SAP Analytics Platform Delivery Director

Job Title - SAP Analytics Platform Delivery Director

Career Level - F

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.

Drive the transformation of AstraZeneca s SAP analytics stack as an Engineering Leader, accelerating automation, DataOps, and DevOps capabilities. Lead a team to digitize processes like testing, deployment, and governance, delivering a world-class platform on Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud. Shape the vision, delight users, and redefine engineering excellence at scale.

We are looking for experienced engineering leader who can accelerate delivery of process automation, DataOps and DevOps capabilities on AstraZeneca s SAP analytics stack.

We want to build a world class analytics and AI stack on Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud. To do this we need to digitise and automate wherever possible, including: testing, deployment, documentation, self-serve capabilities, analytics governance processes, DataOps capabilities, DevOps capabilities, data ingestion, and more. You will run the team that builds out those capabilities. This means you are likely to have significant experience in cutting edge engineering frameworks, deployed at scale. This experience might come from the SAP world, or it might come from engineering on other platforms. Your roadmap of deliverables will come from your own vision for engineering on the platform and from product owners.

You will know you have been successful when: processes are automated; manual activities are minimised and users are delighted by the end-2-end UX. E.g. when a user can request analytics tooling and have access granted in minutes; or when a user can request access to data and have access granted in minutes; when redundant dashboards are archived; or when data pipeline health is transparent; or when design documents are available to all; when analytics releases are truly agile and automated.

We are open minded regarding your skills, experience and knowledge, as this is a broad role. This represents a significant and transformative shift for AstraZeneca, so if the idea of driving the transformation grabs your imagination, please apply.

Essential experience, skills and knowledge:

- Engineering leadership,

- Ability to set and drive a vision.

Desirable experience, skills and knowledge:

- Engineering at scale, especially: data warehousing, visualisation and AI,

- Agile delivery principles,

- CICD tooling and principles,

- Automated testing,

- SAP analytics (Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud),

- Digitising and automating analytics and data governance processes.

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.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.