SAP Data Governance & Migration Lead

Quick Facts

• Role: SAP Data Governance & Migration Lead

• Focus: Data management and migration for a business carve-out/separation program

Description

You will lead data governance and migration activities in a strategic enterprise separation program. Responsibilities include defining the data scope and the minimal required dataset (MVD), managing data inventory across SAP and non-SAP systems, ensuring data quality (profiling, cleansing, validation), and planning extraction and transfer sequence for Day 1 readiness.

You will coordinate data agreements and stakeholder approvals across business and IT, with collaboration from Legal, Privacy, and Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Data Management area for the carve-out/separation program

• Define the scope of data to be transferred and the MVD

• Manage data inventory across SAP and non-SAP systems

• Identify dependencies between data, systems, and business processes

• Collaborate with data owners, IT teams, Legal, Privacy, and data protection specialists

• Oversee data quality, profiling, cleansing, and validation

• Plan extraction strategy, transfer order, and migration activities

• Coordinate data reconciliation, handle discrepancies, and obtain business sign-off

• Support cutover planning and ensure data readiness for Day 1

• Prepare documentation, reports, dependency analyses, and data readiness assessments

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in data migration, Data Governance, or Data Management

• Practical experience with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA (required)

• Strong understanding of master data and transactional data in SAP environments

• Experience with data migration projects, data quality assurance, and cleansing

• Knowledge of data management principles and defining data responsibilities/ownership

• Experience running workshops with business and IT stakeholders

• Ability to coordinate multiple teams and manage stakeholders

• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making in complex project environments

Benefits

• Participate in a large-scale, strategic transformation program

• Apply and grow expertise in SAP, data migration, and Data Governance

• Work with international business and technology teams

• Make a real impact on data strategy, migration approach, and Day 1 organizational readiness after separation