R&D Change Management Specialist
Sanofi Group
**_Job title:_** **Change Management Specialist**
+ **_Location: Hyderabad, India_**
**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 work closely with R&D Change Management Experts to support on lower impact projects with a main focus on creation of materials.
Key responsibilities would include:
+ Develop and Implement Change Strategies for lower impact projects:
+ 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.
+ Prepare and partner for the execution of the change management plans:
+ Work closely with R&D Change Management Leads to plan and support as needed
+ Partner with various R&D functions for strategic discussions on change management
+ Creation of communications; business presentations; structured emails; word documents for change management initiatives
+ Present and communicate creative material with clarity, effectively selling ideas to a variety of internal stakeholders
+ Engage with global 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.
+ Write/re-write and edit content to improve readability or collaborate with others to perform this work.
+ Enable the design, development, delivery, and management of key communications and any other activities fostering adoption of the change. Pursue this support over an hyper care 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. Content creation and editorial within an agency setting is desired. Project management skills/experience is desired.
+ Proficient in content creation and editorial which includes (but not limited too): professional communications; emails; powerpoints & slide design; presentation script preparation; word document support.
+ Demonstrated ability to be flexible and open to constructive feedback on content or delivery is required.
+ Strong sense of creativity – especially written flare and visual appeal is preferred.
+ Understanding of 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.
+ 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, Marketing 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.**
+ **Pursue** _Progress_ . **Discover** _Extraordinary_ . 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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s 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, or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !
**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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !
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