SAP MDG Lead - S/4HANA & Data Governance

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

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.