Company details

Paris, France

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Healthcare & Life Sciences

WEBSITE

https://www.sanofi.com/en

About the company

Sanofi is a global biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines and vaccines across areas such as immunology, rare diseases, neurology, oncology, and vaccines. Sanofi serves patients through prescription therapies and prevention, and works closely with health systems, clinicians, and research partners. Sanofi runs large manufacturing networks and R&D sites to take products from discovery through to scale production. Sanofi is headquartered in Paris and operates across many countries.

Locations and presence

Sanofi operates globally with dozens of manufacturing sites and multiple R&D facilities across countries, alongside commercial and corporate hubs. Sanofi references a Hybrid Work Policy and promotes flexible, hybrid working, but day-to-day expectations vary by team and role.

Palpable Score

75.1

/ 100

Sanofi offers several clear entry points for students and new graduates, including structured graduate rotations, long-form internships, and an international work-abroad route. Sanofi also publishes a readable recruitment process and backs early careers with training language and a well-specified total rewards package. What limits the score is outcomes transparency: public evidence includes positive intern experiences and progression stories, but Sanofi does not publish conversion, retention, or early-career progression metrics.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.2

/ 20

The company runs Global Graduate Programs including the Digitalents Program, described as a two-year rotational route for graduates.

Sanofi advertises multiple student entry routes at once, including Apprenticeships and Internships plus iMove (a work-abroad VIE program) with roles across 40+ countries.

The company publishes live internship search results through the main careers site, showing a steady flow of internship vacancies across locations and functions rather than sporadic junior hiring.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.9

/ 20

The company lays out the recruitment flow on a dedicated “Recruitment Process” page, including interviews (face-to-face, online, video, panel), decision-making, and an offer stage with pre-employment checks where applicable.

Sanofi provides practical candidate preparation guidance via interview and CV tips pages, setting expectations that applicants move from application screening into interviews when role requirements are met.

The company notes feedback only for successful candidates and does not publish typical timelines by stage, which makes it harder for early-career applicants to plan around waiting periods and follow-ups.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company describes internships and apprenticeships as structured learning experiences with seminars and coaching from professionals, plus in-person and virtual classes and “bespoke resources.”

Sanofi positions Digitalents and other graduate routes around group learning and personalized support as part of the program design, rather than leaving development entirely to local managers.

The company publishes a Career Development hub that describes an AI-enabled Career Hub used to connect employees to internal opportunities and mentors, which matters for early-career mobility after the first role.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

16.1

/ 20

The company includes explicit salary ranges on many United States job postings on the official careers site, which gives candidates a concrete pay anchor before interviews.

Sanofi publishes a global Rewards and Benefits overview that includes items such as a stock purchase plan, life insurance expressed as a multiple of base salary, retirement benefits, and wellbeing programs (including the “Cancer & Work” support program).

The company’s pay transparency is not consistent across all geographies and early-career listings, and many internship postings do not show pay ranges on the job page, so candidates often need to confirm compensation during the process.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.9

/ 20

The company publishes early-career progression stories where graduates describe moving from an internship into a two-year graduate program with multiple rotations across functions.

Sanofi has public intern feedback describing supportive teams and meaningful project ownership, which points to a good day-to-day experience for some early-career placements.

The company does not publish intern-to-full-time conversion rates, early-career retention, or typical time-to-promotion, and public VIE feedback includes claims that conversion to permanent roles can be rare, which adds uncertainty for applicants using iMove as a pathway.

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