Patrimonial Security & HSE Head

Job Title: Patrimonial Security & HSE Head

• Location: Mexico City, Mexico

• Work model: Hybrid

About the Job:

Corporate Security is composed of a network of 110 professionals distributed around the world. We support patient safety and business performance by increasing Sanofi's resilience against various security threats and risks, and we contribute to Sanofi's obligation to operate within the relevant legal frameworks. Our scope covers all prevention and protection activities against potential deliberate malicious acts, as well as the consequences of unintentional actions or events. Global Security recruits, develops, and retains professional talent with the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to fulfill the Security mission with the appropriate level of competence, in line with international professional standards.

The Mexico Security & HSE Head reports to the Latam and Brazil Security Head and is based in Mexico City. Their missions are carried out in coordination with the Latam Security Region and the global Centers of Excellence (CoE).

In their country, the Security Head is responsible for protecting Sanofi's employees, information, sites, patients, products, and assets, and supports the company's resilience program by implementing crisis and business continuity plans (BCP). They are also responsible for Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) programs, ensuring compliance with Sanofi's requirements and regulations in coordination with the Global Health, Safety, and Environment Department.

Ready to push the boundaries of what is possible? Join Sanofi in one of our corporate functions and you will be able to play a vital role in the performance of our entire business, while contributing to making an impact on millions of people around the world.

About Sanofi:

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

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess risks, identify threats, propose mitigation measures, guide stakeholders, and provide incident response.

• Ensure the implementation of Global Security Standards through awareness, monitoring, and feedback to the Regional Security Head.

• Promote Sanofi's security culture through training and communication, and advise and support stakeholders in Mexico.

• Build and maintain relationships of trust with key stakeholders throughout the area.

• Ensure compliance with local and global regulations and criminal procedures; verify the competence and compliance of suppliers.

• Participate in external initiatives and maintain cooperative relationships with law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, private contractors, and diplomatic representatives.

• Support sensitive business projects through intelligence gathering and investigations.

• Visit remote sites to assess the readiness of security operations and ensure that regulatory requirements and compliance standards are implemented effectively.

• Responsible for leading the country's comprehensive security strategy, including protection of people, assets, products, and information, crisis management, event security, business continuity, and compliance with Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) standards, ensuring risk mitigation and the protection of operations.

• Ensures the identification and assessment of physical, operational, and geopolitical risks, driving prevention, response, and organizational resilience plans. Coordinates protection initiatives for employees, travelers, and strategic sites, as well as awareness and security culture programs. Additionally, leads incident and crisis preparation and response, promoting compliance with corporate and regulatory standards to protect people, assets, and business continuity.

About You

Experience:

• Extensive experience in security leadership, with a solid professional track record in corporate security operations, law enforcement, or military organizations, including at least 10 years in a senior corporate security position.

• Proven experience in investigations, risk management, and crisis response, including overseeing major investigations that led to the dismantling and prosecution of criminal networks, as well as handling life-threatening situations, such as death threats, kidnappings, and hostage-taking incidents.

• Strong operational security capabilities, including the planning, organization, and execution of security operations, supported by deep knowledge of security systems, principles, and relevant legal frameworks.

Soft and Technical Skills:

• Excellent communication, influence, and decision-making skills, with the ability to exercise sound judgment, assess risks effectively, and make high-level decisions, even in hostile or high-pressure environments.

• Demonstrated experience in people leadership, successfully managing Security and HSE teams through a leadership style based on trust, active listening, delegation, accountability, and performance management.

• Strategic and adaptable mindset, capable of identifying operational problems, opportunities, and risks; making risk-based decisions; adopting innovation while remaining pragmatic; and performing effectively in ambiguous and fast-changing environments.

• Collaborative and purpose-driven leadership approach, inspiring trust through empathy and authenticity, leveraging individual strengths, empowering teams, fostering strong relationships and networks, encouraging new ways of working, and ensuring that decisions are made with patients, customers, business priorities, and Sanofi values in mind, while being willing to travel internationally on short notice.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree completed (Required)

Languages:

• Spanish (fluent)

• English (upper-intermediate level)

Why Choose Us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive and future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to develop your talent and drive your career, whether through a promotion or a lateral move, locally or internationally.

• Enjoy a well-designed and thoughtful benefits package that recognizes your contribution and boosts your impact.

• Make your work count by supporting a company that brings life-changing treatments to millions of people, and that is committed to doing the right thing for patients, communities, and the planet.

• Drive progress from within by helping to simplify, scale, and modernize the way a global biopharmaceutical company delivers smarter, faster, and more sustainable solutions.

• Support science, medicine, and operations teams by building better systems, shaping bold strategies, and facilitating innovation at high speed.

Pursue Progress. Discover the Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and enter a new era of science - where your growth can be as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to go further, think faster, and do what has never been done before.

You will help push boundaries, challenge conventions, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to pursue the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's pursue Progress and Discover the 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!

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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 !