R413867 Spclst , Solution Architecture
Opportunity:
- Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. • Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. • Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the worlds greatest health threats.
Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy. A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech CenteThe Lab Integration Platform is a critical enabler of digital transformation strategy, supporting secure, compliant, and efficient data exchange across laboratory systems.
About the Team
Our team deliver global CRM transformation with a goal to create a single, connected CRM experience across Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service.
Were building from the ground up — collaborating on global processes, integrating enterprise systems, and laying the foundation for continuous improvement, AI-driven insights, and scalable growth.
Its an exciting time to join. Youll be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team working at the intersection of business and technology, with real influence over what gets built and how it works.
The Role
As aSalesforce Technical Business Analystyou will act as the critical bridge between business stakeholders and our technical delivery teams in our Subscription Services Product Line. Youll work closely with Solution Architects, Product Owners and commercial business users to ensure that what we build is grounded in real business need, clearly documented, and delivered to a high standard.
This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives on turning complex business problems into clear, actionable requirements — and who cares about getting the detail right. Youll be embedded in the delivery cycle from requirements through to release, with ownership of the quality and clarity of what goes into each sprint.
Key Responsibilities:Requirements Documentation:
- Collaborate with commercial business teams and other business analysts todocument and validate requirements, ensuring they are transparent, complete, and testable.
- Work with Solution Architects totranslate high-level solution designs into actionable, sprint-ready tickets for the development team.
- Supports the Solution Architect with maintenance of technicalprocess flows, data mappings, and supporting solution design documentation to clearly articulate the needs and resulting technical solution.
- Where necessary, writewell-structured user stories with robust acceptance criteria using best-practice formats (e.g.,As a… I need… so that… andGiven-When-Then).
Delivery Quality:
- This role with act as a ‘quality gate’ ensuring that the requirements which reach our technical team meet our Definition of Ready will supportthe solution architect in reviewing user stories ahead of refinement build, ensuring stories meet a clear definition of ready before entering a sprint.
- Partner with QA to developtest scenarios and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT),
ensuring delivered functionality meets documented acceptance criteria.
- Own theSDLC, GxP and release management processes, ensuring all necessary documentation, approvals, and traceability are in place for each release.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Support the Technical Product Owner Solution Architects withday-to-day liaison between commercial business teams and the technical delivery team, ensuring alignment and managing expectations.
- Build strong relationships with Solution Architects, developers, and QA to ensure a shared understanding of what is being built and why.
Run Operate and Continuous Improvement
- Support our run and operate teams to document FAQs, SOPs and guidance for completing service requests
- Support the run and operate teams with L2 support on bugs and user issues – collaborating with the wider technical product team to identify the root cause and resolution
- Stay current withSalesforce platform capabilities and releases, proactively identifying features that could benefit the business.
Specialisms (each role will include one of the below) Role 1 – Subscription Aftersales
You will act as a subject-matter expert within the Subscription Aftersales products.
Youll need to be comfortable operating acrossdiverse commercial sales models — from traditional transactional sales through torecurring/subscription-based models — and understand how these translate into different CRM process, data, and reporting requirements.
This includes:
- Opportunity Pipeline Management
- CPQ / Quote-to-Cash processes — including product selection, pricing, quoting, approvals, orders, billing, and renewals
- Account and Contact Management
Youll bring:
- Demonstrable experience working withSalesforce Sales Cloud and CPQ solutions in a BA, functional consultant, or product role
- Strong understanding ofend-to-end sales processes, including those involving subscription based business models
Role 2: Service Cloud You will be part of our Service Cloud and Pharmacovigilance product line, bringing deep knowledge of customer service operations and Salesforce Service Cloud capabilities.
Domain focus includes:
- Case Management (creation, routing, assignment, resolution)
- Omnichannel support (email-to-case, web-to-case, CTI)
- Queues, escalation rules, and entitlements
- Service automation and agent productivity
- Service reporting and customer satisfaction metrics
- Knowledge
Youll bring:
- Demonstrable experience working withSalesforce Service Cloud in a BA, functional consultant, or product role
- Strong understanding ofcustomer service operations (case lifecycle, SLA management, service team workflows)
- Experience with Life Science specific service operations, including Pharmacovigilance would be beneficial.
Role 3: Life Sciences Cloud You will be part of our core Life Science Cloud product team, bringing knowledge of life sciences commercial processes and Salesforces industry-specific platform.
This includes:
- Life Sciences Cloud data model (HCPs, HCOs, Affiliations, Person Accounts)
- Visit and Activity Management
- Cycle and Account Planning
- Sample Management
- Consent Management
- Territory Management
- Closed Loop Marketing (CLM) and content delivery
- Pharmacovigilance
Youll bring:
- Demonstrable experience working withSalesforce Life Sciences Cloud (or Health Cloud / Veeva CRM) in a BA, functional consultant, or product role
- Animal Health, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry experience is required — you understand the regulatory landscape, commercial field operations, and the nuances of HCP/HCO engagement.
Required Skills, Qualifications Experience
- 2 years experience working on Salesforce projects in a Business Analyst, Technical BA, or Functional Consultant capacity
- At least 1 relevant Salesforce certification (e.g., Salesforce Certified Business Analyst, Administrator, Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, Platform App Builder, or Life Sciences Cloud equivalent)
- Strong ability towrite clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria
- Experience withprocess mapping, data mapping, and requirements documentation
- Solid understanding of theSalesforce platform — data model, security model, declarative automation (Flows), and standard objects
- Hands-on experience withJira for backlog management and sprint delivery
- Proven experience working withinAgile delivery frameworks (Scrum or SAFe)
- Excellentcommunication and stakeholder management skills — you can translate between business and technical language with confidence
- Understanding of GxP requirements in validatd systems.
Desirable Skills Experience
- Experience withConfluence, Mural, or similar collaboration and documentation tools
- Understanding ofintegration patterns (APIs, middleware, data sync) and how they impact requirements
- Experience supportingUAT planning and execution, including test scenario design
- Familiarity withrelease management processes and SDLC governance
- Animal Health, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry experience
- Experience working withgeographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
Who we are: We are known as Merck Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the worlds most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for:
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time.
Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.
Required Skills:
Account Management, Activity Management, Audit Trails, Business Models, Competency Management, Data Modeling, Delivery Management, Design Applications, Documentation Preparation, Expectation Management, Price Quotes, Process Alignment, Product Delivery, Release Management, Requirements Gathering, Requirements Management, Revenue Models, Sales Services, Service Metrics, Solution Architecture, Solutions Design, Stakeholder Management, System Designs, System Integration, Technical Requirements Gathering
Preferred Skills:
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
Domestic
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
No Travel Required
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
Not Indicated
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
n/a
Job Posting End Date:
09/15/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the dayBEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the dayBEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID: R413867
📌 Spclst , Solution Architecture (Hyderabad)
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