Data Migration Lead

KData AI; United States; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KData AI is seeking an experienced Data Migration Lead to support the OPGT Dynamics 365 implementation program. The successful candidate will define, manage, and lead the end-to-end data migration strategy and execution across Dynamics 365 CE and F&O, ensuring seamless migration of data from legacy systems into the target Microsoft platform.

The role requires a senior, client-facing professional capable of leading migration planning, governance, execution, and stakeholder engagement while

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex enterprise data migration workstreams.
• Ability to translate data across legacy and target systems.
• Experience with Dynamics 365 CE/CRM and F&O.
• Strong planning, governance, and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Familiarize with program's data landscape, risks, and dependencies.
• Own end-to-end migration plan from legacy systems to Microsoft platform.
• Lead source-to-target mapping, transformation, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation.
• Collaborate with client SMEs to define migration requirements.
• Oversee migrations, validation, and post-migration reconciliation.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and risks.
• Translate data model changes into a controlled migration approach.
• Oversee data quality assessment and remediation.
• Provide migration governance and status reporting.
• Mentor project team on migration best practices.

Skills

Enterprise data migration

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data mapping

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM

Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Data Migration Lead to support the OPGT Dynamics 365 implementation program. The successful candidate will define, manage, and lead the end-to-end data migration strategy and execution across Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE) and Finance & Operations (F&O), ensuring the successful migration of data from legacy systems into the target Microsoft platform.

The role requires a senior, client-facing professional capable of leading migration planning, governance, execution, and stakeholder engagement while collaborating closely with business, functional, technical, and architecture teams throughout the implementation lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Quickly become familiar with the program's existing data landscape, migration approach, documentation, assumptions, risks, and dependencies.
• Develop, own, and manage the client through an end-to-end migration plan from legacy systems into the new Microsoft platform, including strategy, timelines, dependencies, readiness criteria, testing, cutover, and go-live activities.
• Lead source-to-target mapping, transformation, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution activities.
• Collaborate with client subject matter experts and project stakeholders to define migration requirements and support migration readiness.
• Lead migration planning, mock migrations, execution cycles, validation activities, and post-migration reconciliation.
• Coordinate with functional, technical, data, and architecture teams to resolve migration-related issues, risks, and dependencies.
• Translate solution and data model changes into a practical and controlled migration approach.
• Perform and oversee data quality assessment, remediation, and cleanup activities as required.
• Provide clear migration governance, status reporting, and proactive management of risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions.
• Mentor and guide project team members on migration best practices and standards.

This is a remote position.

Data Migration Lead

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Data Migration Lead to support the OPGT Dynamics 365 implementation program. The successful candidate will define, manage, and lead the end-to-end data migration strategy and execution across Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE) and Finance & Operations (F&O), ensuring the successful migration of data from legacy systems into the target Microsoft platform.

The role requires a senior, client-facing professional capable of leading migration planning, governance, execution, and stakeholder engagement while collaborating closely with business, functional, technical, and architecture teams throughout the implementation lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Quickly become familiar with the program's existing data landscape, migration approach, documentation, assumptions, risks, and dependencies.
• Develop, own, and manage the client through an end-to-end migration plan from legacy systems into the new Microsoft platform, including strategy, timelines, dependencies, readiness criteria, testing, cutover, and go-live activities.
• Lead source-to-target mapping, transformation, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution activities.
• Collaborate with client subject matter experts and project stakeholders to define migration requirements and support migration readiness.
• Lead migration planning, mock migrations, execution cycles, validation activities, and post-migration reconciliation.
• Coordinate with functional, technical, data, and architecture teams to resolve migration-related issues, risks, and dependencies.
• Translate solution and data model changes into a practical and controlled migration approach.
• Perform and oversee data quality assessment, remediation, and cleanup activities as required.
• Provide clear migration governance, status reporting, and proactive management of risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions.
• Mentor and guide project team members on migration best practices and standards.

Requirements

Required Experience and Capabilities

• Demonstrated experience leading complex enterprise data migration workstreams.
• Strong ability to understand, translate, and work with complex data across legacy and target systems.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE/CRM) and Finance & Operations (F&O), or the ability to rapidly learn associated data structures and migration patterns.
• Strong understanding of migration strategy, mapping, transformation, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, testing, and cutover planning.
• Experience guiding client stakeholders and subject matter experts through migration decisions and execution activities.
• Ability to translate evolving business and solution requirements into a practical and controlled migration approach.
• Strong planning, leadership, facilitation, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Combination of business analysis and data management expertise, with the ability to connect business requirements, source data, transformation logic, and target-system outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to join large, complex programs and become effective quickly.