SAP Data Migration Senior Manager

Next Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures is seeking an experienced SAP data migration leader to drive end-to-end data strategies for S/4HANA transformations across multi-system landscapes. You will steer governance, data quality, and secure migration practices in complex programs with global teams.

Key focus areas include managing data assessments, mapping, and cutover planning using Migration Cockpit, SAP Data Services, MDG, and related ETL tools, while collaborating with senior stakeholders to shape data-driven

Qualifications

• Extensive SAP data migration, governance and integration experience.
• Proven leadership of global SAP S/4HANA data workstreams.
• Public Cloud deployments experience in SAP environments.
• Strong knowledge of Finance, Supply Chain, and Procurement domains.
• Experience in running data workshops with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead end-to-end SAP data migration strategies across multi-system landscapes.
• Lead data migration across SAP S/4HANA, MDG, SuccessFactors, Payroll, and EWM.
• Design scalable, automated data migration solutions for rapid S/4HANA adoption.
• Establish data governance frameworks with ownership, stewardship, and quality controls.
• Oversee data reconciliation, validation, and audit across scope.
• Mentor global data teams across onshore, nearshore, offshore delivery models.

Skills

SAP data migration

Data governance

S/4HANA transformations

Public Cloud deployments

MDG expertise

SuccessFactors Payroll EWM

Migration Cockpit

ETL tooling

Data modelling

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Pre-sales support

RFP responses

Tools

Migration Cockpit

SAP Data Services

ETL tools

SAP MDG

Job description

We are seeking experienced professionals with deep expertise inSAP data migrationandgovernanceto support large-scale SAP transformation programmes across complex enterprise landscapes. This is a high-impact role requiring strong client delivery capabilities, leadership in complex data workstreams, and contribution to business development initiatives.

The successful candidate will be able to:

• Define and lead end-to-end SAP data migration strategies for S/4HANA transformations, covering data governance, migration, conversion, and integration across complex, multi-system landscapes.
• Lead data migration activities across core SAP solutions includingSAP S/4HANA (Public Cloud), SAP MDG, SuccessFactors, Payroll, and Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), ensuring alignment across interconnected business processes.
• Drive data-led transformations by designing scalable, automated, and secure data migration solutions that accelerate S/4HANA adoption (including Public Cloud) and broader enterprise modernisation.
• Lead data assessment, cleansing, harmonisation, and enrichment initiatives, ensuring high-quality, trusted data aligned to business objectives and global standards.
• Establish and implement robust data governance frameworks, including data ownership, stewardship, data quality controls, and security principles, leveraging SAP MDG where applicable.
• Design and execute data migration solutions using SAP Migration Cockpit, SAP Data Services, and other ETL/integration tools, ensuring scalability and repeatability across multi-wave programmes.
• Lead complex data conversion activities across SAP systems, including HR (SuccessFactors & Payroll), Supply Chain (EWM), and Master Data governance platforms (MDG).
• Drive cutover planning and execution from a data perspective, ensuring predictable outcomes through disciplined planning, reconciliation, and alignment with business timelines.
• Define and oversee reconciliation, validation, and audit processes to ensure data completeness, accuracy, and integrity across all systems in scope.
• Facilitate data design and migration workshops with business stakeholders, translating requirements into data models, mappings, and transformation rules across multiple functional domains.
• Collaborate closely with functional, integration, and technical teams to ensure alignment on data models, cross-system dependencies, and process integration points.
• Advise clients on data lifecycle strategies, including data archiving, legacy system decommissioning, and ongoing governance across SAP and adjacent systems.
• Lead and mentor global, multi-disciplinary data teams across onshore, nearshore, and offshore models to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Support business development initiatives, including shaping data migration solutions, contributing to proposals, and leading client discussions across SAP data transformation programmes.

The Person

• Strong work experience in SAP data migration, conversion, data governance, and integration, with a strong track record of delivering complex, global transformation programmes.
• Demonstrable experience leading data workstreams within SAP S/4HANA implementations, includingPublic Cloud deployments, across multi-country and multi-wave environments.
• Strong expertise in SAP data domains acrossFinance,Supply Chain, andProcurement, with working knowledge ofSuccessFactors,Payroll, andEWM.
• Provenleadershipin defining and executing end-to-end data migration strategies across interconnected SAP systems and third-party applications.
• Experience in facilitating data workshops and engaging with senior business stakeholders to drive decisions and resolve data issues.
• Hands-on experience with SAP data migration tools, including Migration Cockpit, SAP Data Services, and related ETL/integration technologies.
• Strong expertise in data architecture, data modelling, data quality, and data security, ensuring scalable and compliant data frameworks.
• Experience producing high-quality artefacts such as Data Migration Strategy, Object Design Documents, Mapping Specifications, Data Quality Reports, and Cutover Runbooks.
• Strong understanding of cross-system data dependencies, particularly betweenS/4HANA, MDG, SuccessFactors, Payroll, and EWM, and their impact on migration and integration design.
• Proven ability to manage complex cutover activities from a data perspective, ensuring minimal business disruption and successful go-live outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence both business and IT leadership.
• Demonstrable experience leading and mentoring diverse, multinational teams across distributed delivery models.
• Experience supporting pre-sales and business development, including RFP responses, solution shaping, and estimation for SAP data migration initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to simplify complex data challenges and deliver pragmatic, business-focused solutions.
• Self-starter with the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving environments, particularly in emerging areas such as AI-enabled enterprise data transformation.