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Security Manager Türkiye
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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: Security Manager Türkiye
- Location: Istanbul, Türkiye
About the job
The Country Security Manager is accountable for developing and implementing an effective strategy to assess and mitigate risks, maintain continuity of operations, and safeguard personnel, assets, products and intellectual property of Sanofi Türkiye from any hostile infringements of the Group’s interest.
Although the Country Security Manager is given broad responsibility to carry out the functions of the position, the core elements of corporate standards exist for People Protection, Asset Protection, Information Protection and the Fight against Counterfeiting. These core elements must be met along the lines detailed below.
Objective:
To provide a safe and secure work environment for personnel and operations around-the-clock in all Sanofi legal entities located in Türkiye.
Main responsibilities
- Advise the Corporate Security and the MCO Head periodically of on-going risks and vulnerabilities and mitigating measures to safeguard Sanofi operations in the cluster countries.
- Identify, develop, implement and maintain security processes, practices and policies at sites to eliminate risks, respond to incidents, and limit exposure and liability in all areas of information, financial, physical, personal, and reputational risk.
- Keep the CC informed of appropriate corporate security policies and general procedures authorized by the Corporate Security.
- Ensure that implementation of security operations are in strict compliance with effective laws and applicable local regulations.
- Propose written guidelines to orient all personnel on basic security and safety measures and organize briefings and practice drills as appropriate.
- Coordinate the functions of the site-security managers’ (and team) to ensure outcomes meet security and safety objectives.
- Establish and maintain cooperative partnership networks with the main external interlocutors (law enforcement, customs, among others) to reduce risks to security and maintain continuity of operations.
- Cooperate, as necessary, in mutual operations with other Country Security Partners.
- Provide timely risk assessments, reports of incidents, research papers, briefs and alerts to the Corporate Security.
About you
Skills, Experience & Knowledge requirements:
- Higher special professional education
- Previous law-enforcement experience and reliable links
- Documented work experience in the security field
- Experience in protection and security support, practices and trends in local and international settings
- Experience in protection and security support, physical security of the personnel, anti-counterfeiting activity and investigations, product protection, travel security, information protection, security of the company assets, crisis management, supply chain security, practices and trends in national and international settings
- Experience in the field of intellectual property protection and combating counterfeiting, conducting investigations related to counterfeiting of medicines
- Client orientation
- Ability to assimilate information and swiftly disseminate it
- Calm and reasoned approach, ability to prioritize and propose measures (preventive and corrective) adapted to his/her site(s)
- Ability to work as part of a professional network
- Influencing leadership through professionalism
- Rigour, discretion, relational capacity, proactive
- Conviction and leadership strengths to develop security culture on his/her site(s)
Languages: Advanced both verbal and written Turkish and English
Why choose us?
- 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.
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- 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.
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Olivier Charmeil
Executive Vice President, General Medicines
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