Organization, Position, Workplace and Access Compliance Data Lead ​

Job title: Organization, Position, Workplace and Access Compliance Data Lead ​

• Location: Budapest
• Hiring Manager: Karolina Bulka
• Grade: L3

About the Job

Are you a Workday Position Management expert with a passion for data governance and organizational data excellence? Join Sanofi's People Services Data Governance and Master Data Management Team as the Organization, Positions, Workplace and Access Compliance Data Lead — the dedicated data governance and MDM authority for Position and Workplace data in Workday, the security and compliance model governing that data, and the enablement of a robust position data model in Sanofi's Snowflake data foundation.

In this role, you will be the data governance and MDM centre of expertise for how positions and workplaces are defined, standardized, maintained, and leveraged across Sanofi globally — with a particular focus on enabling strategic workforce planning through accurate, reliable, and AI-ready position data. You will partner closely with Global Process Owners (GPOs) who serve as the business data owners, alongside Strategic Workforce Planning teams, HR Transformation, Finance, Technology Strategy, and Data Analytics teams — contributing the data perspective to ensure that position and workplace data is accurate, compliant, AI-ready, and fit for purpose — including through complex organizational events such as mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

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

1. Position & Workplace Data Governance

• Define and enforce global data standards for position and workplace master data in Workday

• Partner with Global Process Owners to establish authoritative data models

• Govern change management and data access policies

2. Strategic Workforce Planning

• Enable workforce planning through accurate position and workplace data

• Ensure data integrity across planning dimensions (FTE, hierarchy, locations)

• Drive data quality initiatives for planning analytics

3. Security & Compliance

• Define data access policies and security classifications

• Ensure GDPR and privacy regulation compliance

• Conduct regular security reviews

4. Snowflake Data Foundation

• Design position data models in Snowflake

• Define data pipelines from Workday to Snowflake

• Ensure data quality for analytics and AI use cases

5. Organizational Design & M&A

• Support organizational design and M&A initiatives with data governance expertise

• Lead position data migration and integrity during organizational changes

6. AI Enablement & Data Quality

• Drive AI readiness and data quality strategies

• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of data quality issues

• Implement automated data validation

7. Team Leadership

• Lead team of 4 data governance specialists

• Manage stakeholder relationships across HR, Finance, Technology, and Legal

• Train Local Data Champions on governance standards

About You

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, master data management, or data governance roles in enterprise environments or leading data standardization and harmonization projects

• Deep, hands-on expertise in Workday Position Management — including position lifecycle, supervisory organizations, job profiles, FTE management, and organizational hierarchies — this is a non-negotiable core requirement

• Strong understanding of strategic workforce planning concepts, processes, and data requirements — including headcount forecasting, organizational design scenarios, and resource planning

• Strong understanding of the Workday security model and impact on data sharing agreements

• Experience with Workday workplace and location data management

• Experience enabling or consuming HR data in Snowflake or equivalent data foundation platforms

• Demonstrated success in team leadership and people management

• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures from a data governance and integration perspective

• Experience working with Global Process Owners and Technology Strategy teams in a data governance capacity

• Experience partnering with workforce planning or analytics teams on data requirements and data modeling

• Ability to work effectively in a partnering model — contributing data expertise while respecting business ownership and decision rights held by Global Process Owners

Technical Skills

• Workday Certification strongly preferred, particularly in HCM Core — Position Management expertise is essential

• Informatica Cloud Data Governance Catalog or similar data catalog platforms

• Snowflake Data Foundation — data modeling, data sharing, and consumption layer design

• GDPR and data privacy compliance in the context of HR and workforce data

• Data quality monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated validation approaches

Education

• Degree in Information Science, Data Management, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field

Core Competencies

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving

• Project management and prioritization

• Communication and stakeholder management

• Partnering and collaboration across global, cross-functional teams

• Data governance and MDM expertise

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

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