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Position Overview
The App Services team within ERP Services Digital Platforms provides architecture leadership and hands-on technical oversight for Lilly’s SAP platform. The SAP Application Development Architect is responsible for automating, validating, and governing SAP platform operations and integration services, including design and delivery of integration solutions on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). The person in this role drives automation-first strategies, partners with global service providers, and ensures platform stability and compliance in a GxP-regulated environment.
Key Objectives & Deliverables
Platform Governance & Architecture
- Design, automate, and maintain SAP platform management tools including performance monitoring, diagnostics, failover, and availability capabilities.
- Define and enforce SAP development standards and coding best practices across all vendor and internal development resources.
- Partner with infrastructure, Basis, and security teams to oversee BTP subaccount governance, Cloud Connector configuration, and BTP consumption management.
- Evaluate risks for all platform changes while maintaining high availability within the SAP environment.
SAP BTP & Integration Services
- Lead the delivery of integrations built on SAP Integration Suite (CPI/iFlow) and SAP API Management (APIM).
- Automate solution delivery processes within the SAP project and release process.
- Govern integration development for SAP-to-SAP and SAP-to-external system scenarios.
- Oversee BTP platform stability including incident management, iFlow configuration, and scaling for cutover events.
AI-Enabled Tooling & MCP Integration
- Lead SAP S/4HANA MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server deployment, including security review, timeline management, and stakeholder communication.
- Develop and maintain agentic toolkits leveraging MCP frameworks for API contract testing and integration validation.
- Evaluate and govern BTP API exposure for AI-based use cases, including AI Anomaly Detection and LLM-integrated workflows.
- Actively apply Claude Enterprise and Lilly Cortex agentic capabilities to drive AI-assisted platform productivity.
Validation & Compliance
- Lead GxP validation lifecycle for SAP platform changes, including end-to-end test planning, execution, and documentation.
- Ensure all development and deployment activities follow GMP code review procedures and change management (CTASK) standards.
- Support Training Critical Verification reviews and maintain compliance with Lilly’s SAP Security Access Approval procedures.
- Act as Local Configuration Manager for SAP platform assets, maintaining accurate representation in CMDB/ServiceNow.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Provide technical direction for contractor developers across multiple vendors.
- Engage with enterprise software vendors to drive platform feature adoption, license strategies, and issue resolution with SAP OSS.
- Translate complex technical platform decisions into clear communications for functional peers, business customers, and leadership.
- Anticipate implications of technical decisions on regulatory compliance requirements and inform project teams accordingly.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in platform ownership, DevOps, or enterprise automation engineering.
- 3+ years of experience in a GxP or otherwise regulated environment, including validation lifecycle ownership.
- Demonstrated experience with Git-based version control and GitHub workflows, including branching strategies, pull request governance, code review processes, and repository access controls in an enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated experience with SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite (CPI/iFlow), or equivalent enterprise integration platforms.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or equivalent.
- Experience with API design, API security scanning, and RESTful web services.
- Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and SDLC practices.
Additional Preferences
- Excellent communication skills; ability to articulate technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage competing priorities independently.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA MCP (Model Context Protocol) server configuration and deployment.
- Familiarity with SAP ABAP development, custom oData services, or CAPM/full-stack SAP development.
- Experience with SAP Cloud Connector configuration and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of AI/ML integration patterns with SAP BTP (e.g., AI Anomaly Detection, agentic workflows).
- Experience with Virtual Forge or equivalent SAP code security scanning tools.
- Familiarity with SAP Datasphere, SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud), or Microsoft Fabric integration patterns.
- SAP certification in Integration Suite, BTP, or related technology a plus.
- Experience with observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace) and incident management platforms (ServiceNow).
Other Information
Minimal US & OUS travel required. Role is based in Indianapolis, IN (Lilly Corporate Center) with hybrid flexibility.
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Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).
Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$126,000 - $224,400
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.
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