Associate Director, SAP Technical Architect: Basis, GRC, Security & Technical Strategy

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 Corporate Groups

It takes a village, and at BioMarin our corporate groups are the people behind our success. Groups such as IT, Finance, Legal, Global Compliance & Ethics, and our People Team provide foundational support of all areas of operation at BioMarin.

BioMarin has experienced substantial growth organically since its inception, primarily over the last decade.  This steady growth in both cost structure and staff was essential to BioMarin’s emergence as a leading, fully integrated global biopharmaceutical company with approximately $3 billion in revenues from over 80 countries, a robust R&D pipeline, operating profits, and world-class technical capabilities through its 3,000 employees worldwide. As the company grows, BioMarin leadership desires to optimize the efficiency of its operations for the future through its next phase of growth.  

 In 2022 BioMarin launched its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) enterprise-wide operational initiative transforming the way we work by implementing an ERP system solution, SAP S4 HANA.  In Q1, 2025 our first five legal entities went live in SAP, the remaining entities went live in Q1, 2026. Implementing and sustaining a new ERP impacts the entire company  The project team is built around the Global Process Workflows as outlined below: 

•  Record to Report 
•  Order to Cash 
•  Source to Pay 
•  Plan to Produce 
•  Inventory to Deliver 
• Forecast to Plan 
• Enterprise Asset Management 

Job Summary: The SAP Technical Architect is a senior-level role responsible for designing, architecting, and guiding the overall technical landscape of the SAP environment. This position emphasizes architectural leadership across Basis administration, security, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), and long-term technical strategy. The SAP Technical Architect ensures that SAP platforms are robust, secure, scalable, and aligned with business objectives, while driving modernization and best practices throughout the organization’s SAP ecosystem.  Key Responsibilities 

1. SAP Basis Architecture: 

• Architect and guide the SAP Basis team to deliver high-performing, resilient, and scalable SAP systems, including S/4HANA, Ariba, Signavio, Global Trade Services, Document Reporting and Compliance, Profitability and Performance Management, and SAP Cloud ALM. 
• Define technical standards for system provisioning, upgrades, configurations, monitoring, and troubleshooting, collaborating closely with SAP Enterprise Cloud Services to ensure technical alignment and innovation. 
• Establish best practices for transport management, backup and recovery strategies, and disaster recovery architecture for all SAP environments. 
• SAP Security Architecture: 
• Design and oversee implementation of SAP security roles, authorizations, and compliance frameworks, ensuring secure and compliant access across all SAP platforms. 

       2. SAP Basis Administration: 

• Lead and manage SAP Basis team, ensuring optimal performance, availability, and reliability of SAP systems S4 Hana, Ariba, Signavio, Global Trade Services, Document Reporting and Compliance, Profitability and Performance Management, SAP Cloud ALM . 
• Oversee system provisioning, upgrades, configurations https://app.jobvite.com/jhire/modules/requisitions/tabs.html#/details-edit/oxnIzfwV/1/6/1, monitoring, and troubleshooting working with SAP Enterprise Cloud Services. 
• Coordinate Transport Migration, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning for SAP environments. 
• SAP Security Management: <