Prin IT Business Analyst

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life SAP BA Principal Functional Expertise — Must Have The candidate should have deep functional knowledge in SAP domain, and enough cross-functional understanding to see the end-to-end business process. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (business stakeholders, BRMs, vendors). • Design and implement solutions aligned with Medtronic’s compliance and operational excellence standards. • Act as strategic advisors, influencing decisions and driving process improvements. • Mentor junior analysts and manage critical projects end-to-end. • SAP ECC / S/4HANA experience • Strong knowledge of relevant SAP modules: o FI/CO would be a plus o MM o SD o PP o WM o QM o PM • Integration between SAP modules • Understanding of SAP master data • SAP interfaces and integrations • Understanding of SAP configuration vs. customization • SAP reporting and analytics • SAP security/GRC awareness • Understanding of SAP releases, enhancements and upgrades • Lead complex SAP initiatives (S/4HANA migrations, global rollouts, PP/QM, FICO, or Supply Chain modules). Principal-level expectation: They should be able to walk into a business problem and quickly determine: Business problem → process impact → SAP capability → integration impact → solution options → risks → effort → cost → implementation approach. 1. Business Analysis & Process Design • Business acumen o Ability to translate business needs into SAP solutions. o Strong understanding of Medtronic’s regulated environment. • Business requirements gathering • Requirements elicitation • Process mapping • As-Is / To-Be analysis • Gap analysis • Business process optimization • Root-cause analysis • Functional specifications • User stories / acceptance criteria • Business case development • Process documentation • Data analysis • KPI definition • UAT planning and execution 2. SAP Demand & Project Leadership The person should have experience managing the lifecycle of SAP demands: Business Demand → Intake → Assessment → Prioritization → Business Case → Solution Design → Estimate → Approval → Delivery → Testing → Deployment → Hypercare understand: • Demand management • Project estimation • Resource requirements • Capacity planning • Prioritization • Project dependencies • Risk management • Budget awareness • Timeline management • Change management • Production readiness • Post-implementation review Worked with tools such as Planisware, ServiceNow, SAP Solution Manager. Handle COE process around demand, resource capacity, project compliance and cost allocation. 3. Solution Architecture Mindset Architectural thinking. • SAP integrations • APIs • Middleware • Interfaces • Data flows • Legacy systems • Cloud integrations • Master data • Reporting/data warehouses • Security • SAP extensions • Custom development • Integration impacts 4. Stakeholder & Communication Skills Interact with: • Business leaders • Process owners • IT leadership • SAP functional teams • Developers • Architects • Data teams • Security/GRC • Project managers • Vendors • Global/local teams Need to be able to communicate at three different levels. Executive level Business level Technical level 5. Leadership Without Direct Authority Lead people without being their manager. • Leading cross-functional teams • Facilitating workshops • Driving decisions • Resolving conflicts • Mentoring analysts • Coaching junior SAP resources • Challenging assumptions • Influencing senior stakeholders • Managing vendors • Establishing standards • Driving continuous improvement 6. Data & Analytics Capability Power BI, Snowflake, SAP source data and dashboard/data inconsistencies Should understand: • SAP data structures • Data extraction • Data validation • Data quality • Master data • Reporting requirements • SAP → data warehouse → BI architecture • Reconciliation • Data lineage • KPI definitions • Power BI concepts • SQL fundamentals • Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms Systematically trace: SAP source → extraction → transformation → Snowflake → semantic model → Power BI → KPI 7. Transformation & Strategic Thinking • SAP modernization • ECC → S/4HANA transformation • Digital transformation • Process automation • Integration strategy • Cloud strategy • AI opportunities • SAP clean core concepts • Standardization vs. customization • Technical debt • Business value • Continuous improvement o Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking o Ability to anticipate risks, propose alternatives, and make data-driven decisions. o Creative thinking for process optimization and compliance challenges. • Adaptability & Change Management o Comfort with ambiguity and evolving priorities. o Leading change initiatives (e.g., S/4HANA migration, process harmonization). o Promoting adoption of new tools and processes. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Engages with business leaders to understand how strategies and data-driven changes can improve efficiencies and add value. Work with data sets to define use cases to improve products, processes and/or services. Collaborates with Business Relationship Manager (BRM), business stakeholders and IT Product Owners / Managers to develop business requirements for product or system changes. Drives business agenda during solution delivery process. Functional Skills: Ability to analyze data and trends in order to develop recommendations to solve business problems. Additional Skills: Problem Solving, Detail Oriented, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Service, Process Improvement, Communication. Technology: Understanding of systems, software and technological concepts, Familiarity with data analysis tools and data modeling methodologies. Additional Desired Skills and Competencies for BA SAP Principal Business Value Orientation: Ability to connect SAP solutions to measurable business outcomes, define success metrics, and assess benefits realization following implementation. Systems Thinking and End-to-End Process Awareness: Ability to anticipate cross-functional impacts, identify dependencies across SAP modules and connected systems, and evaluate downstream operational consequences. Strategic Decision-Making: Ability to assess solution alternatives and make data-driven recommendations based on business value, cost, complexity, risk, scalability, and implementation effort. Risk Management and Compliance: Ability to identify operational, data, security, and compliance risks and ensure appropriate traceability across requirements, solution design, testing, approvals, and deployment. Executive Communication and Negotiation: Ability to translate complex business and technical issues into clear recommendations, facilitate alignment among stakeholders,