SAP Data lead

Job Description

· Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
· Led an Organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that supports a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
· Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be the leaders who have a passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, which will allow us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. AN integral part of the IT operating model, Tech centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each tech center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview 

Working for our Animal Health IT, The SAP Data Lead will be responsible for overseeing the data-related activities and projects of the AH IT EPM organization.   This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish, document and sustain a data governance strategy for the Animal Health Atlas SAP systems.  The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data management and data quality. 

 What will you do in this role: 

• Collaborate with the business partners, stream leads and governance members to establish data governance strategies. 

• Establish and implement proper data ownership of Atlas SAP data to sustain both project and operational activities.

• Identify global and local ownership of data elements.

• Collaborate with governance to determine authorization to data elements.

• Collaborate with business partners and other stakeholders to determine and document critical data fields. 

• Collaborate to establish way of working around the approval and documentation required when changes are made which include critical data fields. 

What Should you have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in Data Management with at least 2 of those years in a pharmaceutical or regulated industry.

• Experience with SAP ECC, SAP MDG and SAP S4

• Strong understand of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP, GxP)

• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including design patterns, scalability, security and performance optimization

• Excellent project management skills with a track record of delivering projects on time and within budget. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. 

 
Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.   

Who we are:
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.


What we look for:
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

02/24/2025

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