SAP Data Migration Architect

Role Summary:

Responsible for defining and leading the overall SAP data migration strategy, governance, architecture, and execution across all project phases, including mock cycles, cutover, and production deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the end-to-end data migration strategy and roadmap for SAP transformation programmes.
• Establish data migration governance, standards, templates, and best practices.
• Lead data discovery, profiling, and source system assessments.
• Define data extraction, transformation, cleansing, enrichment, and loading approaches.
• Review and approve functional and technical mapping specifications.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define data quality rules and acceptance criteria.
• Lead data reconciliation and validation activities across mock and production cycles.
• Manage migration risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
• Coordinate migration activities across business, functional, development, testing, and infrastructure teams.
• Own cutover planning and execution for data migration activities.
• Ensure compliance with audit, regulatory, and security requirements.
• Provide leadership during mock loads and production deployments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, with 10-20 years of relevant professional experience in SAP implementation and transformation programmes.
• Proven experience leading SAP Data Migration workstreams across complex SAP implementations, including SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformation projects.
• Demonstrated participation in multiple full lifecycle SAP implementations, covering discovery, design, build, testing, mock migration cycles, cutover, go-live, and hypercare support.
• Strong expertise in data migration methodologies, data quality management, data governance, reconciliation, and migration tools, with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders.
• SAP certifications(s) are highly preferred, with a strong understanding of SAP data structures, integration architecture, and best practices for enterprise-scale data migration programmes.