- Location: Hyderabad
At Sanofi, we are dedicated to transforming healthcare through innovation and
technology. Our digital initiatives focus on enhancing operational efficiency, improving patient outcomes and delivering best in class workplace experiences. We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Workday Security Expert to oversee and manage the security framework of our Workday system.
This role focuses on monitoring, auditing, and ensuring compliance with security policies while collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain a secure Workday environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Workday security principles and compliance standards but will not be directly responsible for system configuration.
Main responsibilities:
Access Management and Monitoring: Govern user access management to the Workday system, ensuring adherence to role-based access control (SOX) principles. Conduct regular reviews of user roles, permissions, and access levels to ensure compliance with organizational policies. Collaborate with People and
Culture and Digital teams to validate access requests, approvals, and terminations. Compliance and Audit Support: Prepare for internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and reports. Lead and conduct periodic security audits to identify potential risks or violations. Ensure compliance with regulatory standards such as GDPR, SOX.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Support: Partner with P&C, Digital, and other business units to address security-related concerns. Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on security requirements.
Reporting and Risk Analysis: Generate reports on user access trends, exceptions, and audit findings. Analyze security incidents or anomalies and recommend corrective actions.
Training and Documentation: Educate end-users on Workday security policies, best practices, and procedures. Maintain detailed documentation of security processes, audit findings, and compliance activities. User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Coordinate and facilitate UAT to ensure security configurations meet stakeholder expectations and requirements.
About you:
Experience: 5+ years of proven experience with Workday Security, 5+ years’ Experience supporting audits or compliance initiatives.
Technical Skills: Workday Security Pro certification is required. Familiarity with compliance standards such as GDPR, SOX.
Education: Master's degree in business administration, Information Technology, Human Resources, or a related field.
Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex situations and recommend effective solutions.
Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships
and work effectively within cross-functional teams.Languages: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of
conveying technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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.
Opportunity to work in an international environment, collaborating with diverse business teams and vendors, working in a dynamic team, and fully empowered to propose and implement innovative ideas.
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!
Skills Required
- 5+ years of proven experience with Workday Security
- 5+ years of experience supporting audits or compliance initiatives
- Workday Security Pro certification
- Familiarity with GDPR and SOX compliance standards
- Master's degree in business administration, information technology, human resources, or a related field
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Sanofi Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement support stands out through a notably strong 401K matching structure (e.g., 150% match up to a 6% contribution), which materially boosts total rewards for long-tenured employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support is positioned as unusually robust, including a global gender-neutral paid parental leave standard (14 weeks) and added supports such as childcare assistance and adoption/surrogacy/infertility help.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is made more accessible via an Employee Stock Purchase Plan that includes a meaningful purchase discount and matching/free-share mechanics, increasing perceived total compensation beyond base pay.
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What We Do
We are Sanofi, an innovative global healthcare company. We chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions. Interactions with this account must comply with the Terms: https://bit.ly/sanofi-terms







