Location: Barcelona, Spain
The Data Senior Demand Manager for People & Culture serves as strategic leader and primary bridge between HR/P&C business stakeholders and Data & Digital delivery teams. This senior role shapes digital solutions, data capabilities, and technology initiatives supporting the P&C agenda while leading and developing direct reports. Owns end-to-end demand strategy for the P&C perimeter, building trusted partnerships at the highest levels P&C domain.
About Sanofi
Sanofi is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges, committed to chasing the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Our team across some 100 countries transforms the practice of medicine — providing life-changing treatments and life-saving vaccines to millions globally, with sustainability and social responsibility at the center of our ambitions. Our values — Aim Higher, Act for Patients, Be Bold, and Lead Together — guide everything we do.
Main responsibilities
1. Team Leadership & Development
Lead by example, taking part in executing day-to-day intake operations and stakeholder relationships
Foster high-performance culture grounded in Sanofi values
2. Data Demand Intake & Management
Define and own strategic framework for demand intake across full Procurement perimeter
Personally lead demand intake for complex, high-impact, or senior-level requests
Maintain comprehensive demand pipeline with full visibility across all stakeholders
Coordinate actions between Snowflake and Visualization teams
3. Business Partnership & Relationship Management
Build strategic relationships with P&C leaders and senior stakeholders at executive level
Proactively engage to anticipate strategic priorities and emerging needs
Translate complex business needs into actionable requirements with Data Translator
Foster collaborative environment across organizational boundaries
4. Demand Assessment & Prioritization
Lead and govern prioritization framework for full P&C demand portfolio, managing senior-level prioritization discussions with structured recommendations
Challenge and refine requests, assessing risk and impacts to ensure clarity and alignment with organizational goals
Ensure Demand Manager applies consistent criteria and escalates appropriately
5. Portfolio & Pipeline Management
Define portfolio health metrics, KPIs, and reporting standards
Identify systemic bottlenecks and resolve structural issues
Ensure strategic alignment between pipeline, capacity, and organizational priorities
6. Stakeholder Communication & Governance
Lead demand review meetings, governance forums, and steering committees and executive communication
Manage senior stakeholder expectations with full transparency
Represent Data & Insights Excellence in cross-functional leadership forums
7. Continuous Improvement & Strategic Development
Define roadmap for continuous improvement
Stay current with industry trends of market
About You
Education
Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, or related field
Master's degree strongly preferred
Experience
Proven people management experience with 2–3 direct reports minimum
Familiarity with Agile methodologies
Skills & Competencies
Strategic Leadership
People Management
Data & Technical Fluency in data, BI, AI
Business Acumen on P&C process
Stakeholder Management
Communication verbal/written in English
Process Management
Tools & Systems like ServiceNow, Jira
What We Offer
Senior leadership role shaping Sanofi's P&C Data and HR digital journey
Collaborative environment with cutting-edge HR technologies and people analytics platforms
Direct exposure to senior/executive leadership with strategic influence over P&C initiatives
Work with diverse, talented teams across multiple countries and cultures
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Pursue progress, discover extraordinaryBetter 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.
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The salary range for this position is :€59.600,00 - €79.467Final compensation will be determined based on demonstrated experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, or related field
- Master's degree strongly preferred
- Proven people management experience with 2-3 direct reports minimum
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies
- Strategic leadership skills
- People management skills
- Technical fluency in data, BI, AI
- Business acumen on P&C process
- Stakeholder management skills
- Strong verbal/written communication skills in English
- Process management skills
- Experience with tools and systems like ServiceNow and Jira
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
