Manager, Business Applications (SAP)

Company Description

Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688) is an innovative, research-based, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company based in China and the United States focused on bringing transformative medicines for oncology, autoimmune disorders, infectious diseases, and neurological disorders to patients in China and around the world. Our goal is to leverage our competencies and resources to positively impact human health worldwide.

Founded in 2014, our experienced team has secured partnerships with leading global biopharmaceutical  companies, generating a broad and late-stage pipeline of innovative drug candidates. Based on our proven  track record of  success, Zai Lab has earned the reputation as a trusted partner of choice for global biopharmaceutical companies seeking to not only access the Chinese market but also find a long-term strategic partner for global clinical development.  Our unique business model builds on our in-licensed assets and innovative partnerships to expand our internal discovery and development capabilities and has created a portfolio of potential best-in-class and/or first-in-class therapies. Zai currently has four products on the market in China

Zai Lab was successfully listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market in September 2017 and completed secondary listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange in September 2020. In 2022, Zai Lab became dual-primary listed on both the Nasdaq and the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges. Since its inception, Zai Lab has expanded significantly with several offices across China. In 2021, Zai Lab established its U.S. Headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  As of January 2022, the Company has a global team of approximately 2000 employees.

Job Description

The Business Applications Manager partners with business leaders and their team to analyze, design and improve work processes by leveraging information technology systems and services. This role works on requirements definition, application configuration changes and implementation for Zai’s ERP system and other critical business applications (primarily SAP (Financials) and/or Coupa).

• Assess business problems and processes to identify actionable opportunities for improvement, design solutions, and determine financial impact.
• Manage strategic business initiatives from business requirements through successful execution and partnership with our business leaders.
• Perform root cause analysis, create corrective and preventative action, facilitate attainment of measurable outcomes. Conduct needs assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainment of change.
• Partner with subject matter experts to identify and implement the metrics of success required across business units and cross-functional teams.
• Define and maintain detailed specification documents for modifications and new development of reports and expanded application functionality.
• Lead activities in support of acquisition, integrations including configurations, conversions, and change management.
• Perform QA testing of new features to ensure that requirements are met, and the resulting user experience is as intended.
• Lead and support user acceptance testing activities and the deployment of the solution to production.
• Manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; enforce and redefine, as necessary.
• Understand integration points and analyze impacts with other systems that interface with the applications.
• Provide support to end users including managing issue resolution and performing root cause analysis.
• Work with our outside consultant partners to resolve system production issues or with an implementation.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), Software Engineering, or related discipline with five years direct experience in supporting or leading aspects of SAP implementation; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Experience with Financial Systems required

Preferred:

• Master’s degree
• Coupa or Procurement experience
• BioPharma experience or Life Sciences experience
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills and the ability to prepare and conduct presentations and prepare training material.
• Quick learning ability and easy adaptability to new environments.
• Ability to provide business recommendations for designing new solutions. Can develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions.
• Ability to prioritize and effectively manage assigned work.
• Ability to identify needs of end users and take appropriate action.
• Good analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong Project Management Skills