Data Platforms Lead Engineer (SAC-Planning) - BI & Reporting

Overview

Waters is seeking an experienced Lead / SAC-P Developer to lead the design, development, and governance of enterprise planning solutions within SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). This role will be responsible for driving end-to-end SAC Planning implementations, mentoring junior developers, and partnering with business stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality planning and reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of SAC planning models aligned with enterprise requirements
• Define and govern hierarchies, dimensions, and measures across planning use cases
• Establish and manage versioning strategies (Actuals, Forecast, Budget)
• Ensure scalability, standardization, and adherence to best practices
• Define enterprise-wide SAC Planning design standards, development frameworks, and reusable solution patterns.
• Lead model optimization initiatives to improve planning performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Design cross-functional planning solutions spanning Financial, Workforce, Sales, and Operational Planning.
• Conduct architecture reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise data, security, and analytics standards.
• Evaluate and recommend new SAC Planning capabilities and roadmap features for adoption.

• Oversee and contribute to development of SAC Stories and input templates
• Lead design and build of visualization dashboards and analytical reports
• Drive backend and UI enhancements for global reporting solutions
• Ensure high performance and usability across SAC deliverables
• Lead development of SAC Analytic Applications using scripting and advanced user interaction capabilities.
• Design and implement planning workflows using SAC Calendar, Task Chains, and Process Management features.
• Establish development standards, coding guidelines, and peer review processes for SAC deliverables.
• Create reusable templates, widgets, and reporting components to accelerate solution delivery.
• Ensure accessibility, usability, and responsive design standards across all planning applications.
• Expertise in SAC Analytic Applications and JavaScript scripting.
• Strong experience with Advanced Formulas, Data Actions, Multi Actions, and Calendar Processes.

• Design and implement complex calculation logic within SAC models
• Lead development of Data Actions to automate planning processes
• Optimize performance and ensure accuracy across planning scenarios
• Establish development standards and conduct quality reviews
• Design and optimize Advanced Formula scripts for complex planning, allocation, and forecasting requirements.
• Develop Multi Actions to automate end-to-end planning and approval processes.
• Build driver-based planning, top-down and bottom-up forecasting models.
• Implement allocations, currency conversion, intercompany eliminations, and spreading logic.
• Conduct performance tuning of Data Actions, calculations, and planning models to minimize processing time.

• Manage and deliver global SAC report enhancements and changes
• Coordinate backend data model changes and UI updates
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions
• Drive continuous improvement across planning and reporting processes
• Lead planning and execution of global reporting releases and enhancement roadmaps.
• Standardize KPI definitions, calculations, and reporting frameworks across business functions.
• Drive self-service reporting capabilities and user adoption initiatives.
• Perform impact assessments for enhancement requests and define scalable implementation approaches.
• Ensure reporting consistency across regions, business units, and planning cycles.

• Architect and oversee data integration from source systems using APIs and flat-file uploads
• Ensure data consistency, integrity, and governance across SAC environments
• Collaborate with upstream systems and integration teams to resolve issues
• Align SAC solutions with Waters’ enterprise data and analytics strategy
• Design integration architectures between SAC and SAP Datasphere, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA, and non-SAP systems.
• Lead data mapping, transformation, and validation activities across source systems.
• Define data quality controls, reconciliation processes, and governance standards.
• Support integration troubleshooting and performance optimization activities.
• Collaborate with enterprise data architects to align planning models with the organization's data strategy.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams
• Act as the primary point of contact for SAC Planning initiatives
• Partner with global stakeholders across IT, Finance, and Operations
• Lead solution discovery workshops and planning requirement gathering sessions with business stakeholders.
• Mentor and coach developers on SAC Planning best practices, advanced scripting, and solution design.
• Review technical designs, code, and deliverables to ensure quality and consistency.
• Drive estimation, sprint planning, release planning, and delivery governance activities.
• Act as escalation point for complex technical and functional issues across planning workstreams.
• Manage interactions with SAP product support for complex incidents and product enhancement requests.

Required Skills & Qualifications Must Have

• Extensive hands-on experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (Planning)
• Strong expertise in planning model design, hierarchies, and dimensions
• Proven experience in SAC Story development, dashboards, and reporting
• Advanced knowledge of Data Actions, calculations, and scripting in SAC
• Experience with data integration (APIs, flat files, ETL processes)
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to deliver in a global, cross-functional environment

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications- Good to Have

• Experience in enterprise-wide planning and global reporting implementations
• Familiarity with SAP ecosystem (S/4HANA, BW, Datasphere, etc.)
• Exposure to financial and operational planning processes
• SAC Planning certification preferred
• Experience managing onshore/offshore delivery models
• Expertise in SAC Analytic Applications and JavaScript scripting.
• Strong experience with Advanced Formulas, Data Actions, Multi Actions, and Calendar Processes.
• Experience integrating SAC with SAP Datasphere, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA, SAP BPC, and SAP Integration Suite.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
• Experience with planning architecture, forecasting methodologies, and financial modeling.
• Familiarity with transport management, release governance, and DevOps practices for SAC.
• Experience in global FP&A, Sales Planning, Workforce Planning, and Supply Chain Planning solutions.

These additions position the role as a Lead SAC Planning Developer/Architect with ownership across solution architecture, development governance, planning innovation, integration strategy, and stakeholder leadership, rather than solely focusing on development activities.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.