People Business Partner Greater Gulf

Job title: People Business Partner Greater Gulf

• Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

About the job

As People Business Partner Greater Gulf within our People and Culture Key Markets Team, you'll work in close partnership with business leaders to define strategies that drive business success while maintaining alignment with Sanofi's people strategy. Ready to get started?

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.

About Sanofi:

We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Main responsibilities:

• Act as strategic partner to MCO business leaders, coaching and advising on people agenda and business strategy through strategic planning activities

• Anticipate and identify business needs and challenges at MCO level, using data insights to advocate for business requirements

• Contribute to global strategic activities including workforce and succession planning, talent and leadership development, culture, and diversity & inclusion by providing market and MCO context

• Collaborate with Centers of Excellence to shape and tailor global solutions by providing MCO business context and ensuring business needs are met

• Support talent acquisition by providing local input for workforce requirements and partnering with TA teams for hiring of senior talent

• Drive talent management priorities in alignment with the North Star Talent Strategy, building manager capability in assessing potential and strengthening succession planning

• Coordinate and manage business and organizational changes including mergers, divestitures, and new business models in conjunction with other People Business Partners

• Promote Sanofi culture and diversity, equity & inclusion by driving programs and initiatives to increase engagement within the MCO

• Advise on employee relations matters and act as escalation point for high-profile cases

About you

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of HRBP experience, with multi-country experience or exposure through global projects or assignments preferred

• Soft and technical skills: Strong leadership and interpersonal abilities with proven experience in leadership development, compensation, employee relations, culture transformation, and change management; excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to make data-driven decisions; ability to build strong relationships at all levels and represent People & Culture externally

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; Master's degree preferred

• Languages: Fluent in English; Arabic proficiency preferred

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

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

• Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably

• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed

• Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions

• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition

• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what's next

• Partner directly with senior business leaders across the Greater Gulf region, influencing strategic decisions that shape the future of healthcare in the market

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what's never-been-done-before. You'll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!