SAP Master Data Governance Lead

Oasis Investment Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Oasis Investment Company in Dubai seeks a senior Master Data Governance (MDG) leader to drive governance, taxonomy, and data quality across SAP S/4HANA migrations.

You will chair the Data Governance Council, align business and technical models, and partner with system integrators to ensure accurate data migration from Oracle EBS to SAP S/4HANA within a RISE framework.

This role requires 10+ years of MDG/MDM leadership, executive communication, and strong business acumen.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading MDG/MDM initiatives in complex enterprises.
• Hands-on SAP MDG implementations and data migrations in SAP S/4HANA (RISE).
• Experience migrating data from Oracle E-Business Suite to SAP S/4HANA.
• Strong leadership and business acumen influencing senior leadership.
• Excellent executive communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Drive governance across business units and ensure executive sign-off on master data definitions.
• Define and enforce enterprise master data policies and ownership matrices.
• Lead migration workstreams with partners and monitor data quality KPIs.
• Oversee data quality and readiness during S/4HANA migration.

Skills

Data governance

MDG leadership

Executive communication

Data migration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems

Tools

ChainSys

SAP MDG

Job description

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Engagement, Leadership & Governance Enforcement

• Challenge & Influence Business Leadership: Drive buy-in across business units;proactively challenge business teams on legacy data habits, non-standard taxonomies,and uncoordinated master data creation.
• Establish Governance Frameworks: Define, implement, and enforce enterprise-wide master data policies, standards, data ownership matrices, and operating models across all business functions.
• Chair Data Governance Council: Lead cross-functional alignment forums, resolve domain ownership disputes, and secure executive sign-off on master data definitions and taxonomy decisions.
• Drive Change & Business Accountability: Foster a strong data quality culture; hold business stakeholders accountable for maintaining master data integrity throughout the migration and post-go-live operating state.

2. Master Data Taxonomy & Architecture Strategy

• Architect Enterprise Taxonomy: Design and maintain clear, standardized data taxonomies, hierarchies, and metadata structures across core SAP domains (Material/Product, Business Partner/Vendor/Customer, Financials/COA, Assets).
• Align Business & Technical Data Models: Translate business processes into structured SAP S/4HANA data requirements, ensuring seamless transition from legacy Oracle EBS data structures.

3. Migration Execution & Partner Oversight

• Manage Migration Workstreams: Lead data cleansing, enrichment, mapping, and validation activities in close collaboration with system integrators and partners using migration platforms (e.g., ChainSys Data Management Suite).
• Data Quality KPI Oversight: Define, monitor, and report critical Data Quality (DQ) metrics, readiness scorecards, and audit trails to executive management throughout the S/4HANA RISE journey.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Total Experience: Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience leading Master Data Governance (MDG) and Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• SAP S/4HANA Expertise: Direct, hands‑on experience leading SAP MDG implementations and data migrations within SAP S/4HANA (RISE with SAP) environments.
• Legacy ERP Experience: Track record of migrating data from Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) to SAP S/4HANA is preferred
• Leadership & Business Acumen: Exceptional commercial acumen with a proven track record of influencing senior leadership, driving accountability, and upholding governance standards in resistance-prone environments.
• Communication & Assertiveness: Excellent executive-level presentation and negotiation skills in English; capable of articulating the business value of data governance to non-technical leaders.
• Education: Bachelors degree in Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating within enterprise environments in the Dubai / UAE region.
• Hands‑on familiarity with ChainSys migration tools or similar automated data extraction and transformation platforms.
• Certification in SAP MDG or DAMA-CDMP / Data Governance frameworks.