Role: Job Title: Data Readiness Lead, ERP Transformation
Location: Remote
Travel: ~2 times/year expected travel - once per quarter in Q3 & Q4 2026 expected. 1 week each time in Corning, NY.
Pay Rate: $85/hr. on W2
Purpose of Position:
The Data Readiness Lead is an embedded member of ERP Transformation project teams, responsible for ensuring that data migrated into SAP S/4HANA is accurate, compliant, and fit for business use at go live. This role facilitates Data Readiness activities within assigned projects, partnering closely with project leadership and business data owners to reduce data risk, prevent post go live disruption, and provide measurable confidence in data quality. This is a contract, project based role focused on execution and delivery of Data Readiness activities within assigned ERP Transformation projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive data cleansing activities with business data owners
- Measure, track, and report data quality throughout the project
- Ensure enterprise data standards are applied during design and mapping
- Track data defects, issues, and remediation actions across load cycles
- Manage required data approvals, sign offs, and compliance artifacts
- Partner with project leadership and data migration teams to assess readiness
- Identify and escalate data risks that could impact go-live
- Support the business by providing training, transparency, and confidence in data readiness
- Provide recommendations to support continuous improvement of Data Readiness framework and artifacts
Travel/Work Hour Requirements:
Travel and work hours are project dependent and may vary based on project needs, including occasional travel and meetings outside standard business hours.
Contract Role Characteristics:
- Independent contractor role; no direct reports
- Responsible for execution and delivery of defined Data Readiness activities
- Operates with autonomy while aligning project governance and standards
- Does not have decision making authority over enterprise policy or standards
- Provides transparency, risk identification, and recommendations to project leadership
Performance Metrics:
- No data related audit findings associated with the project
- No unexpected data issues or defects impacting business operations post go live
- Minimal disruption to project execution due to data quality or readiness issues
- Demonstrated reduction in data defects across successive data load cycles
- Clear, measurable visibility into data quality and readiness status throughout the project lifecycle
Required Education and Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree with technical discipline or equivalent experience
- ** • 5-7+ years’ experience in Quality, IT, or Data Migration **
- Strong Communication and presentation skills, ability to effectively communicate and influence outcomes across various cross-functional teams
- Flexibility; ability to work in a dynamic environment while managing multiple priorities
- Ability to apply judgment in ambiguous situations and prioritize based on business risk
- Strong working knowledge of data cleansing, validation, and quality measurement practices
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical resources alike
- Self-motivated, High sense of urgency
Desired Education and Skills:
- Experience operating independently within large, complex transformation programs
- ** • Advanced experience supporting data migration or data quality activities in SAP S/4 Hana and related Interfaces**
- Ability to communicate to various levels of leadership and key stakeholders both written and verbal
- Project management skills and experience successfully delivering projects
- Highly organized and detail oriented
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