Senior Specialist, Digital SC Technical Product Management

Job Description

The Opportunity

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

As a Digital Supply Chain Business Analyst/Product Analyst, you will work as a member of the Digital Manufacturing Division team in our global IT hub in Hyderabad. You will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and solving complex business problems related to manufacturing and supply chain by You will collaborate with business stakeholders and determine analytical capabilities that will enable the creation of Insights-focused solutions that align to business needs and ensure that delivery of these solutions meet quality requirements. You will receive training to achieve this, and you will be amazed at the diversity of opportunities to develop your potential and grow professionally.

Primary job responsibilities/activities include:
As a Business Analyst/Product Analyst (BA/PA), the candidate would be responsible for delivery of technical capabilities involving but not limited to Machine Learning, Natural Language Processor, Supply Chain Network Modeling, Agentic Solutions, Self-Heal etc.thus, enabling maturity in the Control Tower.
•The candidate would build strong domain expertise for Supply Chain products and help mature capabilities. Serves as a technology and subject matter expert on End-To-End(e2e) supply chain process and related business processes like forecasting New Product Introduction, Sales and Operations planning, Supply Chain Network optimization, production execution, life cycle management etc.
•The candidate will develop business cases to support feature/functionality concepts and obtain stakeholder support from internal audiences through effective oral and written presentations.
•Throughout the process from ideation through deployment, the candidate will collaborate with design, business and technical team leaders to identify interdependencies, define, and document requirements thus facilitating robust product delivery.
•As a member of the Enterprise Orchestration (EO) product line, the BA/PA establishes the technical capabilities working with various digital teams. Once the capability is established,it will help manage the backlog and guide the SteadyState team to deliver requirements thus enhancing the overall EO capabilities.
•Results-orientation with the proven ability and reputation for developing plans and implementing them successfully.
•Create documentation for the solutions you create, enhance and support in line with System Development Lifecycle company standards
•Test IT solutions functionalities and analytical capabilities with the business use cases, train the users and document the results
• Perform systems analysis and design on supply chain projects and programs
• Participate in evaluations and proof of concept activities.

Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelor's degree in business, information systems or related discipline.
Required Experience and Skills:
• At least 3 years’ experience working as an IT Business or Technical Analyst
. 3+ years delivery of information technology (IT) services and solutions, with an emphasis on innovation
•Experienced in using agile methods to bring new solutions though experimental/Proof of   Concept (POC) stages and subsequent Minimum Viable Product (MVP), scale up and industrialization.
•Demonstrated ability to collaborate, communicate, supervise and coach across cultures,    organizational levels and disciplines.
•Demonstrated success in building strong relationships across siloes with client organizations and with technology centers
•Proven leadership and people management skills are preferred, along with excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovation.
• Ability to work in a global, multi-cultural, English-speaking environment
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a globally dispersed team.
• Self-starter requiring minimal supervision Demonstrated poise, confidence and professional maturity to interface with mid-level executives
•Familiarity with implementation of analytical systems supporting supply chain management an advantage.
• Ability to work with US and EU work hours with necessary overlap.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

.Knowledge of supply chain planning, distribution and logistics, commercial operations, order to-cash, finance, and production operations and the integrations points across these functions.
•Strong leadership skills, technical knowledge, and the ability to effectively articulate and communicate findings and recommendations with business partners & business technology clients.
• 8+ years of experience in Supply Chain Projects and/or Deployment experience
• Experience with ERP or supply chain planning systems

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation. 

Who we are: 

For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for:

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

05/7/2026

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