R&D Change Management Specialist

Job title: R&D Change Management Specialist

• Location: Hyderabad

About the job

Our Team:

Sanofi Global Hub (SGH) is an internal Sanofi resource organization based in India and is setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CHC, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions​.

Change Management Specialist

As a Change Management Specialist, you play a pivotal role in ensuring successful transformations and modernizations across the organization. The key focus is on the people side of change, preparing, supporting, and equipping employees to adopt and use changes related to business processes, systems, technology, job roles, and organizational structures across Sanofi R&D. He/she will be responsible for coordinating tasks with the R&D change specialist assistants when applicable.

Key responsibilities would include:

Develop and Implement Change Strategies:

• Leverage a structured methodology to create change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage of required changes utilizing the standard Sanofi Change Management playbook and approaches.

• Identify and engage key stakeholders, ensuring their buy-in and support throughout the change process

• Anticipate and minimize resistance from impacted employees and stakeholders.

Drive Adoption and Proficiency:

• Increase adoption, utilization, and proficiency with changes, ultimately enhancing benefit realization, ROI, and outcomes.

• Collaborate with senior leaders, executives, people managers, and project teams to integrate change management activities.

• Assess Impact and Support Communication: Conduct impact analyses and assess change readiness.

• Identify and monitor the adoption before and after go live

• Based on these metrics, develop action plans to mitigate resistance and enhance adoption

Support the execution of the change management plans

• Enable the design, development, delivery, and management of key communications and any other activities fostering adoption of the change. Pursue this support over an hypercare period to secure strong change adoption

Mitigate Risks and Ensure Preparedness:

• Assess and mitigate risks associated with change initiatives.

• Ensure employees are adequately prepared for upcoming changes.

Measure change management effectiveness:

• Monitor the effectiveness of change activities

report on progress and outcomes.

About you

• Experience: Experience in Change Management, Communications and/or Marketing, preferably in the pharmaceutical field is desired. Project management skills/experience is desired.

• Soft and technical skills:

  • A solid understanding of pharmaceutical processes, product development, and regulatory requirements.

  • Familiarity with drug development stages, clinical trials, and manufacturing processes.

  • Proficiency in change management principles, methodologies, and best practices.

  • Ability to assess the impact of changes on processes, systems, and personnel.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication to convey change-related information effectively.

  • Ability to engage stakeholders, manage expectations, and address concerns.

  • Strong problem-solving skills to evaluate proposed changes and their implications.

  • Capacity to identify risks, benefits, and potential obstacles.

  • Experience working cross-functionally with teams, including R&D, quality, and regulatory affairs.

  • Ability to influence and guide stakeholders toward successful change adoption.

  • Comfort with evolving processes and changing priorities during product development.

  • Agility to handle frequent adjustments and updates.

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent in Life Sciences, Business, Communication or a related field, Certification in change management (e.g., Prosci, ACMP) is a plus ; Familiarities with artificial intelligence would be a plus

• Languages: Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written in English. French and German are a plus.