Senior Manager, Quality SAP
Location: Novato
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
Who We Are BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that
relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries
into new medicines that advance the future of human health. Since
our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in
understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create
transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.
Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology,
we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical
need. We enlist the best of the best – people with the right
technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems –
and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold,
innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug
discovery, we’ve produced a diverse pipeline of commercial,
clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood
biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a
substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options. About
Technical Operations BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is
responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and
for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market.
These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build
and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and
sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we
meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and
services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide
movement of our drugs to patients. Summary Hybrid role, requiring 2
days on-site per week in Novato, California. Additional days on
site will be needed based on business need or activities on-going
at the Novato site. The Senior Manager, Quality SAP, reporting to
the Novato Head of Quality Systems & Compliance, is responsible for
overseeing SAP implementation and sustainment as part of the Novato
Site Quality team, as well as partnering the site readiness team.
The Senior Manager, Quality SAP, will manage a team of Quality SAP
superusers and ensure execution of key implementation activities,
including Master Data review, User Acceptance Testing (UAT),
document updates, training material development, and change control
management. This role is crucial in ensuring compliance and
efficiency throughout the implementation and sustainment process of
SAP for Site Quality as well as overall Novato functions.Key
Responsibilities Lead and mentor a team of Quality SAP superusers,
fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
Oversee the implementation of SAP within the quality group,
ensuring all processes meet business process needs. Conduct
assessments to understand the impact of SAP implementation on
current processes and systems, developing mitigation actions as
appropriate. Help develop and implement processes for enabling the
simplification and standardization of practices in line with the
SAP first and fit to standard design philosophies. Collaborate
cross-functionally to develop and execute a detailed cutover plan
to transition from Oracle to SAP. Partner with the site readiness
team to ensure successful preparation and execution of site
readiness activities. Engage in project workstream design sessions
to learn about new system capabilities and processes early and
provide input to workstreams (e.g., as a SME)?. Lead the review of
Quality Master Data to ensure accuracy and completeness. Coordinate
and support UAT activities, ensuring that all quality functions are
thoroughly tested and validated. Oversee the updating of relevant
documents to reflect new processes and procedures introduced by SAP
implementation. Work with the training group to develop and deliver
training programs for Novato Site Quality Users and other
stakeholders to ensure a thorough understanding of new processes
and compliance requirements. Manage change control processes to
ensure that all changes are properly documented, reviewed, and
approved. Be a change champion for the project functionally and
cross functionally. Address and resolve any issues related to SAP
quality processes, providing expert guidance and support to the
team. Provide feedback, input, and raise questions or issues with
the Ignite team as identified. Ensure that all operational aspects
are ready for SAP go-live. Escalate as needed and share up-to-date
information about the project with Quality Leadership. Serve as the
first line of support for technical questions and troubleshooting
within their functional area. Drive knowledge management,
sustainable knowledge transfer, continuous improvement & management
within function?. Other duties as assigned. Experience: 10 or more
years of experience related to Quality Management Business
Processes, with clear demonstration of progressive achievement and
growth. Excellent leadership and team management skills. Effective
communication, persuasion and influencing skills at all levels.
Ability to develop strong partnership with the business community
and the Ignite team. Self-motivated and problem solver who can
assess and develop strategies for achieving the needs of the user
community. Strong knowledge of SAP Quality modules. Strong
understanding of Quality Master Data. Proven ability to drive
process improvements initiative. A bias for action and a “can do”
attitude. Previous experience with S4/HANA program highly desired
with good understanding of functions and features of SAP module(s).
Education: BA/BS in life sciences or related field. Note: This
description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of
the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general
nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or
assigned. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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