The job details are as follows: What We Do We build on the strength of our research and development expertise and a distinctive, entrepreneurial culture that encourages diversity, innovation, creativity, sustainability, and, simply, fun. Since inception, our mission has been to find a cure for pulmonary arterial hypertension and other life-threatening diseases. Toward this goal we have successfully gained FDA approval for five medicines, we are always conducting new clinical trials, and we are working to create an unlimited supply of manufactured organs for transplantation. We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation (PBC). Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through (a) the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and (b) technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs. At the same time, we seek to provide our shareholders with superior financial performance and our communities with earth-sensitive energy utilization. Our company was founded by an entrepreneur whose daughter was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. She sought to find treatment options and a cure for her daughter and patients like her. We are founder-led, and relentless in our pursuit of “medicines for life”. We continue to research and develop treatments for cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and other orphan diseases. United Therapeutics is open to hiring at the Director or Associate Director level based on background, experience, and qualifications. This role can be located at either our Silver Spring, MD office or Durham, NC office. **Relocation Assistance may be available Associate Director How you’ll contribute The Associate Director, EAS Center of Excellence manages the productive operations of SAP S/4HANA and supporting EAS systems. This includes infrastructure maintenance and evolution, upgrade and disaster recovery strategy, and process monitoring, as well as end user support and change management. This leader provides oversight of consultants and managed service providers. EAS efficiency initiatives such as the management of security functions (GRC) and automation of test execution (Worksoft) are managed by this leader. Build and maintain production support infrastructure. Manage hosting partners and technical service providers to ensure planning and execution of maintenance events including system upgrades. Develop and optimize processes for the intake, triage, and support to end users. Manage internal team and third-party consulting service providers for SAP basis, security, and first tier functional support for productive operations. Participate in the SAP Leadership Team (SLT) together with EAS Solution Delivery (SD), to collaborate with the business process owner council to evaluate and prioritize efforts. Serve to ensure quality assurance and readiness for support for roadmap initiatives. Develop and manage the EAS user access and governance model across core GRC platform and extending into analytics and automation applications. Assist the Head of EAS with resource and budget evaluations for the management of a support infrastructure with necessary resource redundancy and risk mitigations procedures. Direct and manage team to include responsibilities for goal setting, performance reviews, coaching, mentoring and career development All other duties as required For the Associate Director Role you will need Minimum Requirements Bachelor’s Degree in finance, computer science or related discipline At least 12 years of relevant work experience AND comprehensive experience in SAP Basis, SAP Security, SAP FI/CO, SAP BI, and/or SAP SD At least 10 years of management experience AND 5 years of SAP team management and/or program/project management At least 10 years of hands-on SAP experience including full cycle SAP implementations Experience in defining and managing test scope for major projects and/or upgrade events Demonstrated ability to design, script, and deploy test automation and/or process automation scenarios Demonstrated ability to construct and maintain system landscape and solution diagrams in Visio and/or Business Process Management software (e.g. SAP Signavio Expert understanding of the integration between SAP components as well as third party applications using SAP or non-SAP middleware platforms (e.g. Boomi, PI/PO) Awareness of the wider field of information technology and broad understanding of information systems architecture and techniques Expert experience in supplemental SAP systems such as SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Concur. Ability to convert business needs into technical requirements, and convert technical requirements into SAP development and production environments Proven ability to develop strong personal relationships and work well in a team environment Excellent time management skills including a strong ability to multi-task without compromising quality Preferred Qualifications Master’s Degree / MBA 3 years of experience SAP security management (GRC) 3 years of experience SAP infrastructure (basis) management 3 experience test automation (e.g., Worksoft) SAP Certification Experience with SOD, SOX and audit compliance and remediation Experience in managing third party service providers for end user support, maintenance, and system monitoring. SAP experience in life sciences and validated systems Director How you’ll contribute The Director, EAS Center of Excellence manages the productive operations of SAP S/4HANA and supporting EAS systems. This includes infrastructure maintenance and evolution, upgrade and disaster recovery strategy, and process monitoring, as well as end user support and change management. This leader provides oversight of consultants and managed service providers. EAS efficiency initiatives such as the management of security functions (GRC) and automation of test execution (Worksoft) are managed by this leader. Build and maintain production support infrastructure. Manage hosting partners and technical service providers to ensure planning and execution of maintenance events including system upgrades. Develop and optimize processes for the intake, triage, and support to end users. Manage internal team and third-party consulting service providers for SAP basis, security, and first tier functional support for productive operations. Participate in the SAP Leadership Team (SLT) together with EAS Solution Delivery (SD), to collaborate with the business process owner council to evaluate and prioritize efforts. Serve to ensure quality assurance and readiness for support for roadmap initiatives. Develop and manage the EAS user access and governance model across core GRC platform and extending into analytics and automation applications. Assist the Head of EAS with resource and budget evaluations for the management of a support infrastructure with necessary resource redundancy and risk mitigations procedures. Manage third party relationships to ensure optimal utilization of consulting resources. Direct and manage team to include responsibilities for goal setting, performance reviews/management, coaching, mentoring and career development All other duties as required For the Director role you will need Minimum Requirements Bachelor’s Degree in finance, computer science or related discipline At least 12 years of relevant work experience AND comprehensive experience in SAP Basis, SAP Security, SAP FI/CO, SAP BI, and/or SAP SD At least 12 years of management experience AND 6 years of SAP team management and/or program/project management At least 12 years of hands-on SAP experience including full cycle SAP implementations Experience in defining and managing test scope for major projects and/or upgrade events Demonstrated ability to design, script, and deploy test automation and/or process automation scenarios Demonstrated ability to construct and maintain system landscape and solution diagrams in Visio and/or Business Process Management software (e.g. SAP Signavio Expert understanding of the integration between SAP components as well as third party applications using SAP or non-SAP middleware platforms (e.g. Boomi, PI/PO) Awareness of the wider field of information technology and broad understanding of information systems architecture and techniques Expert experience in supplemental SAP systems such as SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Concur. Ability to convert business needs into technical requirements, and convert technical requirements into SAP development and production environments Proven ability to develop strong personal relationships and work well in a team environment Excellent time management skills including a strong ability to multi-task without compromising quality Preferred Qualifications Master’s Degree / MBA 5 years of experience SAP security management (GRC) 5 years of experience SAP infrastructure (basis) management 3 years of experience test automation (e.g., Worksoft) SAP Certification Experience with SOD, SOX and audit compliance and remediation Experience in managing third-party service providers for end-user support, maintenance, and system monitoring. SAP experience in life sciences and validated systems At United Therapeutics, you’ll realize quickly that it is not an ordinary place to work! When you join our company, you will learn, grow, contribute, have fun, and be challenged... all while making a difference in the lives of our patients. While United Therapeutics does not require vaccination for Covid-19 at this time, we strongly encourage all employees and visitors to remain up to date on vaccinations and boosters to protect one another from illness. Employees working in customer-facing roles must adhere and comply with customers’ credentialing guidelines, which may require vaccination against Covid -19, the influenza virus, and other illnesses that could be harmful to healthcare staff and patients. United Therapeutics Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - EOE Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities We strive to be an organization that engages the minds, hearts, and most spirited efforts of each of our employees. Our sense of purpose transforms what we do from work into mission, occupation into vocation and achievement into success. We challenge our employees with innovative and revolutionary projects, offer an environment which fosters high-level job performance and provide a highly competitive total rewards package. This is what makes United Therapeutics a stimulating place to work.