Specialist Technical Project Management

Job Description

The Opportunity

Join a global biopharma company with a 130-year legacy and mission to achieve new milestones in healthcare. Be part of technology driven, data-led organization supporting a diversified portfolio of medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Work alongside passionate teams that use data, analytics and insights to drive decisions, and tackle some of the world’s greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers are globally distributed hubs that enable our digital transformation and business outcomes across IT. They bring together diverse teams to collaborate, share best practices, and deliver solutions that save and improve lives.

This role is based at our Hyderabad Tech Center and follows a hybrid working model (3 days onsite, 2 days remote). Candidates are expected to reside within commuting distance of the Hyderabad office.

Role Overview

Our company's Information Technology (IT) division partners with colleagues across the business to help serve our patients and customers around the world. Ours is a high-energy team of dynamic, innovative individuals dedicated to leveraging information and technology to efficiently drive revenue and productivity, thereby advancing our company's contribution to global medical innovation.

 

Enterprise IT (EIT) is an essential component of the current IT division that provides support to the Pharmaceutical Research and Development (R&D), Supply Chain (Manufacturing), Marketing (Human Health) organizations as well as Enabling Functions. The EIT SAP Platform Team is responsible for our company's SAP Global Template asset, delivering enterprise-level capabilities through harmonized business processes and data.  The team is responsible for the operation of all our company's SAP and integrated solutions, governance of the associated enterprise assets, and cost-effective delivery of capabilities to support achievement of immediate and future state business objectives.

 

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please specify to our Talent Acquisition team if you need any support during the application or hiring process. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, disability status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

 

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

 

In the EIT SAP Platform Team, the SAP Project Manager is responsible for leading the planning, execution, governance, and delivery of SAP initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives while managing scope, schedule, risks, resources, stakeholders, and project outcomes.

 

What should you have

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or related field
• 3-7 years of hands-on experience working in SAP.

Primary skills (must-have)

• Project management experience delivering medium-to-large IT/SAP projects.
• Basic understanding of SAP systems and business processes, with the ability to translate business requirements into project delivery activities and coordinate effectively across business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder and facilitation skills.
• Experience with planning, risk management, issue resolution and delivery tracking.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and cross-functional teams.
• Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, MS Project and Microsoft 365 tools.
• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches.

 

Secondary skills (nice to have)

• Experience with global SAP implementations.
• Pharmaceutical or regulated industry experience.
• Financial management and budgeting experience.
• Knowledge of Apptio or similar financial planning tools.
• Experience supporting S/4HANA transformation programs.

 

The role of SAP Project Manager includes (but is not limited to) the following responsibilities:

• Project Planning and Road-mapping: Develop and maintain roadmaps, ensuring teams are working towards shared objectives and deadlines.
• Managing project scope and priorities: work closely with stakeholders to define project requirements and prioritize tasks, ensuring that the team focuses on delivering the most valuable features first.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and impediments, assess their impact, and implement mitigation strategies to reduce project risks.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing updates on program status, risks, and changes while also gathering feedback and requirements.
• Monitoring project progress: track team velocity, monitor project metrics, and provide regular updates to stakeholders, enabling transparency and informed decision-making.
• Governance: manage project governance, prepare and facilitate steering committee meetings, escalate decisions and risks appropriately.
• Financial Management: Manage project budgets and forecasts. Track project financials and resource utilization.
• Resource & Vendor management: Coordinate project resources across teams and vendors. Support capacity planning and staffing activities.
• SAP Delivery: Coordinate requirements, design, testing, cutover and hypercare activities. Manage cross-functional SAP dependencies.
•  Experience within healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries.

 

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.

 

Required Skills:

JIRA Tool, Risk Management, SAP HANA, SAP Testing, Technical Project Management

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

10/16/2026

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