Data Migration & Cutover Lead

Location: Chilton

Job Title:
Data Migration & Cutover Lead

Duration: 3+ Months

Location:
Chilton, Wisconsin (Onsite)

Role Overview

The Data Migration & Cutover Lead will serve as the primary onshore point of accountability for all data migration and cutover activities within an SAP S/4

HANA Public Cloud rollout program. This individual will coordinate and guide both the internal project team and the consulting team, ensuring high-quality ETL execution from legacy systems into S/4

HANA Public Cloud. The role demands strong leadership, stakeholder communication, and hands-on technical knowledge of SAP Data Migration tooling.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data migration planning, execution, and cutover management for S/4

HANA Public Cloud rollout projects across US plants

• Coordinate and guide internal project stakeholders and external consulting resources throughout the migration lifecycle

• Validate and govern ETL processes from legacy systems to S/4

HANA Public Cloud, ensuring data integrity and completeness

• Define, review, and validate relevancy rules for migration objects to ensure only relevant and clean data is migrated

• Guide and supervise extraction and transformation activities performed in SAP Datasphere

• Oversee and validate the load of migration objects into the SAP Data Migration Cockpit (LTMC/LTMOM) in S/4

HANA Public Cloud

• Develop and maintain the cutover plan, including go-live checklists, mock cutover exercises, and go-live execution coordination

• Identify data quality risks and issues early; drive resolution with appropriate stakeholders

• Act as the escalation point for migration-related issues during project execution and hypercare

• Collaborate with functional leads, technical architects, and client data owners to ensure alignment on migration scope and approach

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP project experience with a strong focus on data migration

• Proven track record of leading data migration work streams on multiple full-cycle SAP implementations or rollouts

• Hands-on experience with SAP Data Migration Cockpit

• Solid understanding of S/4

HANA Public Cloud data model and migration constraints

• Experience defining and validating data relevancy and filtering rules for migration objects

• Strong expertise in ETL processes including extraction from legacy systems, data transformation, and load into SAP

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills able to interface confidently with client senior management

• Experience leading and coordinating cross-functional and cross-geography teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP Datasphere for data transformation and migration preparation

• Familiarity with S/4

HANA Public Cloud upgrade cycles and migration best practices

• Experience with manufacturing domain migration objects:
Material Master, BOM, Routing, Business Partner, Open Sales Orders

• SAP certification in data migration or related area

• Prior experience supporting plant-level rollouts within a global SAP template

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership with the ability to motivate and guide diverse teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple work streams simultaneously

• Proactive problem-solving approach and ability to work under tight cutover timelines