IT Project Manager - SAP Data Migration
Location
Lincoln, United Kingdom
Contract Details
Role Objective
Deliver the data migration workstream successfully for the assigned SAP rollout cluster, from planning and preparation through execution and validation.
Ensure migrated data is accurate, complete, auditable and ready to support the transition from SAP ECC6 to SAP S/4HANA.
Create clear ownership, cross-functional alignment and delivery transparency across central data teams, local stakeholders and the wider implementation programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the integrated data migration project plan, scope, milestones, dependencies, risks and delivery status for the assigned rollout cluster.
- Define the data object scope, ownership, source systems, migration strategy and delivery approach in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
- Coordinate the Master Data Governance team, Data Migration Factory, local Data Stewards and other cross-functional contributors.
- Lead data cleansing, enrichment, extraction, transformation, loading, testing and validation activities across the migration lifecycle.
- Monitor delivery and data quality, resolve migration issues and maintain clear reporting, documentation and audit evidence.
- Provide project leadership within a multinational and multicultural environment, ensuring decisions and actions remain aligned with programme objectives.
Tasks
- Develop and maintain a detailed project plan covering all data migration activities for the rollout cluster.
- Assess existing data to establish the scope, quality, dependencies and requirements for each local migration.
- Confirm data ownership, source systems, object scope and readiness with cross-functional teams and local Data Stewards.
- Oversee cluster-level data cleansing and enrichment to ensure data is accurate, complete and suitable for migration.
- Validate migration tools, environments and infrastructure before execution and confirm that they can support the agreed migration approach.
- Validate and finalise the data migration strategy and associated data object migration documentation.
- Lead data extraction, transformation and loading activities, ensuring that data is transferred accurately into SAP S/4HANA.
- Monitor migration progress and data quality continuously, addressing issues and errors promptly to protect delivery and data integrity.
- Drive rigorous reconciliation, testing and business validation of migrated data to confirm accuracy and completeness in the target environment.
- Maintain complete documentation of the migration process and evidence compliance with applicable governance and audit standards.
Decision Authority / Responsibility
- Accountable for the successful execution of data migration within the assigned rollout cluster.
- Responsible for establishing the data object scope, ownership, source systems and migration strategy for the cluster.
- Authorised to coordinate priorities, sequencing and corrective actions across the data migration workstream within agreed programme governance.
- Escalate material risks, quality concerns, resource constraints and decisions that could affect migration readiness, cutover or business continuity.
Requirements
- Proven IT project management experience within large and complex SAP implementation or transformation programmes.
- Essential experience delivering data migration from SAP ECC6 to SAP S/4HANA.
- Strong knowledge of SAP data cleansing, enrichment, migration, reconciliation and closure activities.
- Demonstrated experience planning and leading end-to-end data migration workstreams, including scope, schedule, dependencies, risks and governance.
- Practical understanding of extraction, transformation and loading processes, migration tooling, test cycles and cutover readiness.
- Experience defining data object scope, ownership, source systems and migration approaches in partnership with data governance and local business teams.
- Strong data-quality focus, with experience coordinating cleansing, validation, reconciliation and issue resolution activities.
- Experience working successfully with central migration teams, Master Data Governance functions, Data Stewards and cross-functional business stakeholders.
- Proven ability to work effectively across multinational and multicultural teams and to build alignment across different functions and locations.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide concise delivery reporting and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Structured, proactive and delivery-focused approach, with sound judgement and the ability to resolve complex issues while maintaining data integrity and compliance.