Director SAP Compliance Lead (m/f/d)

As an internal IT service provider, Fresenius Digital Technology supports all business units of the Fresenius Group with innovative and reliable IT services. We strive to find the perfect balance between providing high-quality services and being innovative at the same time. Our investments in state-of-the-art IT will streamline our business processes in the long term and allow us to adapt more flexibly to future changes as part of #FutureFresenius.

Invest your know-how in a place with real value and become part of Fresenius by taking on a role that plays a big part in our business transformation program. You will be responsible for the management of Quality, Systems and Compliance (QSC) related deliverables and activities resulting from regulatory requirements in the implementation of SAP S/4HANA. Ready for new horizons? Welcome to Fresenius!

Your assignments

• Lead the setup of a qualified and validated SAP S/4HANA platform, enabling regulated customers to build GxP-compliant business processes.

• Manage a project team to ensure GxP regulatory requirements, including to support internal process owners in the re-design of SOPs, templates, and supporting processes.

• Manage the qualification of infrastructure and tools, ensuring the development and review of key project deliverables such as qualification plans, risk assessments, and technical specifications.

• Manage the validation of platform components, delivering and reviewing e.g. validation plans, test strategies, and traceability matrices.

• Support internal process owners in assessing and implementing GxP requirements for new processes in future operational environments, ensuring compliance with regulations.

• Coordinate with both internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, to achieve a validated and qualified state, and manage escalations for compliance-related and disciplinary issues.

• Ensure quality assurance, compliance, and continuous improvement within projects, while managing resources and team performance in a complex, international environment.

• Provide input to departmental budgets, monitor allocated budgets, and represent the organization to cross-functional stakeholders, business partners, and external groups.

Your profile

• A degree in natural sciences, economics, or equivalent, combined with at least 10 years of experience in GxP computer system validation (and preferably qualification of IT infrastructure) as well as at least 5 years of experience in SAP transformation projects.

• Extensive knowledge with SAP in cloud installations as well as knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, BTP, ALM, and relevant regulatory frameworks (e. g. GxP, GAMP 5, SOX, ITIL).

• Proven experience in managing large teams as well as internal and external suppliers.

• Experience in the creation, maintenance, handling and application of documents.

• Excellent conflict resolution, moderation, presentation and communication skills in English, German would be an advantage.

• Highly experienced in strategic as well as project, quality, and risk management.

• Competence in compliance controls as well as data protection, IT security, and requirements engineering.

• A highly organized, customer and solution-oriented individual with both a strong ability to navigate complex, constantly changing environments and a high level of confidentiality.