SAP BDC Platform Owner

IN04 (FCRS = IN004) Sandoz Private Limited; Telangana; On-site; INR 279,000 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

IN04 (FCRS = IN004) Sandoz Private Limited is seeking a SAP BDC Platform Owner to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) platform. The role involves ensuring that the platform meets evolving business needs, performing optimally and supporting strategic objectives.

You will collaborate with various teams to deliver solutions and manage relationships with SAP and third-party providers, ensuring compliance and alignment with business strategies. Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and extensive knowledge of SAP technologies.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of SAP related data management and governance principles.
• Extensive knowledge of SAP technologies with a track record of integration in data analytics.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of contact for all SAP BDC functionality.
• Manage the lifecycle of the SAP BDC system.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless business solution implementations.

Skills

SAP technologies

Data management and governance

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field

Master’s degree

Tools

SAP Business Data Cloud

SAC

BW

Job description

Job Description Summary

Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) platform and related platform components, ensuring they effectively meet evolving business needs, perform optimally, and are regularly improved to support strategic objectives and innovation.

Job Description SAP BDC Platform Owner

Through STEP (Sandoz Transformation Enterprise Program), we are creating a unified, integrated digital core and simplifying our end-to-end ways of working. From SAP S/4HANA to Veeva, Workday, LabVantage, and beyond, you’ll help design and deliver future‑ready systems that drive global impact—enabling us to deliver affordable medicines to more patients worldwide.

Job Summary

Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) platform and related platform components, ensuring they effectively meet evolving business needs, perform optimally, and are regularly improved to support strategic objectives and innovation.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of contact for all SAP BDC functionality, ensuring continuous alignment with business strategies and process requirements.
• Manage the entire lifecycle of the SAP BDC system, overseeing scheduled upgrades, patch management, and version control through SAP's Software Update Manager (SUM) or similar tools.
• Partner with other IT teams working on BDC components such as Datasphere or SAC to translate requirements into SAP BDC configurations.
• Identify and implement SAP Data Products, Insight apps or enhancements to improve user experience and increase productivity, ensuring the BDC platform supports emerging business needs.
• Define and oversee platform solution architecture standards and development guidelines and perform implementation reviews to ensure adherence to best practices.
• Analyze technical and data requirements and translate them into functional specifications for implementation in close alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure seamless business solution implementations and integrations with other platforms (e.g., Databricks), ensuring that SAP BDC acts as the central hub for reporting and analytics on SAP data.
• Manage relationships with SAP and third‑party service providers, ensuring that SAP BDC service levels and support or customizations meet technical, business and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate with SAP for procurement decisions related to credit consumption, additional licenses, modules, or software that enhance the capabilities of the existing SAP BDC landscape.
• Ensure proper change and release management processes on the platform to control deployments.
• Provide effective user training to deliver on‑demand learning and support.
• Engage and manage stakeholders, fostering collaboration and alignment.
• Ensure SAP BDC meets the organization’s security requirements, including securing user roles and access control using SAP Identity Management (IdM) or SAP GRC.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors to support compliance audits, leveraging SAP's audit logging capabilities and tracking of system changes to ensure data integrity.
• Communicate complex data concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

• Strong understanding of SAP related data management and governance principles.
• Extensive knowledge of SAP technologies (BDC, SAC, BTP, BW) with a proven track record of successful implementation and integration in the data analytics area.
• Understanding of main technology features supporting data management and analytics.
• Technical leadership role model for delivering of POVs/POCs and overseeing the development of data platform features.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse teams.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills to address complex data challenges.
• Ability to align SAP BDC data solutions with business objectives and deliver measurable value.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field is required; Master’s degree is preferred.

Languages

English.