Sr. Director, SAP COE

Nova Biomedical: One Global Brand. One Vision. Together under one name.

Advanced Instruments and Nova Biomedical are now united under one brand, Nova Biomedical, marking a major milestone in our journey to deliver greater value to our customers. By combining our strengths, we're accelerating innovation, supporting critical workflows, and delivering world-class service across the biopharmaceutical and clinical markets.

Job Summary

Nova Biomedical is seeking a Senior Director, SAP Center of Excellence to maximize the value of Nova Biomedical’s SAP S/4HANA investment under RISE with SAP. This strategic leadership role is responsible for establishing and leading a world-class SAP Center of Excellence that governs, operates, optimizes, and continuously enhances Nova Biomedical’s ERP ecosystem while enabling business growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation.

The Senior Director, SAP Center of Excellence will serve as the bridge between business strategy and technology execution, ensuring SAP remains a scalable, secure, and innovative enterprise platform. This role will lead governance, architecture, release management, operational excellence, integration strategy, and continuous improvement while championing SAP best practices, fit-to-standard processes, and clean-core principles. This position will play a critical role in helping Nova Biomedical achieve long-term growth objectives through standardized business processes, data-driven decision making, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Establish, lead, and continuously mature Nova Biomedical’s SAP Center of Excellence operating model.
• Develop and execute the SAP CoE strategy, charter, roadmap, service catalog, and performance objectives.
• Serve as the executive leader of the SAP CoE and primary advisor to senior leadership on SAP strategy, investments, risks, and opportunities.
• Chair governance forums, advisory councils, and change governance boards to ensure alignment with enterprise priorities.
• Define and enforce SAP governance standards, policies, and operating procedures across the organization.
• Establish decision-making frameworks that balance business agility with risk management and architectural integrity.
• Own the long‑term SAP platform strategy, ensuring alignment with Nova Biomedical’s business growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation objectives.
• Drive realization of business value from SAP investments through process optimization, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Promote fit-to-standard business processes and clean‑core architecture principles.
• Define and monitor KPIs, OKRs, and value realization metrics that connect SAP initiatives to measurable business outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce technical debt, and improve operational efficiency.
• Build and lead a high‑performing SAP CoE organization comprised of functional, technical, integration, testing, and operational specialists.
• Develop organizational capabilities required to support Nova Biomedical’s long‑term ERP roadmap.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
• Reduce key‑person dependency through documentation, cross‑training, succession planning, and operational maturity.
• Lead training, adoption, and change management programs to maximize business engagement and platform utilization.
• Define and govern SAP architecture standards, integration patterns, and extension strategies.
• Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data & AI, and business leaders to ensure cohesive platform design and technology decisions.
• Lead integration strategy across SAP and adjacent platforms, including Salesforce, manufacturing systems, laboratory systems, data platforms, and third‑party applications.
• Ensure scalability, interoperability, resilience, and maintainability across the application landscape.
• Provide architectural guidance on APIs, middleware, SAP Integration Suite, and emerging technologies.
• Own the SAP run‑and‑improve operating model, ensuring stable, secure, and efficient operations.
• Lead ITIL‑aligned processes for incident, problem, change, release, and service management.
• Oversee SAP Cloud ALM utilization for requirements management, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational governance.
• Establish and manage the enterprise release calendar across SAP and integrated business platforms.
• Serve as final approval authority for SAP‑related change and release governance.
• Ensure effective transport management, environment integrity, and deployment controls.
• Lead strategic relationships with SAP, implementation partners, managed service providers, and key technology vendors.
• Manage vendor performance against contracts, service level agreements, and transformation objectives.
• Clarify and govern responsibilities across SAP Enterprise Cloud Services, systems integrators, and internal teams.
• Conduct vendor due diligence covering security, privacy, compliance, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.

Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline required.
• 15+ years of progressive SAP leadership experience, including SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Proven experience establishing or leading a Center of Excellence or Business Delivery Center within a global organization.
• Deep knowledge of SAP ERP platforms, governance models, enterprise architecture, integration strategies, and operational excellence practices.
• Demonstrated success leading large‑scale ERP transformations and post‑implementation optimization programs.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Experience managing global teams, external partners, and complex vendor ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of ITIL, service management, change management, and release governance.
• Experience with RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA Cloud preferred.
• Experience with SAP Integration Suite, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SuccessFactors preferred.
• Experience in regulated industries such as medical devices, life sciences, healthcare, or manufacturing preferred.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards and related integration frameworks preferred.
• SAP certifications in S/4HANA, Enterprise Architecture, or SAP Cloud technologies preferred.
• Experience leveraging AI, automation, and analytics to improve ERP operations and business outcomes preferred.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Comfort with working at a computer for extended periods.
• Capacity to lift and carry up to [25–50] pounds as required
• Able to communicate effectively via phone, video, and written communication.
• Occasional need to move about the office to access meetings or resources.

Why Work for Nova Biomedical

• Flexible Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage
• Competitive 401k company match
• Bonus Program, Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Generous Tuition reimbursement
• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements
• Professional development, engagement and events
• Company marketplace for lunch and snacks in our Norwood, MA, Billerica, MA and Westbrook, ME offices
• Company subsidized cafeteria in our Waltham, MA office

Work Location

Onsite in Waltham

Targeted Salary Range

$250,000 - $285,000

Nova Biomedical believes in transparency and integrity throughout all we do, including compensation. The provided salary range for this role represents the expected base salary or hourly rate for this opening. Actual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and may vary based on individual factors such as location, skills, and education.

About The Company

At Nova Biomedical, we’re not just building instruments, we’re powering breakthroughs that improve lives. Our smart, science‑driven solutions are trusted in over 100 countries to speed drug development and enhance patient care.

Our integration brings together more than 70 years of scientific excellence with Nova’s cutting‑edge innovation, forming a powerhouse of precision, purpose, and possibility. With FDA‑registered, ISO‑certified manufacturing, more than 125 FDA approvals, and industry‑trusted diagnostics, we’re setting new standards in quality and reliability. Nova Biomedical is proud to be a global leader in osmolality testing and biotechnology and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) instrumentation, dedicated to advancing patient care and scientific discovery with a legacy that continues to shape the future of life sciences.

With headquarters in Norwood and Waltham, Massachusetts, and a global team of nearly 2,000 employees, we’re building a collaborative, empowered culture grounded in shared values: Customer Centricity, Ingenuity, Ownership & Accountability, Collaboration, and Integrity.

Working at Nova Biomedical means joining a mission‑driven organization where your contributions matter. Whether you're in engineering, science, manufacturing, or support, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, invests in your growth, and is committed to making a real‑world impact on global health.

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EEO Statement

Nova Biomedical takes pride in being an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. As a part of our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, Nova Biomedical will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

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