Sr. Data Migration Lead NetSuite

Job Description – Data Migration Lead (NetSuite)

Role Overview

The Data Migration Lead will be responsible for defining and executing the end-to-end data migration strategy for a multi-entity NetSuite implementation involving Life Sciences organizations. The role will lead data discovery, profiling, cleansing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and migration activities while ensuring data quality, business continuity, and regulatory compliance.

The individual will work closely with business SMEs, functional consultants, technical teams, and client stakeholders to consolidate data from multiple legacy systems into a standardized NetSuite data model.

Key Responsibilities

Data Migration Strategy & Governance

• Develop and own the overall data migration strategy and roadmap.
• Define migration scope, data ownership, governance model, and success criteria.
• Establish data quality standards and migration controls.
• Define migration waves, mock conversion cycles, and cutover approach.

Legacy System Assessment

• Analyze source systems used by acquired companies.
• Identify data structures, relationships, dependencies, and quality issues.
• Assess data readiness and remediation requirements.
• Document source-to-target mapping requirements.

Data Mapping & Transformation

• Lead design of data conversion rules and transformation logic.
• Define master data harmonization approach across acquired entities.
• Standardize:
• Customers
• Vendors
• Items
• BOMs
• Inventory
• Employees
• Financial Dimensions
• Chart of Accounts
• Locations
• Subsidiaries

Migration Execution

• Coordinate extraction, transformation, and loading activities.
• Manage multiple mock conversions and dress rehearsals.
• Execute final production migration and cutover activities.
• Ensure reconciliation and validation of migrated data.

Data Quality & Validation

• Establish data quality scorecards and KPIs.
• Lead reconciliation activities between legacy systems and NetSuite.
• Resolve data issues and exceptions.
• Support business validation and sign-off processes.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Collaborate with Finance, Manufacturing, SCM, and IT teams.
• Coordinate with Technical Lead and Integration teams.
• Provide migration status updates to project leadership and steering committees.

Testing & Cutover

• Support SIT, UAT, and production readiness assessments.
• Develop migration runbooks and cutover plans.
• Lead migration activities during go-live and hypercare.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of ERP data migration experience.
• 3+ full-cycle ERP migration programs.
• 5+ years working with NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or equivalent ERP platforms.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale data migration initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NetSuite Data Import, CSV Import, SuiteCloud, and migration tools.
• Experience in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, or Medical Device industries.
• Knowledge of GxP and regulated data environments.
• Experience with post-merger integration programs.

Key Skills

• Data Migration Strategy
• Data Governance
• Data Quality Management
• Data Mapping & Transformation
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Data Reconciliation
• NetSuite Data Migration
• Cutover Planning
• Legacy System Consolidation

Key Deliverables

• Data Migration Strategy
• Data Mapping Documents
• Data Cleansing Plan
• Data Quality Dashboard
• Migration Runbooks
• Mock Conversion Results
• Reconciliation Reports
• Cutover Migration Plan
• Production Migration Sign-off