workforce plans
Develop and implement strategic workforce plans to align with the company’s long-term ambitions, financial plans/budgets, pipeline, and competitive forces
Analyze workforce data and trends to forecast future workforce needs and identify gaps.
Leverage existing Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) methodology and continue to improve the methodology and steps for simplification and efficiency
Collaborate with Heads of Organization Development in the GBUs/GFs to establish credible strategic workforce plans and accurately project supply/demand and the build of iterative organizations that will help us reach our 2030 ambition
Lead the integration of SWP with other COEs i.e., Talent & Learning on skills, talent management, demand planning, succession pipeline utilization to ensure a full end to end view of strategic workforce planning
Identify and partner with key stakeholders to mitigate risks related to workforce planning, including skill shortages and talent pipeline issues
Partner with the Global Head of Organization Design and Global Head of Organization Change & Readiness to develop strong end to end implementation plans that are connected to overall corporate goals and transformations
Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of workforce planning initiatives
Leverage the usage of existing technology to drive SWP in partnership with the P&C Technology Strategy team
Develop SWP capabilities in the broader People & Culture (P&C) community e.g., People Business Partners to ensure the work and decisions are being taken as close as possible to the right business leaders
Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices in workforce planning and incorporate them into the company’s strategy
Travel: 10-15%
About You
Minimum of 10 years of experience with proven experience leading strategic workforce planning initiatives including demonstrated experience of leading organizations through iterative models towards end state organizations
Experience with leading cross-functional and global teams including leadership through influence
A blend of consulting and in-house/industry work experience preferred
Highly knowledgeable in organizational design methodologies and tools
Proven ability to influence at all levels of the organization including senior leadership teams
Clear communicatory and storyteller including via PowerPoint/slides production
Experienced or open to learn about technology, AI, and a data-driven decision maker; experience with organization modelling tools a plus
Bachelor’s degree in business, psychology, or human resources ideal; advanced degrees in industrial/organizational psychology a plus
Experience or project work across multiple industries preferable including life sciences, manufacturing, sales, etc.
Fluent in English; French is a plus
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
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.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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