Global Program Management Office Lead

Job Description:

Location: Budapest, Hungary
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time, Hybrid

About the job

Our Team

As Program Management Office Lead for our Procurement Services Tower, you will drive end-to-end governance and execution of global transformation initiatives that simplify processes, optimize resources, and fuel business growth across our expanding Business Operations unit. Ready to make your move?
Join the team that supports Sanofi's operations from the inside - simplifying processes, scaling bold ideas, and driving performance across our global network. As part of our new Business Operations Business Unit, you'll be at the forefront of delivering best-in-class business support capabilities, bringing together teams from R&D, M&S, Corporate Functions and GBUs into new global Service Delivery Towers that enable transformation at enterprise scale.

About Sanofi

We are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: 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.

Main responsibilities
* Lead the global Procurement Services transformation roadmap, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and value realization targets
* Design and operate robust governance models with clear decision forums, escalation paths, and risk controls across matrixed teams
* Manage cross-functional dependencies to ensure business continuity during transformation and seamless coordination between delivery teams
* Establish sustainable operational governance with KPIs, performance management structures, and accountability models for post-transformation success
* Serve as senior advisor to functional leaders, fostering alignment and driving enterprise adoption of the One Procurement operating model
* Own strategic communications for transformation programs, ensuring complex narratives are communicated clearly and effectively
* Lead complex transformation initiatives in environments with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and evolving governance structures

About you

Experience:
* Proven track record leading large-scale, global transformation programs
* Experience operating in complex, matrixed, and multicultural environments
* Experience facilitating workshops, governance forums, and cross-functional decision-making processes
* Pharmaceutical or life sciences industry experience preferred
* Strategy consulting background advantageous

Technical and Soft Skills:
* Strong mastery of program and portfolio management methodologies, including experience with governance and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence
* Executive presence with ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment in environments where direct authority is limited
* Exceptional leadership skills to inspire cross-functional teams in international environments
* Highly structured thinking with the ability to create clarity and structure in ambiguous environments
* Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
* Resilient and comfortable navigating ambiguity
* Customer-centric and people-development oriented

Education:
* Relevant degree preferred
* Certification in Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, and/or Continuous Improvement advantageous

Languages:
* Fluent English

Why choose us?
* Work where global operations meet bold ambition - lead transformation initiatives that directly enable life-changing treatments to reach patients faster
* Accelerate your career through cross-functional collaboration, international exposure, and leadership of enterprise-scale programs
* Create value from day one - drive simplification, efficiency, and measurable business outcomes aligned to Sanofi's Take the Lead strategy
* Bring bold ideas to life with cutting-edge transformation methodologies, operational excellence frameworks, and global program management tools
* Collaborate with curious, open-minded colleagues across borders, functions, and cultures as part of our expanding Business Operations unit
* Find your place in a workspace designed for you - modern offices in Budapest, flexible working arrangements, and benefits that support your wellbeing and growth

If this opportunity aligns with your experience and career aspirations, click Apply and let's start the conversation!

Join an Award-Winning Team at Sanofi Budapest Hub!
Be part of something exceptional. Our Budapest Hub has been recognized for workplace excellence, innovation, and our commitment to putting people first.
Office of the Year 2025 - Evolution Award
Our most recent award - Sanofi is recognized for creating an innovative workspace that supports collaboration and adaptability.
Marketing Diamond Award 2026 - Employer Branding
One of the highest honours at Hungary's prestigious Marketing Diamond Awards, recognizing excellence in employer branding.
BSC Investor of the Year 2025
Awarded by HIPA, ABSL Hungary, and AmCham Hungary for our contribution to Hungary's business services sector.
PwC Workforce Preference Survey 2025 - Top 3 Most Attractive Employers
Ranked 3rd among the most attractive employers in Hungary.
Hungarian Employer Branding Awards 2025 - Gold & Silver
Best Strategic Employer Branding Campaign (Gold) and Best Employer Branding Campaign in the Pharma Sector (Silver).

Pursue progress. Discover extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science-where your progress can be as transformative as our work. We believe in you, support you, and give you the opportunity to go further, think faster, and achieve what you once thought impossible. With us, you can shape the future-ask questions, explore new paths, and find solutions that truly reach those who need them most. Ready to use the power of science to improve people's lives? Let's pursue progress together and discover the extraordinary!
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities for everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!
Discover our Code of Conduct, that serves as the moral compass that guides us when chasing the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Please ensure to have read this document, before applying.

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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!
The salary range for this position is :Ft19 360 000,00 - Ft29 040 000,00
Final 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