Senior SAP Data Migration Project Manager

Genesis IT Recruitment; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesis IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced SAP Data Migration Project Manager to lead end-to-end data migration for a major SAP S/4HANA transformation in Brisbane. This highly visible, customer-facing role requires coordinating data owners, technical teams and SAP consultants to ensure readiness and successful cutover.

You will drive migration governance, manage risks, and lead executive discussions across Finance, Sales and Procurement, delivering clear updates to stakeholders throughout

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience managing data migration across large-scale SAP ERP implementations.
• Strong SAP S/4HANA experience, ideally across Public or Private Cloud environments.
• Hands-on understanding of SAP Migration Cockpit and SAP Data Services.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-object data migrations across multiple SAP functional domains.
• Strong customer-facing and senior stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to chair executive discussions and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding of migration governance, planning, data quality, readiness and cutover.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical migration issues for business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the end-to-end SAP data migration workstream.
• Act as the key point of contact for all customer data migration activities.
• Lead workshops and stakeholder discussions covering migration scope, approach, readiness and risks.
• Establish clear ownership across migration objects and functional streams.
• Coordinate migration activities across Finance, Sales and Procurement.
• Manage migration plans, RAID logs, dependencies, risks and program-level reporting.
• Work closely with SAP functional consultants to drive data quality and migration readiness.
• Coordinate migration activities within the broader SAP delivery and sprint cadence.
• Lead cutover planning, dress rehearsals and Go-Live migration execution.
• Provide clear updates to senior stakeholders and proactively manage expectations and competing priorities.

Skills

Data migration

SAP S/4HANA

Stakeholder management

Go-Live planning

Data quality

Tools

SAP Migration Cockpit

SAP Data Services

SAP Cloud ALM

Job description

Senior SAP Data Migration Project Manager

• Lead end-to-end data migration for a major SAP S/4HANA transformation

• 7-Month Contract
• Brisbane location
• Lead end-to-end data migration for a major SAP S/4HANA transformation

We’re looking for an experienced SAP Data Migration Project Manager to lead end-to-end data migration activities across a major SAP transformation program.

This is a highly visible, customer-facing role where you’ll act as the primary point of accountability for data migration, working across business stakeholders, data owners, technical teams and SAP functional consultants. You’ll bring structure to a complex migration program, drive readiness and ensure migration activities remain on track through to cutover and Go-Live.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage the end-to-end SAP data migration workstream.
• Act as the key point of contact for all customer data migration activities.
• Lead workshops and stakeholder discussions covering migration scope, approach, readiness and risks.
• Establish clear ownership across migration objects and functional streams.
• Coordinate migration activities across Finance, Sales and Procurement.
• Manage migration plans, RAID logs, dependencies, risks and program-level reporting.
• Work closely with SAP functional consultants to drive data quality and migration readiness.
• Coordinate migration activities within the broader SAP delivery and sprint cadence.
• Lead cutover planning, dress rehearsals and Go-Live migration execution.
• Provide clear updates to senior stakeholders and proactively manage expectations and competing priorities.

Skills Required:

• 5+ years’ experience managing data migration across large-scale SAP ERP implementations.
• Strong SAP S/4HANA experience, ideally across Public or Private Cloud environments.
• Hands-on understanding of SAP Migration Cockpit and SAP Data Services.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-object data migrations across multiple SAP functional domains.
• Strong customer-facing and senior stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to confidently chair executive discussions and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding of migration governance, planning, data quality, readiness and cutover.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical migration issues for business stakeholders.

Highly regarded:

• SAP Activate methodology experience.
• Exposure to SAP Cloud ALM, LeanIX and Signavio.
• Understanding of enterprise data governance and data ownership frameworks.