Workday Optimization Programme Leader
- Location: Barcelona, Spain

About the role

As Workday Optimization Programme Leader within our Digital People & Culture (P&C;) and People Services team, you'll lead a multi-year, high-impact programme to optimise Sanofi's Workday platform — driving process excellence, data integrity, and AI-readiness across a integral organisation. This is a fixed-term role of approximately 24 months, operating at the heart of Sanofi's Leap strategy. You'll work alongside senior stakeholders, a Lead Workday Architect, a PMO Lead, and a third-party implementation partner to deliver measurable, lasting transformation.

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
- Lead the end-to-end functional Workday programme optimization, mobilizing cross-functional teams across People Services, Digital, Talent, Total Rewards, Workforce Planning, and HR Business Partners to deliver design, testing, and deployment waves on time and to plan.
- Own business outcomes and programme scope, ensuring deliverables, acceptance criteria, and milestones are clearly defined and met — managing change orders and preventing scope drift in close partnership with Procurement, Legal, and the PMO.
- Partner with the Lead Workday Architect, PMO, and a third-party implementation partner on configuration governance, integrated planning, risk management, and executive reporting — translating functional decisions into scalable platform design.
- Drive change management and adoption, leading

📌 Workday Optimization Programme Leader (Barcelona)
🏢 Sanofi
📍 Barcelona