Data Migration & Modernization Lead

Emploive; San Antonio, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO & holidays

Bonus eligibility

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Life insurance

HSA/FSA options

Disability coverage

Student loan paydown

Tuition reimbursement

Learning opportunities

Employee referrals program

Community events

Emergency childcare program

Mobility stipend

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise data modernization programs in a dynamic environment in the United States. You will own the end-to-end data workstream, define migration waves, establish governance cadences, and coordinate with business, HR, security, and architecture leaders to deliver value and trusted data assets.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of leadership across complex data initiatives, deep cloud data platform knowledge, experience with Databricks and Unity

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading enterprise data modernization, migration, platform, or analytics programs.
• Experience leading data migration strategy and execution across complex source systems.
• Experience defining rationalization criteria, migration waves, readiness gates, and stabilization plans.
• Strong knowledge of modern cloud data platforms, lakehouse architecture, governance, quality, testing, and DataOps.
• Experience advising executives and aligning business and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data workstream and establish migration strategy, governance cadence, priorities, and integrated delivery plan.
• Define rationalization criteria and guide decisions to migrate, redesign, consolidate, retain, or retire.
• Prioritize migration waves using business value, readiness, complexity, risk, and operational impact.
• Direct profiling, quality analysis, mapping, conversion, reconciliation, validation, and readiness activities.
• Oversee migration execution across Databricks architecture, engineering, testing, release, stabilization, and transition.
• Guide expansion of canonical HR data products and reusable patterns beyond initial waves.
• Coordinate with business, HR, application, integration, security, architecture, governance, and program leadership stakeholders.
• Establish repeatable operating model, standards, decision gates, metrics, and lessons learned for broader rollout.
• Lead executive communications, resolve cross-workstream issues, and ensure accountability for scope, schedule, quality, and outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Cloud data platforms

DataOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a senior leader to drive enterprise data modernization programs in a dynamic environment in the United States. You will own the end-to-end data workstream, define migration waves, establish governance cadences, and coordinate with business, HR, security, and architecture leaders to deliver value and trusted data assets.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of leadership across complex data initiatives, deep cloud data platform knowledge, experience with Databricks and Unity