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 MDG
Career Level: D1
Location: Chennai
Introduction to role:
This role offers the opportunity to shape enterprise master data so life-changing medicines reach patients faster, while strengthening SAP MDG capabilities that support decision-making across a global business.
Based in Chennai, you will join a high-impact technology team at the heart of our digital transformation. Your work will set the standards for how core data is governed, integrated and trusted across the enterprise—enabling speed, scale and quality in how we discover, develop and deliver medicines. You will lead with expertise, translate complex requirements into fit-to-standard solutions and help partners adopt innovative ways of working that endure.
Accountabilities:
Solution Design and Governance: Design comprehensive SAP MDG solutions that align to business outcomes, industry standards and compliance needs—creating scalable, maintainable foundations for enterprise data.
Configuration for Outcomes: Configure data models, workflows, validations, derivations and user interfaces to embed governance into day-to-day processes and deliver a clear, efficient user experience.
Enterprise Integration: Orchestrate seamless integrations between SAP MDG and S/4, ECC and non-SAP systems to ensure accuracy, consistency and timely data flow across functions and geographies.
Data Quality: Implement robust data quality rules and controls so critical master data is complete, consistent and analytics-ready from day one.
Testing and Reliability: Plan and implement functional and performance testing; partner with QA to rapidly identify, prioritize and resolve defects to ensure reliable releases.
Adoption and Change Leadership: Guide partners through change, from early engagement to post-implementation support, enabling confident use and sustained value.
Documentation and Enablement: Produce clear configuration documentation, customizations and user guides that accelerate onboarding and long-term maintainability.
Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Know the latest with SAP MDG advancements; identify and deliver process optimizations that simplify operations and reduce total cost of ownership.
AI-Enabled Approaches to Work: Embrace practical AI and digital tools to automate, analyze and improve everyday tasks, growing speed and quality of outcomes.
Partnership: Collaborate across business and technology teams to translate strategy into delivery, balancing global standards with local needs and driving measurable impact.
Essential Skills/Experience:
5 to 8 years of experience in SAP MDG implementation and customization.
Expertise in implementation of SAP MDG Solution for Customer, Vendor, Material and Finance master data.
Strong functional understanding of master data, integration aspects and ECC modules (MM & SOTC).
Proficient in Customer / Vendor integration (CVI) configuration set up.
Expertise in data modelling concepts, custom data model design and key mapping & value mapping concepts.
Proficiency in SAP integration techniques like IDOC, SOA, RFC, API’s and DRF.
Excel in BRF+, Validations & Derivations, enhancement spots & designing dynamic parallel workflows and MDG Data replications (DRF) concepts and its extensions.
Expert in FPM and UI modelling
Good knowledge in Data Quality management
Experience in Data Migrations and the ETL process
Expertise in MDG Consolidation and Mass processing configurations
Ability to analyse the complex requirements and provide Fit-to-Standard solution.
Superb communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with business partners and technical teams.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
SAP MDG Certification (S/4 Hana version).
Good knowledge in MDG Technical and debugging techniques
Experience in a hybrid environment with a mix of internal and external resources in multiple geographical locations.
Why AstraZeneca:
Here, technologists, scientists and data experts come together to solve problems that matter—accelerating how medicines move from idea to impact. We are investing boldly in modern platforms, data and ways of working, giving you the space to experiment with leading-edge technology while maintaining high standards and real-world outcomes. You will find unexpected teams in the same room unleashing bold thinking, supported by a culture that values kindness alongside ambition and transparency alongside pace. Your craft in master data will directly unlock scientific potential, simplify how the enterprise operates and ultimately help patients receive the treatments they need sooner.
Call to Action:
Bring your SAP MDG expertise to a stage where it powers science at scale—step forward to shape the data foundation that patients and colleagues will rely on for years to come!
Date Posted
29-Jun-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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