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Senior Manager, Technology Compliance

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 Technology Compliance Partner, you will be responsible for authoring SDLC documents and providing SDLC advice to IT colleagues regarding the practical application of the SDLC. This role is vital for IT product, engineering, and service teams to understand and implement technology and process controls to meet the company’s policy and regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities:

Act as a consultant and provide compliance advice to IT practitioners on the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Compliance Risk Profile, Digital SDLC, Good Documentation Practices, IT Control Requirements, and adoption of Agile methodologies.

Lead efforts to advance Agile SDLC competency and drive adoption of automation tools to streamline compliance documentation, testing, and delivery pipelines.

Write, review, and optimize SDLC documentation in line with company standards, supporting automation to reduce manual documentation efforts.

Collaborate across product teams as a subject matter expert on SDLC and IT compliance controls, maintaining a customer-centric approach to ensure consistent compliance practices.

Ensure the IT organization operates in compliance with established policies and procedures, monitoring compliance indicators and managing non-compliance incidents effectively.

Organize and support internal and third-party audits, providing oversight and managing post-audit corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) to ensure timely remediation.

Lead qualification and validation deliverables for SAP ERP systems (including S4/HANA), ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements such as GxP and SOX.

Work within a matrix organizational structure, reporting to both functional and project managers, and collaborate globally to share best practices and optimize compliance processes.

Required Skills and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Law, or a related field with 7+ years of experience in technology compliance, risk management, or related areas.

Extensive experience in SAP ERP validation within regulated environments and strong expertise in Computer Systems Validation (CSV).

In-depth knowledge of relevant regulations and standards, including 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, FDA, GxP, SOX, and data protection laws such as GDPR.

Solid understanding of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), good engineering practices, and computer validation.

Proven experience managing audits, managing CAPA processes, and driving remediation efforts.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a global, high-pressure environment.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, capable of explaining complex compliance issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to manage risk-related projects and collaborate effectively across cross-functional and global teams.

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 Canada 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.

today.

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Audit Management, Governance Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Management, Risk Management, Technical Advice

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Job Posting End Date:

09/13/2025

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Requisition ID:R360467