Senior Manager — SAP Master Data Management Lead

Xylem; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Xylem in Bengaluru is seeking an senior Master Data Management leader with deep SAP MDG expertise across data modeling, workflows, BRF+, and DRF replication. You will drive global S/4HANA programs, harmonize data across heterogeneous ERPs, and own a governance model with defined owners, cadence, standards and KPIs.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in heavy industry data domains, strong data quality tooling skills, and an executive presence to arbitrate harmonization decisions across

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise master data management and SAP MDG.
• Hands-on SAP MDG across data modeling, workflows, BRF+, DRF replication, and data consolidation.
• Proven leadership on global S/4HANA programs with harmonization across ERPs.
• Heavy industry domain knowledge: manufacturing, water, energy, process, or engineered products.
• Strong governance experience with named owners, cadence, standards, and KPIs.
• Deep understanding of how master data affects planning, procurement, manufacturing, service and finance.
• Experience with data quality tooling, profiling and remediation at scale.
• Executive presence to arbitrate harmonization disputes.

Responsibilities

• Lead global teams on SAP MDG initiatives and ensure standardization.
• Collaborate with segment leaders to drive data harmonization and governance.
• Onboard acquisitions onto a common master data standard.

Skills

SAP MDG

Master data management

Data modelling

Workflow

BRF+

DRF replication

Consolidation

Mass processing

S/4HANA programs

Governance

Data quality tooling

Profiling

Executive presence

Tools

SAP Datasphere

Signavio process mining

Job description

• 15+ years in enterprise master data management, with at least 8 years in SAP master data and 5+ years leading global teams.
• Deep hands-on SAP MDG expertise across multiple domains — data modeling, workflow, BRF+, DRF replication, and consolidation and mass processing.
• Proven master data leadership on at least two global S/4HANA programs, including harmonization across heterogeneous legacy ERPs.
• Heavy industry line-of-business experience is required — manufacturing, industrial equipment, water, energy, process, or engineered products. Specifically, demonstrated command of material master complexity across engineering and manufacturing views, multi-level BOMs and routings, variant and configurable products, spare and service parts catalogs, equipment and functional location hierarchies, and plant-level data
• Demonstrated ownership of a governance model that survived contact with the business — named owners, operating cadence, enforced standards, and published KPIs
• Strong functional understanding of how master data drives downstream process outcomes in planning, procurement, manufacturing, service, and finance
• Experience with data quality tooling, profiling, and remediation at scale
• Executive presence to arbitrate harmonization disputes between segment leaders and make the standardization call stick.

Preferred

• SAP Datasphere, Signavio process mining, or comparable analytics used to expose data-driven process failure.
• Master data implications of installed-base and aftermarket service models.
• Experience onboarding acquisitions onto a common master data standard.
• Classification, taxonomy, and catalog management for large materials portfolios.
• Familiarity with regulatory and trade compliance data requirements in an industrial context.