People Business Partner Research and Development North America

As the People Business Partner for R&D NA you partner with business leaders to translate global R&D people strategies into local objectives. You drive talent management, workforce planning, and employee relations to support North America's R&D performance. You'll collaborate with global P&C and NA leadership to shape culture, DEI initiatives, and people priorities at scale. This role offers impact across a large R&D organization and a mission to improve health outcomes through people excellence.

• healthcare and wellness programs
• parential leave (14 weeks)
• competitive rewards package
• career growth opportunities
• flexible/hybrid work options
• inclusive, diverse workplace

• Drive talent agenda with business leaders, including talent reviews and succession for R&D roles up to L5 across NA
• Advise on execution of R&D business strategy in alignment with Global BPs and Sanofi NA P&C
• Manage employee relations with stakeholders and coordinate with People Excellence, People Services, and Legal
• Bring to life People & Culture agenda through coaching and influencing leadership across client groups
• Contribute to global Organisational Workforce Planning and SWP with country perspective
• Lead and support delivery of R&D People priorities in NA and coordinate in-country projects
• Develop people managers through key development activities and tools
• Leverage local people insights to drive initiatives and represent customer voice for global programs
• Promote DEI and culture in-country with legal and local culture considerations
• Encourage use of self-service tools and OneSupport
• Handle complex cases by exception
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with science, medicine, and operations teams

• University Degree in Business Administration, HR Management, Labor Law, Psychology or comparable
• Fluent in English
• 10-15 years of P&C experience
• Strong experience in performance, reward, talent acquisition, development, and succession planning
• Strong business orientation and commercially minded
• Agility in a globally integrated operating model with leadership teams
• Ability to scope, plan and implement P&C projects with change management
• Experience in organizational design and development (e.g., Space to Lead)
• Knowledge of US labor law
• Structured, independent working style with collaboration and resilience

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Influencing and coaching
• Strategic thinking with local execution
• P&C digital tools for talent management and succession
• Change management methodologies
• People analytics and workforce planning tools