SAP MDG Lead Architect

Yochana IT Solutions Inc.; USA; Remote; USD 96.000 - 165.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Yochana IT Solutions Inc. seeks a SAP MDG Subject Matter Expert to provide functional guidance and coordinate SAP MDG services within the AMS/CAS landscape.

The role supports the ASM in customer engagements, governance, prioritization, de-escalation, and continuous improvement while ensuring high-quality service delivery. The SME will lead functional change reviews, advise on data standardization and governance, and ensure delivery aligns with contractual commitments and delivery standards

Qualifikationen

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG).
• MDG Material Master (MDG-M) experience.
• MDG Business Partner (MDG-BP) experience.
• MDG Customer and Vendor Master Data knowledge.
• Data Governance processes and change workflows.

Aufgaben

• Provide functional expertise and coordinate SAP MDG services within AMS/CAS landscape.
• Act as senior functional expert in customer meetings, issue resolution, and governance reviews.
• Review and validate functional Change Requests including design, effort and risk analysis.
• Advise on standardization, governance, data quality improvements and system enhancements.
• Ensure delivery aligns with SLAs, processes and contractual commitments.
• Serve as functional coordination point within the delivery team for SAP MDG activities.
• Coordinate and review change, testing, enhancement activities for compliance with standards.
• Identify opportunities for data standardization and process automation.
• Mentor team members and promote knowledge development.
• Represent the delivery team in governance meetings with updates on performance and risks.

Kenntnisse

SAP MDG

MDG-M

MDG-BP

MDG Data Governance

Data quality

Stakeholder mgmt

AMS/CAS

S/4HANA integration

SAP ECC

SAP MM

SAP SD

SAP FICO

SAP Ariba

DRF

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP ECC

SAP MM

SAP SD

SAP FICO

SAP Ariba

DRF

Jobbeschreibung

Location:- Fargo GA -Remote and Travel when required

Mode of Hire:- Subcon

Visa:- Any

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SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Job Description

Role Summary

The SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) Subject Matter Expert (SME) is responsible for providing functional expertise and coordination for SAP MDG services within the Application Management Services (AMS/CAS) landscape. The SME supports the Application Service Manager (ASM) in customer engagements, service delivery governance, prioritization, de-escalation activities, change reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring high-quality service delivery aligned with contractual obligations and service standards.

Responsibilities

• Support the Application Service Manager (ASM) with customer alignment, service scope clarification, prioritization, and de-escalation activities related to SAP MDG.
• Act as a senior functional expert and be involved in activities beyond regular ticket processing, including customer meetings, issue resolution, service reviews, and change request assessments.
• Review and validate functional Change Requests, including solution design, effort estimation, impact analysis, and resource assessment.
• Advise customers and delivery teams on SAP MDG standardization, governance processes, data quality improvements, and system enhancements.
• Ensure efficient, high-quality delivery of AMS/CAS services in line with defined processes, SLAs, and contractual commitments.
• Act as the functional coordination point within the delivery team for SAP MDG-related activities.
• Coordinate and review change, testing, enhancement, and improvement activities to ensure compliance with delivery standards.
• Identify opportunities for data standardization, process automation, and master data quality improvements.
• Mentor team members, share domain expertise, and promote continuous knowledge development.
• Represent the delivery team in customer and internal governance meetings, providing updates on service performance, risks, issues, and improvement initiatives.

Key Tasks

• Act as the primary functional contact for SAP MDG-related topics within the core delivery team.
• Ensure efficient service delivery and continuous value addition to the customer.
• Coordinate functional activities across core team members.
• Conduct internal status meetings in collaboration with the ASM, focusing on SAP MDG service performance and critical issues.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate functional risks impacting master data quality and governance processes.
• Drive standardization, optimization, continuous improvement, and proactive service initiatives in collaboration with customers and delivery teams.
• Coordinate and maintain solution documentation in accordance with customer standards and AMS/CAS processes.
• Validate functional Change Requests raised by consultants, including:
• Resource requirement assessment
• Impact and risk analysis
• Support the ASM and delivery team by:
• Participating in customer meetings and service reviews
• Presenting SAP MDG-specific topics during project kick-offs and governance discussions
• Prioritizing incidents, service requests, defects, and enhancement activities
• Provide recommendations for master data governance improvements, process optimization, automation opportunities, and data quality initiatives.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG).
• MDG Material Master (MDG-M)
• MDG Business Partner (MDG-BP)
• MDG Customer and Vendor Master Data
• Data Governance Processes
• Change Request Workflows
• Data Replication Framework (DRF)
• Data Modeling and Data Quality Management
• Workflow Configuration and Approvals
• Data Consolidation and Mass Processing
• Duplicate Check and Data Validation
• Data Stewardship and Governance Controls
• Master Data Lifecycle Management
• Strong understanding of integration with:
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP ECC
• SAP MM
• SAP SD
• SAP FICO
• SAP Ariba and other master data consuming applications
• Experience with incident management, problem management, and change management processes in AMS environments.
• Ability to perform effort estimations, impact assessments, and solution reviews.
• Strong customer-facing, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Experience working in global delivery and support environments.