Senior Managing SAP Data Lead chez IBM

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

A SAP Data Migration Lead plays a critical role in the successful implementation of SAP projects by overseeing the data migration process. Here are the primary roles and responsibilities of an SAP Data Migration Lead:

• Project Planning and Management:

• Develop and execute the data migration strategy and plan.

• Define the scope, objectives, and deliverables of data migration activities.

• Coordinate with project managers to integrate data migration tasks with overall project timelines.

• Identify and manage risks related to data migration.

• Data Assessment and Preparation:

• Assess the quality and readiness of legacy data for migration.

• Define data cleansing, enrichment, and validation rules.

• Coordinate data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.

• Ensure data mapping from legacy systems to SAP.

• Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and validation criteria.

• Coordinate with technical teams, including SAP consultants and developers, to implement migration tools and processes.

• Communicate data migration progress, issues, and resolutions to stakeholders.

• Technical Execution:

• Oversee the design, development, and execution of data migration programs and scripts.

• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and consistency during the migration process.

• Monitor and troubleshoot data migration activities to resolve issues promptly.

• Testing and Validation:

• Define and execute data migration test plans, including unit tests, integration tests, and user acceptance tests (UAT).

• Validate migrated data to ensure it meets business and regulatory requirements.

• Coordinate with business users to verify data accuracy and completeness post-migration.

• Documentation and Reporting:

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of data migration processes, including data mapping, transformation rules, and validation criteria.

• Generate regular status reports on data migration activities, progress, and issues.

• Document lessons learned and best practices for future data migration projects.

• Training and Support:

• Provide training and support to business users on data migration processes and tools.

• Assist in the development of user manuals and training materials.

• Offer post-migration support to address any data-related issues.

• Compliance and Security:

• Ensure data migration activities comply with regulatory requirements and organizational policies.

• Implement data security measures to protect sensitive information during migration.

• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of data throughout the migration process.

• Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunities for improving data migration processes and methodologies.

• Stay updated with the latest SAP data migration tools and technologies.

• Implement best practices and industry standards in data migration projects.

• Leadership and Mentorship:

• Lead and mentor a team of data migration specialists and analysts.

• Foster a collaborative and efficient working environment.

• Provide guidance and support to team members to ensure project success

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.

Required technical and professional expertise

• ETL Job Implementation: Experience with implementing Business Objects Data Services ETL jobs within a Business Objects Enterprise landscape, ensuring seamless data flow and integration.

• Complex Data Flow Support: Experience in supporting complex ETL data flows using Business Objects Data Services, including troubleshooting and optimizing data processing.

• Extractor Configuration: Experience with configuring BW extractors, SAP, and non-SAP extractors with Data Services, ensuring accurate data extraction and loading.

• Data Replication Management: Experience with handling HANA replication with Data Services and loading with SAP DMC, ensuring efficient data management and integration.

• Hands-on experience Identifying, assessing and solving complex business problems for area of responsibility, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

• Experience collaborating data with owners and users/analysts across the customer operations to modify or implement new repeatable and reliable businesses processes to improve and sustain effective data governance resulting in improved quality and consistency of data used to drive key business decisions.

• Experience working closely with Data Architects to ensure changes are appropriately synchronized with the metadata strategy and logical data model.

• Experience leading technical aspects of the delivery of SAP Business Intelligence (BI) solutions & related components, working across business/technology teams to ensure alignment between business solution definition & systems architecture for the organization.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Advanced SAP EIM Skills: Experience with multiple SAP EIM tools, including SAP BODS, SAP BOIS, SAP SDI, SAP DATA HUB, SAP DMC, and SAP Data Migration, to develop comprehensive data solutions for S/4 HANA and other SAP products.

• Complex Data Flow Optimization: Experience in optimizing complex ETL data flows using Business Objects Data Services, ensuring efficient data processing and seamless integration within the Business Objects Enterprise landscape.

• HANA Replication Expertise: Experience with handling HANA replication with Data Services and loading with SAP DMC, ensuring efficient data management and integration.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.