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( 2026)
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Sanofi Canada helps employees broaden their horizons
L
inda Santi appreciates
the focus Sanofi
Canada places on
fostering a positive
employee experience
and encouraging personal and
professional development.
After spending her two-decade
career at the pharmaceutical firm
within the finance department —
including as chief financial officer
— Santi had the opportunity to
move into her current role as head
of established products, general
medicine.
“When we talk about
development and allowing
people to own their career path
and encouraging people to make
bold moves, my experience is a
testament to how Sanofi fosters
that environment,” Santi says.
When the company
supports you in driving
your interests and your
career aspirations, it is
empowering.
— Linda Santi
Head of Established Products,
General Medicine
James Guy, Canada country
lead and general manager,
specialty care, says that career
development is a foundational
value at the global company.
“At Sanofi, our employees have
unique opportunities to grow their
careers, working across our diverse
business to innovate, collaborate
and drive real impact for patients
and the future of health care,”
Sanofi Canada is a top investor in research and development, and is dedicated to the future of health care.
he says.
When Santi realized she was
interested in the commercial
side of the business, she and her
manager geared her individual
development plan — something
each employee has — toward
reaching that goal. This included
a mix of on-the-job experience,
networking and structured
training.
Other career development tools
the company provides include
Sanofi U (which offers various
courses for improving skills)
and Explore More, a month of
global and local learning and
development events. Through the
Career Hub, employees can also
be matched with a mentor, career
opportunities and short-term gigs,
as well as personalized learning.
“You can reach out to people
who are experts in fields you are
interested in and connect with
them and then you can schedule
regular touchpoints and discuss
what you could do to develop your
career in the direction you’d like it
to go,” says Juliet Reed, who leads
a team responsible for cleaning
and sterilizing lab materials.
Reed started at Sanofi as a lab
technician 11 years ago. She says
her career development has been
continuously encouraged. “I had
the opportunity to shadow a lot
of really experienced people with
technical expertise, but also, as
the processes evolved from paper
and pen to a lot of automation and
software process control systems,
we got to participate directly in the
design and training plans for all
the new systems,” she says.
“All of these opportunities let
me develop transferable skills.
Instead of having a narrow focus
on certain day-to-day tasks, I
get to think more strategically
about outcomes for the company
and about career opportunities,
because you learn more about
yourself and what you need to
develop when you have your head
in a range of activities.”
Reed appreciates that Sanofi
supports advancement within
one’s field but also in new areas.
“You gain a sense of where
you’re happiest and what you
find the most fulfilling. There
are no barriers in terms of
hiring structures. It’s more about
personal skill development and
working on projects that overlap
