General Medicines
Where bold ideas and groundbreaking science shape
the future
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Planning and Performance Lead
At a glance
With us, you’ll break new ground across a growing and diverse portfolio – from established medicines that millions rely on to pioneering breakthroughs in immunology and chronic disease care. Imagine the scale: your work will help deliver treatments to people around the world who live with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and complications arising from transplant.
Fueled by groundbreaking advances in technology, we are accelerating innovation and expanding access faster than ever. If you’re ready to push boundaries, embrace the power of AI and digital tools, and shape the future of healthcare, this is where your ambition meets impact.
Job title: Planning and Performance Lead, Medical Tower, BO
Location: Hyderabad
% of travel expected: as required per business need – minimal (not exceeding 10%)
Job type: Permanent, Full time
Our Team
Our ambition: To deliver best-in-class enterprise services enabling Sanofi to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Sanofi has been building the foundations of enterprise services over the past few years. With the creation of the global business unit Business Operations two years ago, we have elevated our commitment to innovation and excellence.
An expert leadership team, passionate about leading high performance. We are building for the long term. We bring people together – many of them in our four hub locations around the world - which simplify processes, break down barriers and modernize the way we work in Sanofi.
Our critical success factors:
We have identified three key drivers:
1. Community - Building a vibrant team that will attract and engage talent, with four global hubs.
2. Excellence - Simplifying, standardizing and continuously improving processes to capture synergies, scale effects and productivity improvements.
3. Digitalisation - Enabling transparency, data-driven decision-making support, agility and rapid innovation across Sanofi's entire value chain.
About the job
The Planning & Performance Lead will drive planning and performance reporting activities across the organization, transforming complex financial and operational data into actionable insights. This role requires strong financial acumen, the ability to extract and manipulate data from multiple systems, expert ability to translate complex datasets into clear, intuitive dashboards and visual stories, and exceptional communication abilities to influence senior leaders. The ideal candidate is both detail‑oriented and strategically minded—someone who can dive deep into data while keeping sight of the broader business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Performance Management
- Support planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasting, monthly performance reviews).
- Consolidate and analyse financial and operational KPIs; prepare performance summaries for leadership teams.
- Deliver insights that drive operational excellence and resource optimization.
- Own performance review data reporting
Data Analysis & Insights
- Extract, clean, and synthesize data from dashboards, financial systems, and enterprise tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SAP, Workday, or similar platforms).
- Conduct deep‑dive analysis to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and operational inefficiencies.
- Develop models and analytical frameworks to support strategic decision‑making.
- Translate complex findings into clear, compelling narratives for executive‑level audiences
Dashboard & Reporting Development
- Design, build, and maintain dashboards and automated reporting tools that improve transparency and data accessibility.
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of all dashboards and analytics deliverables.
- Partner with IT, Finance, and Business Operations to integrate new data sources and enhance analytics architecture.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a strategic partner to Finance, Strategy, and Operational Excellence teams.
- Lead conversations with stakeholders to understand business needs and convert them into analytics solutions.
- Present insights clearly to senior leadership, influencing decisions with data-backed recommendations.
Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve data quality, and enhance reporting capabilities.
- Promote data literacy across the organization.
About you
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Analytics, Economics, Data Science, or related field (MBA preferred)
Experience:
- 9+ of experience in years of experience in financial analysis, strategic planning, FP&A, or data analytics
- Strong understanding of financial statements, planning cycles, and performance metrics.
- Ability to simplify complex datasets into executive‑ready insights.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and senior stakeholder management skills.
Technical & Analytical Capabilities
- Advanced proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Tableau), Excel, and data extraction techniques.
- Familiarity with SQL, Python, or other data manipulation languages
- Strong aptitude in assessing data, and delivering data driven insights in communications and presentations
Communication and Leadership Skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to lead stakeholder interaction, workshops, and executive-level briefings.
- Excellent knowledge of the English language (spoken and written)
- Experience in a global or matrixed organization
Pursue Progress, discover Extraordinary
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.
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!
Pursue Progress. 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.
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Why work with us
- Do the never done before. We push the boundaries of what’s possible: expanding access, accelerating innovation, and finding new ways to improve everyday health for millions.
- Drive the transformation. We’re leading the shift to AI-powered healthcare, using digital tools to reinvent how medicines are developed, manufactured, and delivered worldwide.
- Deliver at scale. Our reach is unmatched—we bring trusted treatments to millions worldwide, ensuring broad access and real-world impact at every stage of care.
- Make an impact that matters. From tackling global health challenges to advancing sustainable, inclusive healthcare, everything we do is driven by purpose.
Who ignites your potential?
For Sam, it was her mom—teaching her to listen, push boundaries, and put patients first. At Sanofi, we know your inspiration drives your impact. Bring your passion, and together, we’ll chase the miracles of science.
"Each disease, each country, each person brings opportunities that challenge us to push the boundaries, to think of better ways to look at healthcare and pioneer new possibilities."
Olivier Charmeil
Executive Vice President, General Medicines
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