Data Implementation Lead

GEP Worldwide; Clark (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Company holidays

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

GEP Worldwide is seeking an experienced Data Implementation Lead to own the data workstream for customer implementations of procurement technology. You will define migration strategy, lead delivery through cutover and go-live, and establish governance to ensure data quality after implementation.

Working with customer procurement, finance and IT teams, you will ensure data accuracy, reconciliation and readiness for business use.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of experience in procurement, including at least 8 years in data migration.
• Proven experience leading data migration for Source-to-Pay (S2P) or Procure-to-Pay (P2P) implementations.
• Strong knowledge of data profiling, mapping, cleansing, reconciliation and validation.
• Experience establishing data governance, including ownership, quality rules and standards.
• Ability to define and execute migration strategies and cutover plans.
• Technical expertise in APIs, ETL, SQL and ERP integrations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive decisions and actions to closure.

Responsibilities

• Define the data migration strategy, including scope, sequencing, tools and cutover plans.
• Lead data discovery and profiling across customer ERP and legacy systems, and establish mapping and transformation rules.
• Manage extraction, cleansing, transformation and loading, including mock migrations, reconciliation and final migration activities.
• Establish data governance with clear ownership, stewardship, quality standards and an operating model.
• Resolve data quality issues, secure customer sign-offs, manage migration risks and communicate progress.
• Coordinate supplier, contract and catalog data onboarding with customer procurement teams.
• Connect customer data owners with GEP Technical Support, Engineering and Product teams to resolve dependencies and issues.
• Manage and mentor implementation data resources, and develop reusable migration templates and accelerators.

Skills

Data migration

Data governance

Stakeholder management

S2P/P2P

Tools

APIs

ETL

SQL

ERP integrations

Job description

Welcome to GEP

Who We Are

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largest organizations.

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largest organizations.

How You Grow At GEP

We recognize people who make a genuine difference, work hard and drive achievements. Results are noticed and rewarded. It’s how you will grow a career at GEP, and in a much shorter time frame than at other firms.

Celebrating Everyone

GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our team members so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities, cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makes you unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more. And we are a women-founded and -owned company so our foundation is making GEP a great place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and give back.

Are You One of Us

GEP is seeking an experienced Data Implementation Lead to own the data workstream for customer implementations of procurement technology. You will define the migration strategy, lead delivery through cutover and go-live, and establish governance to maintain data quality after implementation.

Working closely with customer procurement, finance and IT teams, you will ensure data is accurate, reconciled and ready for business use. This role combines technical expertise with customer engagement, team leadership and accountability for delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the data migration strategy, including scope, sequencing, tools and cutover plans.
• Lead data discovery and profiling across customer ERP and legacy systems, and establish mapping and transformation rules.
• Manage extraction, cleansing, transformation and loading, including mock migrations, reconciliation and final migration activities.
• Establish data governance with clear ownership, stewardship, quality standards and an operating model.
• Resolve data quality issues, secure customer sign-offs, manage migration risks and communicate progress.
• Coordinate supplier, contract and catalog data onboarding with customer procurement teams.
• Connect customer data owners with GEP Technical Support, Engineering and Product teams to resolve dependencies and issues.
• Manage and mentor implementation data resources, and develop reusable migration templates and accelerators.

Required Experience And Skills

• 15–20 years of experience in procurement, including at least 8 years in data migration.
• Proven experience leading data migration for Source-to-Pay (S2P) or Procure-to-Pay (P2P) implementations.
• Strong knowledge of data profiling, mapping, cleansing, reconciliation and validation.
• Experience establishing data governance, including ownership, quality rules and standards.
• Ability to define and execute migration strategies and cutover plans.
• Technical expertise in APIs, ETL, SQL and ERP integrations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive decisions and actions to closure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project experience with SAP Ariba, Coupa or Oracle.
• Data migration experience with SAP S/4HANA or Oracle Cloud ERP.
• CPSM, PMP or a relevant data management certification.

Travel requirement

Frequent in-person visits to a customer location in New York are required for workshops.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $180,000 – $220,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications.

Additional Compensation

Eligible for a performance-based bonus tied to individual and company performance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with a 3% company match
• paid time off
• company holidays
• professional development opportunities.