Senior Manager, Release Data & Analytics Deploy Lead

Johnson Johnson; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Johnson & Johnson is implementing IM Transcend, a global supply chain transformation, and seeks a Senior Manager, Release Data & Analytics Deploy Lead to drive end-to-end deployment of data, MDG, and analytics for the SAP S/4HANA transition.

In this role you will ensure data objects across Material, Customer, Vendor, Finance, and more are prepared, migrated, and governed per the global template, with cross-functional leadership in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Formación

• Strong program and release management skills with experience tracking data readiness milestones.
• Deep understanding of SAP data migration methodology, ETL concepts, mapping, and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of MDG data models, workflow behavior, validation rules, and governance processes.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and proactive issue escalation and resolution.

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end master data & analytics deployment for the assigned release, covering preparation, testing, migration, cutover, and hypercare.
• Develop and maintain release-level deployment plans, playbooks, checkpoints, and readiness metrics.
• Coordinate with Data Stewards, MDG teams, Data Migration teams, and Functional Leads to ensure data readiness across objects.
• Ensure release-level alignment with global standards, templates, and compliance requirements.
• Lead mock load cycles, data validation checks, reconciliation activities, and readiness sign-offs.
• Coordinate test data readiness and validation for SIT, BST, UAT, PQ, and performance testing.
• Manage release-level deployment risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
• Ensure all MDG workflows, data models, business rules, and governance requirements are validated and ready for activation.
• Collaborate with regional deployment teams to ensure markets meet data readiness expectations.
• Drive release-level reporting readiness, dashboards, KPIs, datasets, and analytics validation.
• Lead cutover execution for data migration and ensure a controlled go-live.
• Support hypercare resolution and stabilization of data issues post-go-live.
• Provide release-level leadership, coaching, and coordination across cross-functional deployment teams.

Conocimientos

Release management

Data migration

MDG data models

SAP S/4HANA

Stakeholder management

Communication

Descripción del empleo

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com .

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Digital Strategy & Deployment

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Latina, Italy, London, United Kingdom, Madrid, Spain, Porto, Portugal, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland

Job Description:

Introduction

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal.

IM Transcend is a multi-year global business transformation initiative that will modernize our end-to-end Supply Chain digital capabilities by harmonizing our disparate ecosystem of 7+ major global ERP systems, standardizing our core business processes and products [across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Quality, and Data], and enabling our integrated data strategy through a single SAP S/4 HANA instance.

The Senior Manager, Release Data & Analytics Deploy Lead plays a critical leadership role in driving end-to-end deployment activities for Data, Master Data Governance (MDG), Data Migration, Data Quality, Analytics within their assigned release wave of the global SAP S/4HANA transformation program.

This role ensures that all data objects across Material, Customer, Vendor, Business Partner, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality domains are fully prepared, validated, migrated, and governed in alignment with the global template, regulatory expectations, and business readiness for their release.

The Release Deploy Lead partners closely with the Director, Global Data & Analytics Deploy Lead, and cross-functional global and regional teams, ensuring data readiness milestones are met, risks are mitigated, and deployment execution runs smoothly through planning, testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare phases.

Success requires deep expertise in data migration and MDG, strong cross-functional leadership, structured delivery management, excellent communication, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, complex, highly regulated global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end master data & analytics deployment for the assigned release, covering preparation, testing, migration, cutover, and hypercare.
• Develop and maintain detailed release-level deployment plans, playbooks, checkpoints, and readiness metrics.
• Partner with Data Stewards, MDG teams, Data Migration teams, and Functional Leads to ensure data readiness across all objects.
• Ensure release-level alignment with global standards, global templates, and compliance requirements.
• Lead mock load cycles, data validation checks, reconciliation activities, and readiness sign-offs.
• Coordinate test data readiness and validation for SIT, BST, UAT, PQ, and performance testing.
• Manage release-level deployment risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
• Ensure all MDG workflows, data models, business rules, and governance requirements are validated and ready for activation.
• Collaborate with regional deployment teams to ensure markets meet data readiness expectations.
• Drive release‑level reporting readiness, including dashboards, KPIs, datasets, and analytics validation.
• Lead cutover execution for data migration and ensure a controlled, compliant go-live.
• Support hypercare resolution and stabilization of data issues post‑go‑live.
• Provide release‑level leadership, coaching, and coordination across cross‑functional deployment teams.
• Prepare release updates, dashboards, etc.

Experience & Skills

• Strong program and release management skills, with experience managing data readiness milestones.
• Deep understanding of SAP data migration methodology, ETL tools, mapping, and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of MDG data models, workflow behavior, validation rules, and governance processes.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities and ability to escalation and resolve issues quickly.
• High attention to detail with a strong commitment to compliance and data quality.
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