Manager, OTH6 - Release Management Analyst

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,50,000 - 6,75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare biopharma company in Hyderabad is seeking a Release Management Analyst to support its Governance and Change Management team for the ATLAS SAP system. The ideal candidate will coordinate testing and data loading processes, assist in writing user acceptance test scripts, and ensure compliance with documentation standards. Skills in communication, control monitoring, and IT risk assessments are essential. Join a company dedicated to innovative health solutions and making a global impact.

Qualifications

• Experience as a document reviewer and tester or test writer.
• Demonstrate communication skills and eye for detail.
• Possess a quality mindset and project manager skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Governance and Change management for the ATLAS SAP system.
• Coordinate testing and data loading process for software releases.
• Conduct interviews for acceptance test scripts and review technical documents.

Skills

Communication

Control Monitoring

Data Management

Information Security

IT Risk Assessments

IT Risk Governance

IT Risk Response and Reporting

Knowledge of regulations and frameworks

Marketing Resource Management (MRM)

Policy and process development

Release Management

Stakeholder Management

Team Management

Technical Advice

Time Management

Education

Knowledge of Good documentation practices, GMP regulations and SAP data process.

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

OTH6 - iSource Project Release Management Support to internal

Required Skills:

Communication, Control Monitoring, Data Management, Information Security, IT Risk Assessments, IT Risk Governance, IT Risk Response and Reporting, Knowledge of regulations and frameworks, Marketing Resource Management (MRM), Policy and process development, Release Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Management, Technical Advice, Time Management

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Release Management Analyst

Information Technology – AHIT EPM – Governance and Change Management

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 organisation 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

• The candidate will be part of the AHIT Technology team and will support the Governance and Change management team for the ATLAS SAP system in several areas related to computer system validation activities.

Test Coordination

• Support and coordinate with IT consultants, project managers and business representatives the testing for a release.

Below a list of primary activities, all related our global SAP system in use at Animal Health.

Activities during Quarterly releases:

• Write an Acceptance Test Plan
• Write an Acceptance Test Report.
• Planning and coordinating the test effort.
• Assist the testers in executing data tests and provide guidance on the proper writeup of test results, defect writeup and guidelines for good evidence gathering.
• Providing progress reports to the release manager.

Data Coordinator

• Support and coordinate with IT consultants, project managers and business representatives the data loading process for a release.

Below a list of primary activities, all related our global SAP system in use at Animal Health.

Activities during Quarterly releases:

• Write a Data Migration Plan.
• Planning and coordinating the data migration effort.
• Assist the testers in executing data tests and provide guidance on the proper writeup of test results, defect writeup and guidelines for good evidence gathering.
• Providing progress reports to the release manager.

Test Writer

• Conduct interviews with IT and business representatives in order to get write user acceptance test scripts.

Below a list of primary activities, all related our global SAP system in use at Animal Health.

Activities during Quarterly releases:

• Conduct interviews with key IT and business stakeholders and capture the test steps they perform on screen and translate them to a proper user acceptance test case in our test management tool.
• Assisting the stakeholders in making sure the test is covering off test goals and requirements.
• Assist the testers in executing these tests and provide guidance on the proper writeup of test results, defect writeup and guidelines for good evidence gathering.

Technical Reviewer

• Conduct various reviewing activities with the focus on making sure documentation meets good documentation practices and corporate or system guidelines.

Below a list of primary activities, all related to the changes and documentation for our global SAP system in use at Animal Health.

Activities during Quarterly releases:

• Review technical documents like technical specs against pre-defined checklists and good documentation practice.
• Review technical test scripts against pre-defined checklists and good documentation and testing practice.
• Review of data load files against pre-defined checklists and good documentation practice.
• Review of executed data test runs against pre-defined checklists and good documentation and testing practice.
• Assignment of privileged access (FF) based on detailed instructions.

Activities during Weekly releases:

• Review incoming change requests against detailed checklists, review changes for implementation and for closeout.
• Monitor change requests for progress.
• Review technical documents like technical specs against pre-defined checklists and good documentation practice.
• Review technical test scripts against pre-defined checklists and good documentation and testing practice.
• Review of data load files against pre-defined checklists and good documentation practice.
• Review of executed data test runs against pre-defined checklists and good documentation and testing practice.
• Assignment of privileged access (FF) based on detailed instructions.

What should you have

Knowledge of Good documentation practices, GMP regulations and SAP data process.Experience as a document reviewer and tester or test writer.

The individual must also demonstrate the following:

• Communication skills
• Eye for detail
• Quality mindset.
• Team player
• Project manager skills

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

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, 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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Job Posting End Date:

11/1/2025

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Requisition ID:R371186