Global Talent Skills Lead

<h1><b>Global Talent Skills Lead</b></h1><p></p><ul><li>Location: Netherlands, Spain, France, Hungary, India</li><li><span>Job type: Permanent, Full time</span></li><li><span>Hybrid working model</span>- at least 3 days per week onsite</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><b>About the job</b></p><p></p><p>Sanofi is a leading global healthcare company going through a significant transformation. We are on a journey to attract and develop top diverse talent to join our mission to bring innovation to more and more patients around the world.</p><p></p><p>The Skills Intelligence Lead for Talent Acquisition is a strategic role focused on embedding skills-based practices into the end-to-end hiring process. You will lead the design and deployment of skills intelligence to enhance sourcing strategies, improve candidate-job matching, and support data-driven hiring decisions. This role is critical in helping the organization attract and hire talent aligned with current and future business needs.</p><p></p><p><b>Main responsibilities:</b></p><p></p><p><i>Skills-Based Sourcing &amp; Skills Market Intelligence</i></p><ul><li>Design, deploy and improve ways of working for Talent teams against Sanofi’s skills framework. Ensuring discipline and reliance when recruiters and sourcers create/use talent pools during proactive and reactive sourcing use cases.</li><li>Share the key employee skills insights identified by GBU/GFs to Talent Acquisition Operations and Talent Intelligence teams to partner for a future workforce strategy.</li><li>Partner with employer branding to position the organisation effectively in skills-scarce markets.</li></ul><p></p><p><i>Job Architecture &amp; Skills Taxonomy Alignment</i></p><ul><li>Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and strategic workforce planning teams to ensure jobs reflect critical and emerging skills.</li><li>Maintain alignment between job roles and a standardized skills taxonomy to support consistent hiring practices.</li><li>Support the development of skills-based job templates and interview guides.</li></ul><p></p><p><i>Candidate Matching &amp; Screening Optimization</i></p><ul><li>Leverage AI tools and platforms to enhance candidate-job matching based on skills profiles.</li><li>Partner with TA operations to integrate skills intelligence practices into ATS and CRM systems (Workday, Beamery, etc.).</li><li>Recommend improvements to screening criteria to reduce bias and improve quality of hire.</li><li>Participate to Sanofi implementation of future external candidates’ assessment capabilities (practices, providers, technologies) to ensure a skills first approach is taken.</li></ul><p></p><p><i>Hiring Strategy &amp; Workforce Planning Support</i></p><ul><li>Educate hiring managers and recruiters with skills-based talent insights and narrative to inform requisition planning.</li><li>Identify future skill needs based on business growth and transformation initiatives and inform the Talent Acquisition communities.</li><li>Contribute to strategic workforce planning by highlighting critical skill gaps and talent risks.</li></ul><p></p><p><i>Metrics, Reporting &amp; Continuous Improvement</i></p><ul><li>Close collaborate with People Insights to develop dashboards and reports to track skills-based hiring metrics (e.g., time-to-fill by skill, skill match rate).</li><li>Monitor the effectiveness of skills-based sourcing and selection strategies.</li><li>Continuously refine skills intelligence practices based on feedback and evolving business needs.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>About you</b> </p><ul><li>Bachelor’s or master’s degree in HR, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field.</li><li>5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, workforce analytics, or HR technology.</li><li>Strong understanding of skills taxonomies (e.g., ESCO, O*NET) and labor market data sources.</li><li>Experience with ATS/CRM (e.g. Workday, Beamery) systems and skills intelligence platforms (e.g. SkyHive).</li><li>Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau).</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><b>Why choose us?</b></p><ul><li>At Sanofi, we believe in continuous learning and development. We encourage innovative thinking and welcome fresh ideas for process improvements and system optimizations.</li><li>An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team</li><li>An individual and well-structured introduction and training when you onboard</li><li>You can create your own career path within Sanofi. Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully</li><li>As a globally successful and constantly growing company, Sanofi provides international career paths as well</li></ul><ul><li>We offer a dynamic work environment where your contributions will have a direct impact.</li><li>Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or in