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: Lead Consultant - SAP Analytics Cloud & Datasphere
Career Level: E
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to be part of a team that transforms business processes through innovation? At AstraZeneca, our Global Business Services – Process & Analytics Services capability is leading the charge in automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence. As a Senior Consultant in SAP Analytics Cloud & Datasphere, you'll drive analytical initiatives and empower data-driven decision-making acaross the organization. Join us in scaling our SAP analytics expertise and delivering best-in-class solutions!
Accountabilities:
Solution Design & Hands-on Implementation
Design and develop analytic applications, interactive dashboards, and KPI models using SAC and Datasphere for both import and live scenarios.
Demonstrate strong hands-on expertise with SAP Datasphere and SAP BDC in solution design and implementation, enhancing data utility and process automation.
Build scalable, secure, and governed data models within Datasphere to support advanced analytics and reporting needs.
Integrate SAC dashboards with Datasphere datasets to provide consistent, up-to-date analytics for end users.
Connect, model, and harmonize data from SAP and non-SAP sources within Datasphere, enabling cross-system analytics through SAC.
Design comprehensive reports with multiple tabs, queries, visualizations, and drill-down capabilities tailored to business requirements.
Customize SAC applications using JavaScript and other scripting languages; orchestrate data automation in Datasphere.
Champion standard methodologies in data visualization, user experience, and accessibility to drive solution adoption.
Continuously optimize dashboard and application performance, making enhancement recommendations and identifying bottlenecks.
Drive adoption of predictive scenarios, R-visualizations, and external libraries, creating immersive and insightful user experiences.
Team Management & Coordination
Coordinate with delivery teams, fostering collaboration and promoting high standards of performance. Lead junior developers across delivery lifecycle.
Mentor and coach junior team members, guiding their technical development and encouraging adoption of standard methodologies.
Provide technical mentorship and help enhance robust ways-of-working frameworks, ensuring software quality, accurate documentation, and efficient project delivery within agile and scrum environments.
Stakeholder Collaboration
Collaborate closely with business collaborators, product owners, and various business teams to capture requirements, establish clear expectations, and ensure collaborator engagement throughout delivery.
Experience collaborating with multi-functional teams to deliver integrated analytics solutions supporting end-to-end business processes.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Education & Experience
Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or a related field.
10–15 years of relevant experience, with at least 2–3 years as a Senior Consultant or in a comparable SAP SAC/Datasphere-focused role.
Technical Expertise
Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and delivering SAC solutions for reporting, including integration with SAP Datasphere.
Proven hands-on experience with SAP Datasphere and SAP BDC for data management, integration, and automation.
Expertise in SAC predictive functionality, Smart features, sophisticated story canvases, data blending, cross-calculations, input controls, and linked analysis.
Advanced skills in connecting SAC/Datasphere to SAP HANA and other external databases.
Proficiency in SAP Datasphere for developing unified, harmonized, and regulated data models to support enterprise analytics.
In-depth knowledge of data integration and ETL processes across SAC, Datasphere, and related analytics platforms.
Advanced coding and scripting abilities in SQL, Python, and JavaScript for dashboard customization and data automation.
Experience with SAC scripting for custom widgets, analytics applications, and automated data flows in Datasphere.
Team & Collaborator Management
Solid background in leading all aspects of team management, coordinating worksheets, managing delivery, and mentoring team members within agile environments.
Experience collaborating across various business teams to translate requirements into robust analytical solutions.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Understanding of SAP Finance and/or Operations processes (valued).
Certification in SAC Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Low-Code/No-Code Developer, or related (appreciated).
Good interpersonal skills, strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, and ability to thrive in an agile, dynamic environment.
Energetic, organized, and self-motivated approach to work.
Fluency in business English.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we fuel bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and adventurous world.
AstraZeneca offers significant work that impacts patients' lives globally. Here you can apply your skills to drive excellence and breakthroughs. Our dynamic environment encourages critical thinking and innovation as we introduce new solutions through automated processes. With a focus on digital transformation, we empower every function to run faster and more efficiently. Join us at this exciting time of growth through innovation!
Ready to make an impact? Apply now to join AstraZeneca's journey towards becoming a tech-enabled enterprise!
Date Posted
19-Dec-2025Closing 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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