Senior Specialist, HANA developer, #HCGT 7190

The Opportunity 

• 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.  

• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.  

• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing 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 our company’s 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 

The HANA Sidecar Senior Specialist will play a key role in the design, development, and global rollout of SAP BI solutions. This role involves close collaboration with business stakeholders, functional teams, and external partners to deliver analytical and reporting solutions aligned with organizational standards and strategic goals. 

The incumbent will participate in end-to-end implementation activities, including requirements gathering, technical design, development, testing coordination, and post–go-live support. A strong focus will be placed on adhering to SDLC standards and lifecycle management processes while ensuring high-quality, scalable BI solutions are delivered to our most critical finance and corporate stakeholders. 

The role will also contribute to ongoing remediation initiatives related to the ECC to S/4HANA migration, working within a diverse, globally distributed team environment. This position requires strong technical leadership in S/4 HANA, working experience with HANA Sidecar, effective cross-functional collaboration skills, and a commitment to operational excellence and knowledge sharing. 

What will you do in this role: 

• Be part of implementation projects and contribute to rollout solutions globally. 

• Participate in requirements-gathering sessions for analytical and BI solutions together with senior team members. 

• Review functional specifications and identify standard vs. custom development needs. 

• Translate functional requirements into technical design with guidance, when needed. 

• Be responsible for development activities and coordinate selected tasks with external teams. 

• Support and help coordinate testing activities (SIT/UAT) with business teams. 

• Provide post-go-live and hyper care support and contribute to knowledge transfer sessions to support teams. 

• Follow the company’s lifecycle management processes and ensure adherence to SDLC standards. 

Currently the SAP BI team is working on remediation activities with regards to ECC to S/4HANA migration. You will work in a diverse environment and collaborate with colleagues from different locations. 

What should you have: 

Primary Skill: SAP BI Suite expertise, Strong HANA skills, Development experience ,Data engineering capabilities , Hands-on experience in data migration ,Strong core SAP knowledge 

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience. 

• 7+ years of project experience in SAP and HANA development. 

• Functional and business process knowledge of at least 1–2 SAP subject areas, focused on analytics. 

• Practical experience in requirements gathering and analysis for HANA Sidecar or Native HANA projects. 

• Good understanding of data modeling using calculation views, SQL Script, and HANA functions. 

• Hands-on experience building data flows (ADSOs, Transformations, Info Providers) and familiarity with mixed scenarios. 

• Knowledge of or interest in SAP Datasphere/BDC technologies is a plus. 

• Experience or exposure to S/4HANA migration topics impacting analytics and reporting is a plus. 

• Ability to work effectively within a cross-functional, multicultural team environment. 

• Very good communication skills and the ability to support multiple initiatives in a regulated pharma environment. 

It would be helpful if you have experience with any of the following: 

• SAP ABAP programming knowledge 

• SAP BOBJ reporting tools (Web Intelligence) 

• SAP Analytics Cloud 

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 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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