Summary
Sanofi is hiring an HSE and Workplace Experience Officer for its Riyadh site. The role covers facility inspections, compliance assessments, workplace safety programs, risk assessments, emergency drills, incident investigations, and HSE records. Applicants should have 1–3 years of HSE operational experience, a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, and an HSE Professional certification from Saudi HRSD. Fluency in Arabic and English is required.
The posting
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Job title: HSE-Workplace Experience Officer
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
About the job
As an HSE-Workplace Experience Officer within our Greater Gulf MCO team, you'll help ensure our Riyadh site and workplace operations stay safe, compliant, and running smoothly - through hands-on monitoring, inspections, and continuous improvement. Ready to get started?
Join the team that powers Sanofi from within — streamlining how we work, scaling bold ideas, and accelerating impact across the business. In our Hubs, you'll shape smarter, safer ways of working that help bring life-changing treatments to people everywhere.
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:
- Conduct facility inspections, audits, and compliance assessments to verify adherence to HSE management systems and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor compliance with operational control procedures, permits, licenses, and statutory obligations, including contractor and service provider adherence to HSE and workplace experience requirements.
- Coordinate and oversee workplace experience and HSE programs, including fire safety, emergency equipment, life-safety systems, training, and periodic reviews.
- Lead workplace risk assessments and follow up on corrective and preventive actions.
- Coordinate emergency preparedness programs, drills, and business continuity activities.
- Investigate facility-related incidents and non-conformities, working closely with the Workplace Experience team to keep the workplace safe at all times.
- Maintain HSE documentation, compliance records, and audit/inspection reports, liaising with landlords, vendors, and workplace teams as needed.
About you
- Experience: 1 - 3 year of experience in an HSE operational role, ideally within a corporate or site environment.
- Soft and technical skills: Solid understanding of HSE principles and regulatory frameworks; strong customer service orientation; excellent verbal reasoning and written communication skills; ability to work independently and liaise confidently with internal and external stakeholders.
- Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; HSE Professional certification from Saudi HRSD.
- Languages: Fluent in Arabic and English.
Why choose us?
- Work where global operations meet bold ambition — supporting critical functions that help bring life-changing treatments to patients faster.
- Accelerate your career through internal gigs, cross-functional moves, and international mobility designed to grow your impact.
- Own meaningful work from day one, with the freedom to shape smarter, safer solutions across our Riyadh site and beyond.
- Collaborate with curious minds across borders, functions, and cultures in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment.
- Thrive in a workplace designed for you — with flexible benefits that support your well-being, growth, and sense of belonging.
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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