Global Head of Organization Design and Effectiveness

Job Title: Global Head of Organization Design and Effectiveness

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 developing the organization design capability and leading a team of internal consultants to execute organization design and effectiveness projects at the enterprise level. The incumbent will partner closely with the Corporate Strategy team including the Transformation Office to execute projects and initiatives in support of our business growth and ambition.

The incumbent will be strategic, deeply knowledgeable about people & culture (human resources), organizational development (including organization design, effectiveness and optimization, restructuring, people M&A, culture and leadership/team effectiveness, continuous improvement, and implementation. Previous experience in global, regional, and country roles is highly preferred including experience with organization implementation encompassing social relations.

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:

• Lead and develop a team of internal consultants to deliver organization design and effectiveness capability to the organization including enterprise or global business unit/function (GBU/GF) stakeholders for large-scale transformations, projects, and initiatives

• Lead the development and implementation of organization design strategies across Sanofi, ensuring alignment with business goals and cultural values

• Collaborate with senior leaders and serve as an expert resource on organization design and a challenger/sparring partner to drive to optimal outcomes that will drive business impact

• Lead the organization workstream on transformation projects including organization design, implications, restructuring plans, and leading multi-country implementations inclusive of partnering with country P&C on social processes, where needed

• Partner with geography or GBU/GF P&C business partners to ensure smooth implementation of organizational changes

• Develop our internal organization design capability for People & Culture including development of guides, playbooks, methodology, etc. and support the upskilling of our P&C community where needed

• Co-lead a network of Organization Development Heads in the GBUs/GFs (with the Head of Organization Change & Readiness) to activate and embed projects, initiatives, methodologies, etc.

• Stay current of industry and innovative organization design practices; share and incorporate them into Sanofi’s methodologies and practices, as appropriate

About You

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a mix of organization design, culture transformation, change management, and transformation implementation

• Experience leading organization/people implementation workstreams in transformation projects

• Experience with leading cross-functional and global teams including leadership through influence

• Consulting experienced required; 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 le