S/4HANA Data Migration Lead Architect

Horizontal Talent; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Data Migration Lead Consultant to guide end-to-end migration efforts for a major ERP transformation initiative. You’ll help shape migration strategy, drive data quality and governance, and support the successful transition of critical business data into SAP S/4HANA.

You will lead the data migration workstream, collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams, manage master and transactional data, oversee mapping, cleansing, validation, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of ERP data migration and data transformation experience.
• 5+ years supporting SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA data migration initiatives.
• Strong understanding of SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA data structures and business processes.
• Hands-on experience with SAP Migration Cockpit, SAP Data Services, SAP BTP Integration and Data Services, or similar ETL tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full data migration workstream from planning and design through testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare support.
• Partner with business stakeholders, functional teams, solution architects, integration teams, and data owners to define migration needs and priorities.
• Develop migration strategies aligned to S/4HANA business processes and project goals.
• Oversee data discovery, profiling, cleansing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and loading activities.
• Facilitate workshops to define source-to-target mappings, business rules, transformation logic, and data governance standards.
• Manage migration activities for master, transactional, historical, and reference data across key business areas.
• Build and maintain migration documentation, including strategy, mapping specifications, reconciliation reports, and runbooks.
• Support mock conversions, testing cycles, dress rehearsals, and production cutovers.
• Track issues, manage risks, and coordinate resolution of data quality and migration defects.
• Provide regular progress updates and recommendations to project leadership and business teams.
• Work closely with SAP functional leads to ensure migration design supports the target solution.

Skills

ERP data migration

Data transformation

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

SAP S/4HANA knowledge

ETL tools

Offshore/onshore management

Documentation

Tools

SAP Migration Cockpit

SAP Data Services

SAP BTP Integration and Data Services

Job description

Horizontal Talent is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Data Migration Lead Consultant to guide end-to-end migration efforts for a major ERP transformation initiative. You’ll help shape migration strategy, drive data quality and governance, and support the successful transition of critical business data into SAP S/4HANA.

You will lead the data migration workstream, collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams, manage master and transactional data, oversee mapping, cleansing, validation, and