Job Description

Job title Head, HSSE

• Location: Verna, Goa
• Hiring Manager: Site Head, Goa Plant

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main responsibilities:

• Leadership & Site Safety: Oversee all aspects of site safety, including risk assessments, mitigation planning, safety training programs and compliance with corporate and legal standards. Lead local HSE emergency response, HSE crisis management activities and HSE operational activities at the Goa site including site security operations.
• HSE Systems Management: Build and maintain the site’s HSE management system to ensure full compliance with Sanofi requirements & processes, adoption and adherence to Sanofi Digital Core model.
• HSE Event Management Capture all HSE events, ensure full investigations and mitigations, reporting (injuries, pollution, PSE etc.) and prevention of any recurring events.
• HSE Governance Framework: Establish and maintain a robust HSE governance framework across the site.
• Continuous Improvement :Define and drive the site's HSE continuous improvement plan, aligned with site-specific risks and the global HSE roadmap. Lead regular HSE management reviews at site level and with senior management and global HSE teams.
• HSE Culture Champion: Lead and promote a proactive HSE culture through targeted training, education, and engagement programs for employees and contractors. Provide in-depth HSE knowledge, expertise, coaching to all the employees and contractors at the site in order to integrate HSE as a key performance lever
• Compliance, Audits & External Representation: Ensure the site’s compliance to all relevant HSE and security regulations and standards (state and central). Act as the primary HSE contact for regulatory authorities and statutory/certification bodies. Participate in inspections and audits as required
• People Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of HSE professionals, providing guidance, support, and growth opportunities. Identify and develop HSE champions across the site.Drive effective workforce planning and succession management within the HSE function.
• Site Security: Oversee the Security team, plan and deploy site security governance, including organization, processes, systems, threat assessments, risk identification for the protection of people, assets, and products at the site.

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or pharmacy, or a master’s degree in science
• Certification or Diploma in Industrial Safety, preferably from a State Technical Board
• Minimum 12 years of experience in the HSE domain within the Pharma, FMCG, or Manufacturing industry
• Proven track record in team development, stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience in cross-functional roles (e.g., Production, Operational Excellence, Engineering, Security) is an added advantage

Technical Skills·

• Strong knowledge of HSE management systems, regulatory frameworks, matrix management and project management·
• Advanced proficiency in Occupational Hygiene, Safety, Environmental Management, Product Stewardship and Security·
• Expert knowledge of hazardous waste management, environmental compliance, applicable legal rules, CPCB/SPCB guidelines, HAZOP methodologies, and risk management.
• Knowledge of OSHA requirements would be an added advantage. ·
• Good understanding of emerging technologies and digital/data analytics tools

Leadership & Soft Skills·

• Advanced communication, strategic thinking, change management and problem-solving skills·
• Strong influencing, coaching and stakeholder engagement capabilities·
• Inclusive leadership style with direct and transversal management experience·
• Ability to drive transformation and elevate HSE performance across the site.

Why Choose us?

• Shape the future of medicine and vaccine delivery with cutting-edge technology, ensuring seamless launches and a resilient global supply.

• Power industry-leading performance by leveraging digital, data, and AI-driven innovation – at speed and scale.

• Transform lives worldwide by delivering life-changing treatments anywhere, anytime.

• Grow, thrive, and make an impact in a workplace that empowers you to bring your best self every day, with pride.

• Work with AI, robotics, and next-gen automation to redefine global manufacturing and supply.

• Be part of world-first initiatives like our Modulus factory, smart factories, and AI-driven supply chain solutions.

• Help deliver 30+ new product launches by 2030, ensuring patients get treatments faster than ever.

• Develop new skills, explore cross-functional roles, and work in an environment that values growth and discovery.

• Every year, we distribute over 4 billion units of medicines and vaccines, ensuring people worldwide receive the treatments they trust.

• Be part of an organization that invests in people, technology, and sustainability, leading the industry in low-carbon manufacturing and digital transformation.

• Enjoy outstanding benefits, including flexible working options, comprehensive healthcare, and well-being programs designed to help you thrive.

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.

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.

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