Product Line Manager - Payroll, Time & Absence

 

Location: Barcelona, Spain , maximum of 50% remote, 30% travel to be expectedJob type: Permanent Full-Time position

 

Our Team

Our ambition: deliver best-in-class enterprise services enabling Sanofi to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Sanofi has been building the foundations of enterprise services over the past few years. With the creation of the global business unit Business Operations in 4Q 2023, we have elevated our commitment to innovation and excellence.
Business Operations plays a key role for Sanofi in modernizing the way we work.

 

An expert leadership team, passionate about process excellence, leading with high performance. We are building for the long term. We bring people together – many of them in our hub locations around the world - which simplify processes, break down barriers and rapidly cross-fertilise the best ideas across Sanofi. 

 

Our critical success factors

We have identified three key drivers:

Community - Building a vibrant team that attracts and engages talentExcellence - Simplifying, standardizing and continuously improving processes to capture synergies, scale effects and productivity improvementsDigitalisation - Enabling transparency, data-driven decision-making support, agility and rapid innovation across Sanofi's entire value chain

 

About the job

Reporting to the Head of Digital P&C and People Services, this global position oversees the digital configuration, integration, and strategy for time, attendance, absence, and payroll-related systems. The role is accountable for the end-to-end process and system design for time management and payroll interfaces, ensuring compliance with global standards while supporting local operational needs.

 Key responsibilities

Product Management Leadership: Lead the global product management team for time, attendance, absence, and payroll integration systems, ensuring system reliability and process optimizationWorkday Expertise: Manage the configuration of Workday’s time and absence modules. Ensure global consistency while meeting specific country-level compliance requirementsCore Model and Payroll Interfaces: Own the design and governance of the core model for integration between Workday and local payroll/time tracking systems. Manage exceptions and ensure consistent interface operationsStrategic Roadmap Delivery: Develop and execute a long-term roadmap for payroll and time systems, anticipating compliance, operational, and efficiency needsEnd-to-End Process Design: Oversee global process design for absence, time tracking, and payroll integration to ensure streamlined and compliant workflowsStakeholder Engagement: Partner with Digital Products, P&C, People Services, and local HR and finance stakeholders to ensure systems support operational excellence and compliance

About you

 

Professional experience

Experience: At least 10 years of experience in HR technology or digital product management with 5+ years in payroll, time, and attendance systems leadershipTechnical Expertise: Strong knowledge of Workday time and absence configuration. Experience managing interfaces with local payroll systems is essentialLeadership and Collaboration: Proven ability to lead teams and collaborate with cross-functional global stakeholders across P&C, Finance, and ITStrategic Vision: Ability to build a strategic roadmap for time and payroll solutions while addressing local compliance and operational efficiencyCommunication: Excellent communication skills, especially with translating system capabilities to business audiences

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, HR, or a related fieldCertifications in Workday or payroll/time systems are preferredAgile Mindset and PracticesCompliance and Operational GovernanceDigital Product ManagementRisk and Issue Management

 

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and 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, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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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!