SAP Data Migration Consultant

Next Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures is seeking an experienced SAP Data Migration Lead to own data migration strategy and delivery across major SAP transformations, including S/4HANA migrations. You will lead end-to-end migration workstreams, coordinating business stakeholders, SAP teams and external partners to ensure accurate, secure data transfer.

The role requires deep expertise in SAP data migration, master data, and migration tools, with strong governance, risk management and communication to senior programme

Qualifications

• Proven lead on SAP data migration in large transformations.
• Experience with S/4HANA migrations or implementations.
• Strong understanding of SAP master and transactional data.
• Experience across full migration lifecycle: strategy → extraction → transformation → validation → loading → reconciliation → cutover.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end SAP data migration strategy and roadmap.
• Lead data migration activities across SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Define migration methodology, governance, standards and quality controls.
• Lead extraction, transformation, cleansing, validation and loading of data.
• Coordinate internal teams, SI partners and third-party data specialists.
• Provide regular reporting on migration progress, risks and readiness to senior programme leadership.

Skills

SAP data migration

S/4HANA migrations

Stakeholder management

Migration lifecycle

Data governance

Data security

Tools

SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit

SAP Data Services

Syniti

SNP

Job description

The Role

We are looking for an experienced SAP Data Migration Lead to take ownership of data migration strategy and delivery across major SAP transformation programmes, including S/4HANA implementations and migrations from legacy SAP and non-SAP systems.

You will lead the end-to-end migration workstream, working closely with business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, technical teams and external implementation partners to ensure data is migrated accurately, securely and on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end SAP data migration strategy and roadmap.
• Lead data migration activities across SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Define migration methodology, governance, standards and quality controls.
• Lead the extraction, transformation, cleansing, validation and loading of data.
• Manage migration objects across areas such as Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Sales and Master Data.
• Work with functional teams to define data requirements, mapping and transformation rules.
• Lead data cleansing, reconciliation and validation activities.
• Manage multiple mock migrations, dress rehearsals and final cutover.
• Identify data risks, dependencies and issues and drive them through to resolution.
• Coordinate internal teams, SI partners and third-party data specialists.
• Provide regular reporting on migration progress, risks and readiness to senior programme leadership.
• Establish and maintain migration documentation, controls and governance.
• Support business teams with data ownership, stewardship and sign-off.
• Ensure migration activities align with SAP and programme architecture, security and compliance requirements.

Experience Required

• Strong experience leading SAP data migration workstreams on large-scale transformation programmes.
• Proven experience with SAP S/4HANA migrations or implementations.
• Strong understanding of SAP master and transactional data.
• Experience across the full migration lifecycle: strategy → extraction → transformation → validation → loading → reconciliation → cutover.
• Experience managing data migration teams and external implementation partners.
• Strong understanding of migration tools and methodologies, ideally including SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, SAP Data Services, Syniti, SNP or similar.
• Experience working with complex legacy landscapes and multiple source systems.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.
• Experience operating within large, complex SAP programmes.

Desirable

• Experience within global S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• SAP Activate experience.
• Experience with SAP MDG and master data governance.
• Experience across multiple SAP modules.
• Experience managing global data migration across multiple countries/business units.
• Consultancy / systems integrator background.
• Experience in regulated industries such as pharma, life sciences, manufacturing or financial services.