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: Senior Consultant – SAP ABAP HANA
GCL: D1
Introduction to role:
We are looking for a Senior Consultant with deep SAP ABAP on HANA and MDG expertise to help keep a complex global enterprise running at peak performance and support medicines reaching patients faster. This role sits at the heart of our digital transformation, where robust engineering and rapid problem solving keep critical processes flowing across continents.
You will join a senior technical team leading development, maintenance and new capability delivery across multiple SAP landscapes. From safeguarding master data quality to optimising performance in S/4HANA and ECC, your decisions will directly influence how efficiently we discover, make and supply life-changing medicines. We value people who can identify bottlenecks quickly, deliver scalable fixes and drive meaningful impact across our global enterprise!
Accountabilities:
Application Ownership and Reliability: Lead incident and problem management for complex SAP landscapes, restoring service quickly and preventing recurrence to protect business continuity.
Design and Development Leadership: Translate Functional and Technical Designs into robust build plans; author Technical Design and Testing documents that guide quality delivery.
MDG Engineering and Governance: Design and extend MDG data models, workflows and BRF+ logic; enforce data standards and replication patterns to keep master data accurate and trusted.
S/4HANA and Core ABAP Delivery: Build high‑performance RICEFW objects using ABAP, OO ABAP, CDS, AMDP and RAP; expose services via OData and REST to power modern UIs and integrations.
Integration at Scale: Engineer and maintain interfaces across S/4HANA, ECC and third‑party systems using DRF, IDoc, PI/PO, CPI, SLT and APIs; ensure resilient, observable data flows.
Quality Engineering and Testing: Define and complete unit, integration and regression testing; automate where possible to increase coverage and speed without sacrificing quality.
Release and Lifecycle Management: Prepare and deliver Support Packages and Enhancement Packs with Architects and Lead Consultants; handle changes via Solution Manager/ChaRM processes.
Performance and Optimization: Profile, tune and refactor code and data models to improve efficiency and stability; establish proactive measurements and dashboards for early warning.
Collaboration and Influence: Partner with Architects, Functional Leads and global teams; provide mentorship, code reviews and guidance that raise the engineering bar.
Continuous Improvement and Tooling: Identify and drive enhancements across ECC 6.0 EHP8, S/4HANA, PI, BW, EWM, GST, GBT, APO, ATTP, MDG, LSCV, SOLMAN, OMP, GST/Movilizer and third‑party systems; embrace AI‑enabled and digital tools in day‑to‑day work to improve outcomes and ways of working.
Crucial Skills/Experience:
SAP MDG: Data Modeling (MM, BP, FI), UI Modeling (FPM/MDC), Rule-based Workflows, BRF+, Derivations/Validations, Data Replication (SOA/ALE), DRF
MDG Domains: BP (Customer/Vendor), Material, Finance (GL/Cost Center/Profit Center)
Integration: SAP S/4HANA, ECC, DRF, IDoc, OData, PI/PO, CPI, SLT
Fiori/UI: MDG Fiori apps, OData services, CDS views, UI enhancements, BAdIs
Data Quality & Governance: Duplicate checks, Match & Merge, Validation frameworks, Data enrichment, Consolidation
Workflow & BRF+: Rule modeling, Determinations, Approval workflows, Notifications
Technical Extensions: BAdIs, USMD* APIs, User Exits, BADIs for validations and derivations
Programming: ABAP, CDS, OO ABAP, AMDP; performance tuning
Migration: MDG Consolidation, MDG Mass Processing, LSMW/SLT, ETL coordination
CORE ABAP (RICEFW) and S/4 HANA (CDS/AMDP/Developer Extensibility)
OData API, REST services, ADT Tools (Eclipse), UI5 and Fiori/BAS
Modification concepts (Enhancement Framework/BADI/User exits)
SAP Integration (API/IDOC/PI-proxy/Files/Other)
Conversions (LTMC/BDC)
Forms (Adobe Interactive Forms/Smart forms/SAP Scripts)
Workflow ABAP
RAP
HTML5/JavaScript (SAP UI5)
Should have completed at least 2 SAP implementations along with support experience.
Commit to deliver quality and have a thorough approach.
Exposure to Run SAP (Solution Manager) methodologies.
Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
Proactive approach to problem solving.
Experience working in a globally distributed team.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Good understanding of the Solution Manager CHARM/Jira process.
BW, ATTP, GBT and APO skills.
Preferably an Engineering qualification (B.E / B.Tech) or equivalence.
Exposure to AI assisted development tools would be preferred
SAP certification on HANA Programming or SAP NetWeaver Development Associate / Professional level.
Why AstraZeneca:
Join a global technology community where your engineering helps unlock science and gets medicines to patients sooner. We combine bold science with advanced platforms, bringing unexpected teams into the same room to spark new ideas and ship at scale. You will have the autonomy to experiment with leading tools, the support to learn continuously, and the opportunity to see your code ripple across manufacturing, supply and finance. We value kindness alongside ambition, and we champion practical innovation that simplifies, speeds up and sustains how we work—so every improvement you deliver makes a tangible difference beyond our walls.
Call to Action:
If you are ready to lead with code, elevate data quality at scale and turn complex SAP landscapes into a competitive advantage, step forward and help us deliver life‑changing impact faster!
Date Posted
29-Jul-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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