The ERP Data Lead is responsible for the end-to-end strategy, governance, and execution of all data-related activities within the SAP S/4HANA implementation/transformation program. This role ensures data integrity, quality, and readiness throughout the project lifecycle, including data migration, data cleansing, master data governance, and data validation. The Data Lead serves as the key liaison between business stakeholders, functional teams, technical teams, and third-party partners on all data matters.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
· Data Strategy & Governance - Define and own the overarching data strategy for the SAP S/4HANA program
· Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, policies, and procedures
· Define data ownership, stewardship roles, and accountability structures across business units
· Develop and maintain the data governance operating model for ongoing post-go-live sustainability
· Data Migration - Lead the design, planning, and execution of the data migration strategy (ETL/ELT processes)
· Define data localization requirements to support multi-country transactions
· Define a right-sized data migration scope, approach, tooling
· Oversee the development of data mapping rules, transformation logic, and migration scripts
· Plan and manage mock migrations, dress rehearsals, and cutover data activities
· Ensure reconciliation and validation of migrated data against source systems Data Quality & Cleansing - Establish data quality rules, KPIs, and metrics to measure and monitor data health
· Lead data profiling and analysis of legacy/source system data to identify quality issues
· Coordinate business-led data cleansing activities and track progress to completion
· Implement automated data quality checks and exception reporting
· Master Data Management - Define the master data model and harmonization approach across organizational entities (e.g., Material Master, Business Partner, Chart of Accounts, Cost Centers, Profit Centers)
Drive master data standardization and harmonization across business units and geographies
· Support the design of master data governance processes in SAP MDG or equivalent tooling
· Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement - Lead and manage the data workstream team, including internal resources and external consultants
· Serve as the primary point of contact for all data-related decisions, escalations, and risks
· Collaborate closely with functional leads (Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR, etc.) to understand data requirements
· Provide regular status reporting on data workstream progress to program leadership and steering committees
· Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and knowledge transfer with business data owners and stewards
· Cutover & Hypercare - Develop and execute the data cutover plan as part of the broader program cutover strategy
· Support hyper-care and post-go-live data issue resolution Establish ongoing data monitoring and continuous improvement processes
Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience with SAP Activate methodology
· Experience in a global/multi-country rollout environment
· Industry-specific experience in Manufacturing; Medical Device manufacturing is a plus
· Specific experience in Manufacturing; Medical Device manufacturing is a plus
· Experience partnering with System Integrators
· Familiarity with SAP BTP, SAP Datasphere, or SAP Analytics Cloud from a data perspective
Up to 50% Travel as required for project needs
Numbers & Facts
Location
Minneapolis, MN (Remote)
Skills
Alliance/Partner Marketingunmatched
Analytics Cloudunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Data Analysisunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Data Mappingunmatched
Data Migrationunmatched
Data Modelingunmatched
Data Profilingunmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL)unmatched
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
Financeunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Knowledge Transferunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Localizationunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Master Data Management (MDM)unmatched
Medical Equipmentunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Migration Strategyunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
Reconciliationunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Right-Sizingunmatched
SAPunmatched
Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
Stewardshipunmatched
Supply Chainunmatched
Sustainabilityunmatched
System Integration (SI)unmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
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