MDG Lead

Blue Pearl PTY; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,700,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl PTY in Johannesburg seeks an accomplished SAP MDG Lead to drive the MDG workstream within an S/4HANA transformation. You will coordinate with business stakeholders, data owners, governance teams, and offshore delivery to define and operationalise master data governance across the client landscape.

The role requires deep SAP MDG expertise, strong stakeholder management, and experience with data quality, process design, change management, testing, deployment, and post-go-live adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years SAP experience.
• Minimum 5 years SAP MDG experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the master data governance framework, policies, controls, and stewardship model.
• Lead the design and implementation of SAP MDG solutions, workflows, business rules, and integrations.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and programme team; expect client-site presence 4 days/week.
• Drive data quality improvement, cleansing, validation, and governance initiatives.
• Oversee testing, deployment, and adoption of SAP MDG capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Data governance

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems

Tools

SAP MDG

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 11/06/2026

The SAP MDG Lead will be responsible for leading the SAP Master Data Governance workstream on an S/4HANA transformation programme. The role will act as the primary interface between business stakeholders, data owners, governance teams, and the offshore delivery team to define, implement, and operationalise master data governance processes across the client landscape. The successful candidate will provide leadership across master data governance, data quality, business process design, change management, testing, deployment, and post-go-live adoption. The role requires deep SAP MDG expertise combined with strong stakeholder engagement and banking industry experience.

• SAP MDG Strategy & Governance: Define and lead the master data governance framework, policies, controls, and stewardship model across the project.
• Solution Design & Delivery: Lead the design and implementation of SAP MDG solutions, workflows, business rules, and integrations.
• Business Engagement: Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the programme team for all MDG-related activities. Expectation is to be on client site minimum 4 days/week.
• Data Quality: Drive data quality improvement, cleansing, validation, and governance initiatives across master data domains.
• Testing, Deployment & Adoption: Oversee testing, business readiness, deployment, training, and successful adoption of SAP MDG capabilities.

Requirements

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years SAP experience.
• Minimum 5 years SAP MDG experience.

Preferred Skills

• Proven experience leading SAP MDG or Master Data Governance initiatives.
• Experience working on SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Experience engaging business and executive stakeholders