Data & Analytics Deployment Lead — SAP S/4HANA

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Ringaskiddy; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Senior Manager, Release Data & Analytics Deploy Lead to drive end-to-end data deployment for the SAP S/4HANA transformation across global markets. You will lead data migration, MDG, governance, and analytics initiatives, coordinating with regional teams to ensure readiness, compliance, and successful go-live.

In this role you will establish deployment plans, manage risks, and provide executive reporting while coaching cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Data Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
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Responsibilities

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

Skills

Release management

Data migration

MDG data models

Data governance

SAP S/4HANA

ETL tools

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Data Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field

Tools

SAP MDG

SAP S/4HANA

ETL tooling

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is seeking a Senior Manager, Release Data & Analytics Deploy Lead to drive end-to-end data deployment for the SAP S/4HANA transformation across global markets. You will lead data migration, MDG, governance, and analytics initiatives, coordinating with regional teams to ensure readiness, compliance, and successful go-live.

In this role you will establish deployment plans, manage risks, and provide executive reporting while coaching cross-functional teams