Africa MCO L&D Lead - French Speaker

 About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

About the job

Job Purpose

The MCO Learning & Development Lead delivers high-quality, locally relevant learning programs tailored to specific market needs. They work in close collaboration with global teams to adapt and execute learning strategies, ensuring cultural relevance and regulatory alignment. The Local L&D Lead supports both the facilitation and operational aspects of training, acting as a bridge between global content and local execution. The MCO Local L&D Lead plays a key role for local product launches, onboarding & certification, and capability initiatives, translating business goals into impactful learning programs while meeting compliance and audit standards.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Qualified trainer who can deliver specific learning programs that are F2F (ILT) or virtual trainings (vILT) and certify customer facing employees

• Customizes learning programs to local requirements with support and in close collaboration with GLS, including adapting to local standards, norms and cultural aspects and overseeing translations

• Gathers local needs and compiles feedback to inform updates / content creation

• Accountable to ensure end-to-end training execution: facilitation of trainings and all logistics are properly arranged for each training session, including survey or attendance tracking when needed

• Ensures localization of onboarding and certification, workflows, glossaries, and style guides for consistency

• Supports and informs relevant stakeholders on new learning objects to keep our Global Customer Facing Resource Library relevant and updated

• Accountable to ensure training performance improvement and business impact. Reports and final KPIs standardized will be provided by Global Learning, corrective actions will be led locally.

• Engages with regional L&D teams, vendors, translators, and compliance/legal teams across countries

About you

Education: Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, or a related field

Basic Qualifications

• Experienced L&D Leader with hands-on experience similar role for French speaking country (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia...)
• Minimum relevant years of experience: 2-3 years in Commercial Health Care, and 6-8 years as L&D Expert
• Language: Fluent in French and English (spoken and written)
• Degree: Bachelor’s Business or relevant degree

• Cultural Competence: Understanding the local language and cultural norms

• Stakeholder Management: Partnering with stakeholders, vendors, and local teams

• Communication: Localizing onboarding materials and style guides

• Project Management: Manage training logistics and deployment plans

• Facilitation: Skilled in delivering engaging training sessions

• Technology Proficiency: Using learning platforms and tools effectively

Why choose us?

• • Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you can play a vital part in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world.
• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions — and is committed to doing right by patients, communities, and the planet.
• Drive progress from within by helping simplify, scale, and modernize how a global biopharma business delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainably.
• Support teams across science, medicine, and operations by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and enabling innovation at speed.
• Make an impact across borders and functions, collaborating with leaders to turn complex challenges into real-world solutions.
• Advance your career through stretch roles, cross-functional moves, and development opportunities designed to match your ambition.
• Thrive in inclusive, high-performing teams where every role matters and every voice helps shape what’s next

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 and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!