Job Posting – SAP Data Migration Lead

Position Details

Job Title: SAP Data Migration Lead
Location: India
Experience: 10+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled SAP Data Migration Lead to drive the data migration workstream for large-scale SAP transformation programs. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience leading complex SAP data migration initiatives, including SAP S/4HANA implementations, system consolidations, and enterprise-wide transformation projects.

This role requires strong expertise in migration strategy, data governance, data quality, ETL processes, cutover planning, and stakeholder management. The successful candidate will lead end-to-end migration activities, ensuring accurate, compliant, and seamless migration of master and transactional data while collaborating with business, functional, and technical teams across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Data Migration Strategy & Planning

• Serve as the primary owner and decision-maker for all SAP data migration activities.
• Define and execute the overall SAP data migration strategy aligned with business objectives and project timelines.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive migration plans, schedules, cutover runbooks, and contingency procedures.
• Establish migration governance, standards, and operating procedures.
• Define migration scope, wave planning, and deployment approach for large-scale SAP programs.

End-to-End Data Migration Delivery

• Lead the complete data migration lifecycle, including:
  • Data extraction
  • Data profiling
  • Data cleansing
  • Data transformation
  • Data validation
  • Data loading
  • Data reconciliation
• Oversee migration of both master and transactional data from legacy systems into SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC environments.
• Manage multiple migration cycles, mock loads, testing loads, and production cutovers.
• Ensure migration deliverables are completed within project timelines and quality expectations.

Data Governance & Quality Management

• Establish and enforce data governance policies, standards, and controls.
• Drive data quality improvement initiatives across business and technical teams.
• Lead data profiling, cleansing, enrichment, and validation activities.
• Design and implement automated reconciliation and validation processes.
• Ensure data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and integrity throughout migration activities.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with business data owners and process owners to define data requirements and resolve data issues.
• Partner with SAP functional consultants across:
  • FI/CO
  • MM
  • SD
  • PP
  • Other SAP modules
• Work closely with technical teams, integration teams, security teams, and project leadership.
• Coordinate with SAP Security and GRC teams on migration-related access controls and Segregation of Duties (SoD) compliance.
• Support audit readiness and compliance requirements throughout the migration lifecycle.

Risk, Compliance & Issue Management

• Identify and mitigate migration risks, dependencies, and data-related issues.
• Escalate critical issues and recommend corrective actions to project leadership.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, SOX requirements, ITGC standards, and audit guidelines.
• Maintain migration logs, issue registers, lessons learned, and documentation.

Cutover & Hypercare Support

• Lead cutover planning, readiness assessments, and migration rehearsals.
• Define migration execution plans for go-live weekends and deployment activities.
• Coordinate data migration activities during production cutover.
• Support post-go-live hypercare and stabilization activities.
• Monitor data-related issues and drive timely resolution after deployment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of SAP experience.
• At least 5+ years of leadership experience managing large-scale SAP data migration initiatives.
• Proven track record leading enterprise-wide SAP transformation and migration programs.
• Experience managing globally distributed teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.