SAP Analytics Delivery Director

Job Title - SAP Analytics Delivery Director

Career Level - G

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.

AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science.   In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way.  The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large-scale transformation programme – Axial.

The Axial Programme will be powered by S/4HANA a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will be implemented right across the organisation and will provide our business with standardised processes, enhanced financial management, common data and real time reporting, transforming the way we work through our entire supply chain - from bench to patient.

The new system will be used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes.  This is a once in a generation programme for AstraZeneca and will shape our ways of working globally for many years to come.

The Axial programme needs the best talent to work in it.  Whether it’s the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout.  We are aiming to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company.  This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefit of our employees, customers and patients.

Drive the future of data and AI at AstraZeneca as the SAP Analytics and AI Governance Lead. Shape a cutting-edge governance framework, ensure compliance, and automate processes to uphold analytics quality and integrity. Collaborate with experts, manage AI risks, and align innovation with business goals in a dynamic, transformative environment.

We are looking for experienced analytics leader who can lead delivery of a transformative roadmap of analytics and AI requirements on AstraZeneca’s Axial program. The Axial program is delivering the migration from seven legacy SAP ECC systems onto S/4 HANA. The scale of Axial is significant: 1,500 processes across finance and operations are being re-engineered, impacting 20,000+ users.

You will be building and leading a large team of analytics specialists and business analysts. Your team will be building and running re-useable analytics and data products across all Finance and Operations process areas. The team will be working almost exclusively in the SAP analytics stack (Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud). The team will be both customer and product focused; structured around business processes. You will also be accountable for a small team of AI specialists, who will investigate and scale out the AI capabilities of the new SAP analytics stack.

You should have significant experience of data warehousing and engineering leadership. Ideally you would have some experience of SAP and analytics on the SAP stack.

Essential experience, skills and knowledge:

• Engineering leadership at scale.

Desirable experience, skills and knowledge:

• Knowledge of data, analytics, and AI delivery,
• Data warehouse engineering,
• SAP data structures,
• SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud,
• Finance and Operations processes,
• Working in a regulated environment,
• MLOps/AIOps.

Why AstraZeneca?

At Astrazeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imaging yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and hope its yours
• If you’re curious to know more then we welcome your application no later than

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