SAP Data Lead

Ventures Unlimited Inc; Fairfield (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ventures Unlimited, Inc. is seeking an experienced SAP Data Lead to manage end-to-end data migration and data-quality workstreams for a large SAP transformation program.

The role requires strong experience with SAP master and transactional data, SAP data migration tools, and governance across global teams. You will define strategy, scope, mapping approach, cleansing, load cycles, cutover, and post-load validation, coordinating with functional and technical teams worldwide to deliver a robust

Qualifications

• 10+ years of SAP consulting or enterprise data experience.
• Minimum 6 years of SAP data migration experience.
• Experience leading at least two full-life-cycle SAP data migration programs.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the data migration strategy and governance model for SAP S/4HANA and SAP GTS.
• Lead data mapping, profiling, cleansing, transformation, and load activities.
• Coordinate with global teams and business data owners for remediation.
• Oversee data-quality rules, reconciliation, and cutover planning.
• Manage mock loads, production loads, and post-load validation.
• Provide data-readiness governance and risk mitigation across the program.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Data migration

Data governance

Data profiling

LTMC/LTMOM

BAPIs/IDocs

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IS/Data Management

Tools

SAP Migration Cockpit

LTMC/LTMOM

BAPIs/IDocs

SAP Data Services

Job description

We are seeking an experienced SAP Data Lead to manage the end-to-end data migration and data-quality workstream for a large SAP transformation program involving SAP S/4HANA and SAP GTS E4H.

The Data Lead will define the data migration strategy, governance model, object scope, mapping approach, cleansing process, load cycles, reconciliation framework, cutover plan, and post-load validation activities.

The role requires strong experience with SAP master and transactional data, SAP data migration tools, data-quality management, business reconciliation, and coordination across functional, technical, business, and global delivery teams.

• Define the overall SAP data migration strategy and delivery roadmap.
• Establish data governance, ownership, accountability, and decision-making processes.
• Define data migration scope, object inventory, source systems, and target systems.
• Develop standards for data extraction, profiling, cleansing, transformation, loading, and validation.
• Define data-quality rules, acceptance criteria, and reconciliation controls.
• Establish a data migration calendar aligned with testing and deployment milestones.
• Lead data governance and data-readiness meetings.

Data Assessment and Profiling

• Assess source-system data structures, volumes, dependencies, and quality.
• Coordinate data profiling and identify completeness, accuracy, consistency, and duplication issues.
• Document data-quality findings and remediation requirements.
• Work with business data owners to define cleansing and enrichment activities.
• Track data-quality issues through closure.
• Identify risks related to historical data, open transactions, and master-data dependencies.

Data Mapping and Transformation

• Lead source-to-target mapping across SAP S/4HANA and SAP GTS E4H.
• Ensure mapping documents include transformation rules, default values, validations, and business ownership.
• Coordinate mapping reviews with functional consultants and business stakeholders.
• Manage mapping changes and maintain version control.
• Ensure functional requirements are correctly translated into migration rules.
• Confirm dependencies between master data, transactional data, and configuration.

SAP Data Migration Execution

• Plan and manage extraction, transformation, and load activities.
• Lead mock loads, dress rehearsals, production loads, and post-load validation.
• Coordinate with technical teams using SAP Migration Coc kpit, staging tables, LTMC, LTMOM, BAPIs, IDocs, SAP Data Services, or approved migration tools.
• Monitor load performance, errors, rejects, and reprocessing.
• Ensure migration activities are repeatable, controlled, and auditable.
• Define the detailed data cutover plan, including extraction freeze, cleansing, loading, validation, and sign-off.
• Estimate data-load duration and identify critical-path activities.
• Lead mock cutover and production cutover data activities.
• Coordinate business validation during the cutover window.
• Support hypercare and resolve post-go-live data issues.
• Lead transition of data-governance responsibilities to steady-state teams.

Team and Stakeholder Management

• Lead SAP data analysts, migration developers, functional data owners, and offshore teams.
• Coordinate with SAP functional leads, integration leads, testing leads, and business teams.
• Communicate data-readiness status, risks, issues, and decisions to program leadership.
• Manage data-related dependencies across SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Facilitate timely business decisions on data scope, retention, and remediation.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of SAP consulting or enterprise data experience.
• Minimum 6 years of SAP data migration experience.
• Experience leading at least two full-life-cycle SAP data migration programs.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA master and transactional data.
• Experience managing large data volumes across multiple source systems and countries.
• Strong knowledge of data profiling, cleansing, mapping, transformation, loading, and reconciliation.
• Experience leading business data owners and technical migration teams.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience working in global onsite-offshore delivery models.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP GTS or SAP GTS E4H data migration experience.
• Experience with SAP Migration Cockpit, LTMC, LTMOM, BAPIs, IDocs, SAP Data Services, or similar migration tools.
• Experience with SAP Master Data Governance.
• Knowledge of SAP Activate and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience with data archiving, retention, governance, and security requirements.
• Experience in manufacturing, technology, supply-chain, or global trade environments.
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, SAP Cloud ALM, or Solution Manager.