Senior Manager E2E Deployment Integration

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Integration Lead to drive end-to-end delivery across design, build, test, and go-live phases.

You will partner with business and IT stakeholders to align integration strategy with enterprise architecture and manage cross-functional dependencies across supply chain and finance. The role requires strong leadership in large transformations and proven ability to deliver complex SAP projects in a global context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA/advanced degree desirable.
• 12+ years SAP experience across multiple functional areas.
• Proven leadership in large transformation programs.
• Strong end-to-end process design and testing experience.
• Global/complex system environments experience with SAP S/4HANA.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end S/4HANA integration delivery across releases.
• Own cross-functional solution design and risk management.
• Coordinate Scrum of Scrums and resolve cross-functional conflicts.
• Drive PI planning, baseline config, and IT summit input.
• Partner with testing to plan end-to-end integration tests.
• Continuously improve release processes and automation.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Program Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Supply Chain

Finance

Stakeholder Management

Risk Mitigation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Information Technology

MBA

Tools

Middleware

Data Integration

IT Infrastructure

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & J

Job Function

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function

Technology Project Management

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Job Description

As part of the Technology team of the Innovative Medicine Transcend SAP S/4HANA Program, this role is accountable for working with a team of functional experts to drive solution integration across supply chain & finance functions, ensuring that solutions support end-to-end business processes throughout the Design, Build, Test, and Go-Live phases.

The leader will own end-to-end integrated solution delivery across all IM Transcend releases, ensuring alignment with the overall integration strategy, business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, SAP best practices, and intercompany process requirements. This role is accountable for managing cross-functional dependencies, facilitating issue and defect resolution, and proactively identifying and mitigating integration risks.

Success in this role requires strong partnership across business and technology stakeholder groups to develop a deep understanding of solution design, integration touchpoints, and process dependencies. The leader will drive prioritization of integration issues, coordinate root cause analysis, and ensure timely resolution to maintain solution quality and release readiness.

This individual must leverage a refined, multi-functional tool-set of business expertise, technical knowledge, and digital acumen to effectively interact with a breadth of value stream leads, IT leads, business stakeholders and global template owners. The successful candidate must be able to engage and operate with program teams at an execution level, as well as with senior leadership at a strategic level.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Integrated Solution Delivery: Lead S/4HANA E2E solution delivery across all program releases while driving efficiency, standardization, and automation opportunities wherever possible.
• Cross-Functional Solution Design: Own the delivery of cross-functional solution design topics end-to-end, from design through build and testing. Manage cross-functional dependencies, identify integration risks, and proactively resolve issues that may impact release timelines.
• Cross-Functional Conflicts: Own the management, resolution, and reporting of cross-functional conflicts and dependencies. Participate in Scrum of Scrums meetings to support decision-making and remove impediments.
• Solution Confirmation: Manage cross-functional solution design topics end-to-end. Contribute to IT Summit discussions and E2E integration architecture finalization for each release. Facilitate baseline configuration completion and PI Planning for cross-functional design topics.
• PI Execution (Build): Lead cross-functional solution integration build and testing activities involving SAP functional, technical, middleware, infrastructure, security, data, and third-party application teams.
• Testing: Partner with the Testing team to plan and execute end-to-end integration testing for cross-functional topics and interfaces, including L5 stitching for Feature Integration Testing (FIT), regression testing, and defect triage.
• Cross-Functional Defects: Lead defect management for cross-functional defects across testing cycles by prioritizing integration issues, coordinating root cause analysis, and driving timely resolution.
• Continuous Improvement & Automation: Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline release processes, increase automation, and enhance integration quality.

Qualifications

Education

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree or MBA highly desirable
• Preferred area of study: Information Technology, Supply Chain
• Certification in areas of expertise as SAP S4 HANA preferred

Required

Experience and Skills

• 12+ years of relevant hands-on SAP experience in at least 2 functional areas (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance, VCM)
• Demonstrated progressive experience in leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, or large transformation programs
• Solid experience in end-to-end business process design, build and testing
• Hands-on project delivery experience, including demonstrated ability to handle project timelines and milestones in complex business environments
• Experience working in a complex, global system environment and experience with large-scale SAP S/4HANA projects
• Strong customer-centric focus (internal & external), including development and management of partners and ability to engage and build relationships with senior business stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, with proven ability to influence/collaborate to obtain desired results

Preferred Skills

Agility Jumps, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Visualization, Information Technology Project Management, Interpersonal Influence, Market Savvy, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Process Improvements, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Quality Control (QC), Technical Credibility