SAP Cutover Lead

Data Migration & Cutover Lead

Onsite | Location: Chilton, United States | FTEs: 1 (Can travel from Appleton, Green bay, Madison, Milwaukee)

Travel/Onsite: Chilton, Wisconsin

Days onsite: all 5 days or minimum 4 days

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/4HANA 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/4HANA 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/4HANA 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/4HANA 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/4HANA 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 workstreams on multiple full-cycle SAP implementations or rollouts

•       Hands-on experience with SAP Data Migration Cockpit

•       Solid understanding of S/4HANA 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/4HANA 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 workstreams simultaneously

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