• Location: Budapest, Hungary
• Job type: Permanent, Full-time, Hybrid

About the job

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready? As a GM&E Hub Manager within our Global Meetings & Events, within the Procurement Services tower, you’ll lead a team of Events & Engagement Specialists and/or Analysts supporting internal and HCP-related events for a specific GBU/Geography as applicable. You will ensure operational excellence, team performance, stakeholder satisfaction, and compliance with Sanofi’s standards and global policies. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference while building a fulfilling and purpose-driven career. 

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re 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. 

Main responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Management: Lead, coach, and manage a team of 8-12 Event & Engagement Specialists/Analysts, ensuring efficient delivery of support services and compliance with defined standards and timelines
• Operational Supervision: Oversee day-to-day operations including planning, resource allocation, event coordination (meetings, congresses, advisory boards), and KPI adherence while serving as primary escalation point for operational issues
• Strategic Collaboration: Partner with In-country Leads to align team assignments, set goals and success metrics, monitor performance, and address productivity or quality concerns across geographies and business units
• Performance Management: Evaluate team member performance and potential, co-develop Individual Development Plans (IDPs), ensure equitable workload distribution, and coordinate leave approvals during peak periods
• Training & Development: Provide comprehensive onboarding, local training, and continuous learning opportunities on GM&E tools and systems to ensure team upskilling and role clarity
• Metrics & Reporting: Track project milestones, team KPIs, and delivery metrics while providing regular performance updates to Hub Leads, In-country Leads, and stakeholders through governance reviews
• Compliance & Quality Assurance: Ensure adherence to FMV principles, internal controls, and regulatory standards across all team deliverables while identifying process improvements and knowledge transfer opportunities
• Culture & Infrastructure: Foster positive team culture through collaboration and recognition initiatives, manage hybrid/on-site support logistics, and contribute to GM&E's transformation agenda through process improvements and tool adoption

About you

Experience:

• 7–10 years of relevant experience in Events/Project Management, preferably in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry. Preferably at least 2 years of experience in a people management or team lead capacity but not mandatory. Experience working in a matrix environment with regional or global stakeholders will be a plus. 

Skills:

• Soft Skills: Strong people management and coaching capabilities. Good communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to prioritize, manage ambiguity, and resolve issues proactively. Comfortable working across cultures and time zones 
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in MS Office, Teams, and SharePoint. Familiarity with event platforms like One CRM, Cvent, SpotMe, and other compliance tools is desirable. 

Education:

• Graduate or Postgraduate in Business, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or related fields, Project management or meetings/events certifications are a plus 

Languages:

• Fluent English, both written and verbal

Why choose us?

Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team

Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally

Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact

Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

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. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
 

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!