Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Consultant - SAP Quality Management
GCL: C2
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to apply deep SAP Quality Management expertise to strengthen global quality processes that help deliver life-changing medicines faster and more reliably? We are looking for someone who can help shape how we design, operate, and evolve our SAP S/4HANA QM landscape to meet complex, regulated business needs at scale, directly impacting supply continuity for patients.
You will partner with business and technology teams to translate real-world pharmaceutical quality and manufacturing requirements into simple, scalable designs aligned to SAP standards. From batch management to integrations with LIMS and allied SAP modules, you will create solutions that enable right-first-time outcomes, trustworthy data, and compliant operations. We value people who can turn stringent GxP expectations into elegant Fiori-enabled user experiences that elevate performance.
Accountabilities:
Application Management Support: Lead incident, problem and service requests for QM, ensuring stability, clear SLAs, root-cause fixes and knowledge capture.
Solution Design and Delivery: Design global S/4HANA QM solutions and improvements that align to SAP standard, with clean configuration and robust documentation.
Process Design and Standardization: Facilitate process design with business partners to simplify, standardize and embed standards across sites and markets.
Integration and Data Integrity: Orchestrate integrations between QM and SAP PP, MM, SD, PM, EWM, as well as third-party LIMS, safeguarding end-to-end data quality.
Compliance and Validation: Build solutions that meet GxP and SOX requirements, deliver validation-ready documentation and pass audits without rework.
Migration and Modernization: Lead data migration activities and adoption of Fiori apps and S/4HANA capabilities to modernize user experience and reduce technical debt.
Collaboration: Communicate in business and technology language, balancing priorities, managing expectations and influencing decisions across global teams.
Continuous Improvement: Identify automation and simplification opportunities, champion metrics-driven improvements and promote AI-enabled ways of working.
Essential Skills/Experience:
SAP Certified in SAP S/4HANA Quality Management
SAP QM experience of 5+ years and with good exposure on Batch Management
Strong knowledge in QM Business process, configuration, and interface solutions between SAP and Third-Party Systems
Good knowledge on integration aspects and configuration dependencies with SAP PP, MM, SD, PM and EWM modules
Experience in working on Data Migration projects
Experience in S/4 technologies, QM configurations and Fiori Apps
Experience of Pharmaceutical supply chain business activities and the required business outcomes within the relevant capability area
Good understanding of GXP and SOX requirements. Should have working experience in a validated environment
Strong collaborator able to work across the program team, communicate in Business & IT terms and work independently
Worked in a hybrid environment with a mix of internal and external resources across geographical locations
Good Communication and Relationship Building skills with an ability to Influence others to achieve Objectives
Good Presentation skills and the ability to convey complex concepts to cross functional audiences
Engineering Graduate or Postgraduate from reputed University
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Knowledge in SAP BRH
Knowledge of non-SAP technologies in the relevant line of business e.g., LIMS like GLIMS / GQCLIMS / MODA-ES and QMS like GPQS
Awareness about SAP Activate, EML, Agile, JIRA, SAP Solution Manager, BPML & Testing Tools
Data Migration with S/4HANA Migration Cockpit
Why AstraZeneca:
Here you will use your craft to make a concrete difference for patients while advancing your career with modern technology. We bring diverse experts together, often around the same table, to spark bold ideas and build practical, scalable solutions. You will help drive a company-wide digital transformation backed by meaningful investment, working with leading platforms and data at enterprise scale. We combine ambition with care for each other, valuing kindness alongside rigorous standards. Expect hands-on collaboration in person several days a week, balanced with flexibility, and a culture that encourages experimentation, rapid learning and the smart use of AI and digital tools in everyday work.
Call to Action:
If you want your SAP QM expertise to shape global quality operations and speed vital medicines to patients, we’d love to hear from you. Step forward and make your impact!
Date Posted
29-May-2026Closing Date
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.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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