- Location: Budapest
- Hybrid working
This is an opportunity in our Global Talent Services function at Sanofi Hubs.
Global Talent Services is one of our key service lines in Hubs part of Chief Talent Office that helps provide E-2-E Talent Acquisition services globally to businesses spread across General Medicines, Specialty care, Vaccines, R&D, Manufacturing from Hubs across regions in proximity.
The Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist is responsible for identifying and engaging qualified talent to build talent pipelines aligned to Sanofi’s hiring needs. They will need to effectively partner with recruiters and hiring managers to proactively identify qualified talent for defined critical roles, acting as a first point of contact for recruiters. This role will be responsible to source for Europe region spanning across 10+ countries in managing the volume hiring needs. Across 2023/2024 or last few years average the consolidated hiring volumes in the region have been 6000+. This is subjected to growth as we expand our launches in the region. You will be responsible to hire the best talent for Sanofi and do this while providing world class candidate experience
Main responsibilities:
- You’ll be responsible for bringing the best talent to Sanofi. You’ll need to search for talent on various channels, engage with them, and evaluate their capabilities
- You’ll source for Key roles across the identified region – consistently maintain a healthy pipeline Maintains and engages with a pipeline of high-quality candidates for roles through various channels
- Part of your tasks will be supporting Sourcing lead in relationship management with staffing agencies, job boards and other channels
- To provide excellent support you’ll be able provide market mapping data in collaboration with our talent insights team and able to understand and present the data for our business leaders to influence hiring decisions
About you
You are a highly motivated and experienced recruitment professional with a proven track record of success in leading and managing global recruitment teams, operating within a global business services environment and building new capability in talent teams. You are passionate about delivering exceptional experience and are driven by a desire to continuously improve recruitment processes and outcomes. You are a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of the talent acquisition landscape and are adept at building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
Experience
As a successful a Talent Sourcer, you have:
- Exceptional record of sourcing preferably in the healthcare sector
- Ability to scan the market to identify key profiles
- Ability to engage with talent and keep them warm
- Experience working with a global Centre of Excellence and driving standardization across multiple locations
Soft and technical skills
- Exceptional communication and strong candidate and stakeholder management skills
- Negotiation skills
- Search and sourcing skills
- Deep understanding of recruitment best practices, processes, and technologies, including experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HR information systems.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and French
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team
- Be a part of a dynamic and collaborative global team, influencing and shaping recruitment and sourcing strategies across the organization
- Drive innovation and implement cutting-edge recruitment and sourcing technologies/ methodologies to attract top talent in a competitive market
- Make a real impact on Sanofi's mission by connecting the best talent with opportunities to improve people's lives
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Office of the Year 2025 – Evolution Award
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Marketing Diamond Award 2026 – Employer Branding
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The salary range for this position is :Ft9 120 000,00 - Ft12 160 000Final 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
- Proven track record of leading and managing global recruitment teams
- Experience sourcing talent, preferably in the healthcare or pharma sector
- Ability to scan the market and identify key profiles
- Experience managing high-volume hiring across multiple European countries
- Ability to engage with candidates and maintain talent pipelines
- Experience working with a global Centre of Excellence and driving standardization across locations
- Exceptional candidate and stakeholder management and communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Search and sourcing skills (Boolean search, outreach strategies)
- Deep understanding of recruitment best practices, processes, and technologies including ATS and HRIS
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and French
- Ability to produce and present market mapping data to business leaders
Sanofi Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sanofi and has not been reviewed or approved by Sanofi.
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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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