Talent Acquisition Partner-Early Careers

Location: Hyderabad

Job title: Talent Acquisition Partner-Early Careers, Talent Services

About the job

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We are also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible.

Sanofi ‘Hubs’ are where our key strategic business operations are hosted providing centralized services across Global Medical, Finance, People, Procurement, Digital, R&D and more.

Join Sanofi’s talent team and you can play a vital role in the performance of our entire business while helping to make an impact on millions around the world. The Early Careers Partner plays a vital role in attracting and securing top early career talent for Sanofi. This role supports key operational recruitment activities throughout the full recruitment lifecycle, focusing on high-volume recruitment for early career programs. The Early Careers partner is a champion for a positive candidate experience, leveraging sourcing expertise and a collaborative approach to build strong talent pipelines.

Our Ambition: deliver best-in-class enterprise services enabling Sanofi to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Our Vision: We deliver best-in-class enterprise solutions and be the catalyst for modernization and transformation, enabling Sanofi to chase the miracles of science. Hubs are synonym to GBS/GCC that is widely known in the industry.

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.

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Main responsibilities

Manage a large volume of early career requisitions, utilizing diverse sourcing channels (e.g., online platforms, university job boards, career fairs, social media) to identify and engage qualified candidates.

Conducting innovative campus engagement events, conceptualize and execute various engagement programs / models with the stakeholders in the campuses (Student community / Career Services office / faculty / alumni, etc) to position Sanofi as an employer of choice.

Consultant to Business for University Relations Assessing client needs, educating them on the campus landscape, and setting realistic expectations basis market intelligence gathered. Partner with the business to forecast the campus hiring needs for the year. Adapt to the dynamic on-campus environment and find creative solutions to unforeseen challenges.

Conduct efficient and effective initial candidate screenings, including resume reviews, phone/video interviews, and automated assessments, to identify candidate viability and build high-potential candidate pools.

Execute recruitment activities within the hub, ensuring alignment with Sanofi's global Early Careers recruitment strategy, processes, and best practices.

Ensure a positive and seamless candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey. Manage interview scheduling, coordinate logistics for assessments, and facilitate smooth onboarding activities. Communicate effectively and proactively with candidates, hiring managers, and stakeholders across different time zones being the main point of contact for those involved.

Engage in proactive sourcing of early career candidates as directed by the Early Careers Sourcing strategy, utilizing creative and innovative approaches to identify and attract top talent. Provide value-add recruiting advice to hiring managers to influence and persuade talent decisions.

Demonstrate proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and other HR technologies. Leverage these tools to optimize recruitment processes, track key metrics, generate reports, and ensure data accuracy and integrity.

Maintain a strong understanding of recruitment best practices and industry trends. Proactively seek opportunities to optimize recruitment outcomes at an operational level, contributing to the continuous improvement of early career recruitment processes.

Monitor industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to inform and adapt hub recruitment activities as needed from an Early Career lens.

Drive campus engagement and build relationships with select colleges/institutes across Hub countries in order to establish Sanofi as an employer of choice. Enhance the brand recall by maintaining a continuous connect with the institutes/colleges/universities.

Develop a strong external network to keep Sanofi on top of the list for the key campus placement administrators and academicians.

Flexibility to manage other projects across the end-to-end talent services line.

Partner closely with the global Talent Acquisition COE and Local Activation teams to ensure that early career recruitment activities are aligned with the broader early careers strategy, global best practices, and local market needs.

About You

In this role, you will support the Early Career strategy, following are pre-requisites for the role:

Significant expertise in supporting early talent hiring, with strong focus on local/global employment market dynamics, experience of same in GBS (Global Business Services) organizations will be an added advantage.

Bachelor's degree with 7-8 Recruiting experience in Campus placements

Project Management skills and ability to drive results, demonstrating a strong business acumen with an understanding of how Early Talent strategy impacts the business.

Demonstrated skills around good judgement, and ability to effectively interface with employees and leaders at all levels within the firm.

Effective time management and organizational skills, proven ability to prioritize while simultaneously managing numerous projects/processes often under tight deadlin