S/4 IT Business Analyst/Project Manager - Clinical Supply ICSM

Role Title: S/4 IT Business Analyst/Project Manager - Clinical Supply ICSM

Location: Chennai

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.

AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large-scale transformation programme – Axial.

The Axial Programme will be powered by S/4HANA a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will be implemented right across the organisation and will provide our business with standardised processes, enhanced financial management, common data and real time reporting, transforming the way we work through our entire supply chain - from bench to patient.

The new system will be used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This is a once in a generation programme for AstraZeneca and will shape our ways of working globally for many years to come.

The Axial programme needs the best talent to work in it. Whether it’s the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. We are aiming to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefit of our employees, customers and patients.

This blended position is primarily a Business Analysis role with supporting Project Management responsibilities within the Axial S/4HANA programme. You will be responsible for solution design for a defined capability area, such as Clinical Supply, Finance, Operations, or Enabling Units, while supporting end-to-end delivery activities. You will drive fit-to-standard adoption of SAP best practices, ensure integrated architecture across domains, establish robust data and integration design, and maintain alignment with AstraZeneca compliance standards, while also contributing to planning, RAID, and governance to support delivery on time and within budget. The role requires comfort working in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, including SAP Activate.

As a key member of the wider SAP S/4HANA IT Design Team, you will help define the IT solution that enables our global standardised business processes.

This role will be aligned to a process within one of the Clinical Supply areas under the Enterprise Process Owner (EPO) domain. During the global process design phase, you will be accountable for the solution design and will act as the central point of coordination for defining the integrated solution. This includes ensuring alignment across business process definition, SAP solution design, and SAP data object definition.

Within your process area, you will ensure that the global standard solution is fully and accurately documented and tested in line with project standards, and you will represent and advocate for the design through the required governance forums. You will work closely with other IT Business Analysts, Product Managers, and specialists across the design team to make sure solutions are effectively integrated into the broader AstraZeneca global standard design. This will also involve collaboration with SMEs from external partners to ensure the AZ solution adopts standard, groundbreaking technology in support of the design.

You will also be an active contributor to the wider design forums across AstraZeneca, ensuring that the global standard design for your capability aligns with the strategic vision for both business and system architecture within your process area.

As the programme moves into the deployment phase, you will continue to play a pivotal role in ensuring that localisation requirements for individual functions are appropriately reflected in the solution while preserving the integrity of a fit-to-standard, best-practice design.

Throughout the programme, you will remain a key member of the design team and may lead a team of Business Analysts for your capability area. In this capacity, you will guide them in producing solution designs and project documentation, while using your experience and knowledge to help upskill the team in both SAP S/4HANA and the broader AstraZeneca application landscape.

What you’ll do

• Support the IT solution that underpins the global standard process design for your capability / lead area including any integrations

• Support the data team to ensure successful migration / creation of data objects that support the AZ global design across the application landscape

• Work closely with the business teams in the process design to ensure alignment with S/4HANA best practice and SAP standard functionality

• Understanding of SAP data objects and ability to map to applications interface is key

• Able to represent your process domain on senior internal and external forums as required in your capability domain and support setting the strategic direction contributing any solution/technology opportunities

• Track and ensure completion of deliverables across every phase of project from initiation to handover to support organization.

• Collaborate with vendors and internal partners(BTGs) to coordinate the integration of 3rd party applications with SAP S/4 HANA while ensuring adherence to AZ project delivery standards

• Foster a collaborative and positive team environment, promoting effective teamwork and knowledge sharing.

• Manage changes to project/programme scope, ensuring that all impacts and changes are approved and appropriately communicated to collaborators and review boards.

• Develop service transition plans including controlled hand-over into support and maintenance.

• Ensure the project team adheres to all standards including quality, and compliance, as well as processes, defined technical capabilities, and standard methodologies. Establish program governance and lead Decision Point reviews, member Steering Committee.

• Support continued development of a world-class centre of excellence for project management capabilities and ensure that standard methodology is adopted and reinforced.

• Ensure effective prioritisation of activities in line with the overall deployment strategy and project imperatives in alignment with Business Technology Group portfolios and BAU services

• Work with the AZ Architecture teams to ensure that the solution and data design align with the strategic view for IT applications

• Work with the Integration teams to ensure effective delivery of data integration across the IT landscape

• Document and test the solution design in accordance with AZ compliance standards

• Report on status of activity to plan and manage RAID items in your area, rolling up to the Enterprise domain

• Champion the design for your capability through the appropriate governance forums

Essential for the role

• Understanding of pharmaceutical supply chain processes including warehousing and distribution for clinical purposes

• Consistent track record of delivering complex designs for a large business transformation project

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with a consistent record of handling partners across Business and IT and influencing key partner groups.

• SAP Data Proficiency: Solid understanding of SAP data models, table structures, and CDS views; ability to trace transactions from UI to underlying tables and document data lineage.

• Agree and deliver plans for projects / programmes (or contribution to a section of a larger project), including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities, and quality as defined in the IT Project Management Methodology.

• Strong organizational design skills and workshop preparation

• Knowledge of standard project tools like JIRA, Smartsheets, Solman and MS Office

• Adaptable approach balancing technical detail with agility in problem solving

• Handle project / programme budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, risks, organizational change, and status to support effective decisions and project reporting to collaborators and review boards. Coordinate status and delivery of project workstreams. Identify / manage dependencies between projects (intra-program and across portfolio).

• Work closely with global teams to understand project requirements, provide regular updates, and ensure seamless communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Desirable for the role

• Certification in specific SAP S/4HANA lines of business or willingness to complete such certification

• Worked in a hybrid environment with a mix of internal and external resources in multiple geographical locations

• S/4HANA implementation experience

• Knowledge of clinical supply processes

• Knowledge/experience of SAP Intelligent Clinical Supply Management

Why AstraZeneca?

At Astrazeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imaging yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? We have one seat available and hope its yours

• If you’re curious to know more then we welcome your application. Apply now!

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