North America Learning Business Partner

Job Title: North America Learning Business Partner

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.

As a health journey partner, we, at Sanofi, are proud that our products can help to protect us and our loved ones from a wide range of severe infectious diseases, at every stage of life. To realize our Play to Win ambition, we need to enable our people to have the right learning at the right time to ensure they can do their job today and prepare themselves for the future.  The learning organization continues to evolve to a simpler organization with streamlined and consistent processes, resources, budget across Functions, Regions and GBUs.  Within this context, and as part of the wider Chief Learning Office agenda, the Sanofi learning function is responsible for learning governance, strategy, and design, as well as overseeing learner engagement, learning delivery (both physical and digital) and learning evaluation.  Together with the various key stakeholders in the Learning Institutes (LI’s) and GBUs, the focus of this Global Learning organization is to elevate all aspects of learning design and delivery end to end across our learning value chain and continue to build a best in class learning organization.

The North America Learning Business Partner –reports to the Head of North America Learning Experience (NALEX). In this position, you have the opportunity to unleash the potential of our colleagues across North America and help drive our Play to Win (PTW) culture.  This is accomplished through three primary roles:  Learning Business Partnering with Stakeholders, Program Management and Facilitation focused first on the Leadership Lab Core Global offer (including transversal leadership skill development) with potential for additional learning institutes partnerships. 

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:

Learning Business Partner

• Collaborates with the business and P&C community to assess people development needs and links needs/performance gaps to skills.  Identifies relevant, sustainable learning solutions linked to identified skills.

• Engages business leaders to leverage the appropriate internal Leadership Lab resources to drive consistency and limit unnecessary external spend. Connects business to other Learning Institutes as appropriate.

• Contributes to the design of local learning solutions if global solutions don’t already exist nor are in development. 

• Works with the Head of NALEX to inform global Leadership Lab of people development needs for North America.

Program Manager

Manages all aspects of assigned programs/learning journeys and supports teammates, as appropriate:

• Plans and implements Quarterly NA schedule based on anticipated demand.

• Ensures coverage of all scheduled sessions, securing facilitators for open enrolment programs as well as intact team sessions, including the management of external facilitators. 

• Manages facilitation pool for assigned programs to identify, certify, and track facilitators.   

• Increases awareness and utilization of programs through clear and timely communications and promotions.

• In partnership with department head, manages budget for assigned programs.

• Runs periodic iLearn audits to ensure accuracy of instructor-led programs in iLearn.

• Assesses training evaluation data for trends

• Contributes to global re-designs and enhancements of programs, applying Global learning standards.

• Oversees activities of external partner to ensure timely and high-quality session delivery management. 

Facilitator

• Facilitates Leadership upskilling open enrolment as well as intact team training sessions to the highest standard, serving as a role model to other facilitators.

Up to 25% business travel may be expected.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.

• Experience working with senior business stakeholders to influence and be a credible business partner at all levels within the organization.

• Experience with Adult Education methodology through work in a learning and development function and/or relevant business experience in the context of a matrixed organization.

• Understanding of 3E’s (Education, Exposure, Experience) and how to subscribe in both the development and learning setting.

• Proven communication and engagement skills with a well-developed ability to efficiently and productively communicate both verbally and in writing.

• Skilled at facilitation of global learning both virtually and in person;

• Proven track record in project management

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Applications for use in virtual as well as live Training including but not limited to TEAMs and PowerPoint

• Outstanding organizational skills, time management and dealing with conflicting priorities.

• Pharma experience required.

• Strong interpersonal skills (with demonstrated stakeholder management, conflict management / resolution in group dynamic)

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.

• Play an instrumental part in creating the North America Learning Strategy helping Sanofians with the right learning at the right time to drive their potential. 

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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