Senior Manager, Boundary Systems & Dependencies Analyst - SAP

Job Description

Senior Manager, Boundary Systems & Dependencies Analyst - SAP

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 organization 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 Boundary Systems & Dependencies Analyst will support the integration strategy and dependency management between SAP S/4HANA and connected systems across Human Health and Animal Health business units. This role ensures seamless interoperability, minimizes disruption during migration, and maintains compliance with enterprise architecture standards. The position requires strong technical expertise, governance skills, and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams to ensure successful delivery of integration objectives.  

What will you do in this role: 

• Support the definition and maintenance of the integration strategy for boundary systems during the SAP S/4HANA migration.
• Assist in identifying, documenting, and managing dependencies between SAP and connected systems to ensure alignment with program timelines.
• Collaborate with architecture, data, and functional teams to validate integration requirements and support solution design.
• Monitor and report on dependency risks, escalate issues, and support mitigation plans as needed.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture and security standards for all integration points.
• Support testing and validation of boundary system integrations to ensure readiness for Day 1 operations.
• Assist in governance and oversight for third-party systems and tools interfacing with SAP S/4HANA.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in integration processes and dependency management practices.
• Work with architects to align on remediation and integration needs and associated prioritization.
• Collaborate with the testing team to make sure boundary and connected systems are fully accounted for in the end-to-end testing, and dependencies are taken into consideration in the test sequencing.

What should you have: 

• 5+ years of experience in system integration, ERP programs, or IT architecture support roles.
• Understanding of SAP S/4HANA architecture and integration frameworks.
• Experience supporting dependency management in large-scale ERP transformation programs.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with middleware, APIs, and data exchange protocols.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Certifications in SAP Integration, TOGAF, or related architecture frameworks.
• Experience in life sciences or regulated industries.
• Exposure to brownfield migration programs.
• Knowledge of testing strategies and automation tools for integration validation. 

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 lives, 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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Required Skills:

Measurement Analysis, Portfolio, Programme, and Project Support, Program Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Waterfall Model

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Job Posting End Date:

01/21/2026

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