SAP Data Migration Lead

Data Controller, VE Ltd; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VE3 is seeking an experienced SAP Data Migration Lead to direct the migration workstream for a major SAP SuccessFactors transformation and SAP S/4HANA integration. You will define migration strategy, ensure data quality, and manage end-to-end activities from legacy systems to target SAP environments.

Your leadership, stakeholder management, and deep SAP data migration expertise will drive governance, testing, cutover planning, and successful go-lives across the program.

Qualifications

• 10+ years SAP data migration experience.
• Experience leading data migration projects and workstreams.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, quality, and cutover planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP Data Migration workstream for large SAP transformation.
• Define and implement migration strategy, data quality, and reconciliation approaches.
• Coordinate data collection, validation, and sign-off with business users and integration teams.
• Plan mock migrations, production cutover, and go-live activities.
• Produce migration documentation, runbooks, and post-load reconciliation reports.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Communication

Tools

SAP Migration Cockpit

SAP Data Services (BODS)

SAP LSMW

SQL

ETL tools

Job description

Maidenhead, United Kingdom | Posted on 10/09/2026

VE3 is a technology and business consultancyfocused on delivering end-to-end technology solutions and products. We havesuccessfully serviced enterprises across multiple markets, including the publicand private sectors. Our services span all aspects of business, providing aholistic approach to managing an organization. We are committed to providingtechnical innovations and tools that empower organizations with criticalinformation to facilitate decision-making that results in businesstransformation through cost savings and increased operational efficiency. Ourcommitment to quality is adopted throughout the organization and sets thefoundation for delivering our full suite of capabilities.

Job Description

Job title:SAP Data Migration Lead

Position Type: Full-time

Experience Level: 10+ Years

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced SAP Data Migration Lead to lead the data migration workstream for a large-scale SAP SuccessFactors transformation programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining the migration strategy, managing end-to-end migration activities, ensuring data quality, and delivering successful migration from legacy HR and payroll systems into SAP SuccessFactors and SAP S/4HANA.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and extensive experience in SAP data migration methodologies, reconciliation, testing, and cutover planning.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end SAP Data Migration workstream.
  
• Facilitate workshops on Data migration requirements and align with client data requirements.
  
• Define and implement the Data Migration Strategy, Data Quality Strategy, and Migration Approach.
  
• Analyse legacy HR and Payroll data and map it to SAP SuccessFactors target objects.
  
• Define migration objects, transformation rules, validation criteria, and reconciliation processes.
  
• Manage data profiling, cleansing, enrichment, validation, and reconciliation activities.
  
• Coordinate business users for data collection, validation, and sign-off. Coordinate with integration teams to validate migrated data across downstream and upstream systems.
  
• Plan and execute mock migrations, dress rehearsals, production migration, and cutover.
  
• Maintain migration governance, data load ownership, approval processes, audit trails and sign-off processes.
  
• Support SIT, UAT, Payroll Parallel Runs, cutover planning, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
  
• Support and align with SAP SuccessFactors releases and update with needed migration tools and deliver data migration.
  
• Produce migration documentation, runbooks, post load reconciliation reports, and knowledge transfer materials.
  
• Work closely with Functional Consultants, Integration Teams, Technical Teams, and Business SMEs
  

Required Skills & Experience

10+ years of SAP Data Migration experience.

Strong experience with:

• SAP Migration Cockpit
  
• SAP Data Services (BODS)
  
• SAP LSMW
  
• SQL
  
• ETL tools
  

Experience migrating HR, Payroll, Organisation Management, Foundation Objects, Employee Master Data, and historical data.

Strong knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality, and Cutover Planning.

Experience in Data validation and reconciliation techniques, Audit and Compliance controls. Familiar with GDPR and Data privacy regulations

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred Experience:

Previous experience delivering SAP SuccessFactors migration or implementation programmes is highly preferred.

Experience with SAP Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll, and SAP S/4HANA migration projects.

Experience working in Agile and SAP Activate delivery environments.