SAP Master Data Governance Lead

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your role and responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities of an SAP MDG Architect:

• Solution Design and Architecture:
  • Define and create the data models, including entity types, attributes, and relationships, for master data domains.
  • Ensure integration of MDG with other SAP modules (e.g., SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA) and non-SAP systems for a seamless flow of master data.
• Business Process Analysis:
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their requirements for data governance, data quality, and data management.
  • Analyze current master data processes, identify gaps, and propose improvements through SAP MDG solutions.
• Governance and Compliance:
  • Establish master data governance processes and workflows, ensuring that they adhere to industry standards and compliance regulations.
  • Define rules for data validation, approval workflows, and escalation processes to ensure that master data is maintained consistently.
• Technical Configuration:
  • Configure SAP MDG components, including data models, UI customization, and workflows, to meet specific organizational requirements.
  • Set up data replication frameworks to distribute master data across multiple systems in the landscape, ensuring data consistency.
  • Handle the configuration of data quality, validation, and derivation rules within the MDG framework.
• Data Migration and Integration:
  • Plan and oversee the migration of legacy master data into the SAP MDG solution, ensuring data integrity and quality.
  • Design interfaces and integration points to ensure seamless data exchange between SAP MDG and other systems such as SAP ERP, S/4HANA, and third-party applications.
• Performance Tuning and Optimization:
  • Monitor the performance of the SAP MDG system and optimize processes to ensure efficient data processing, governance workflows, and user interactions.
  • Identify and troubleshoot technical issues related to master data governance, including performance bottlenecks or data replication failures.
• Stakeholder Management and Communication:
  • Collaborate with business, IT teams, and third-party vendors to ensure the successful implementation and continuous operation of SAP MDG.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert for SAP MDG, providing guidance and expertise to other team members and stakeholders.
  • Engage with data stewards, data owners, and governance councils to align MDG practices with enterprise data governance goals.
• Testing and Validation:
  • Design and execute test cases for master data processes, ensuring that the SAP MDG implementation meets functional and technical requirements.
  • Validate data workflows, ensuring that governance rules are enforced correctly across the master data lifecycle.
• Training and Documentation:
  • Create and deliver training materials for end-users and data stewards to ensure proper use of the SAP MDG system.
  • Document the configuration, processes, and any custom developments to ensure the MDG system is well-understood by both technical and business teams.
  • Provide ongoing support and troubleshooting for any issues that arise within the MDG solution, working with SAP support or internal teams to resolve problems.

In summary, an SAP MDG Architect is responsible for both the strategic and technical aspects of managing master data in an organization, ensuring data governance, quality, and integration are effectively managed. They work closely with business teams and IT to build a robust framework for managing enterprise data across various SAP and non-SAP systems.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Experience working with SAP FI/CO, MM, SD or PM and Master Data, required.
• 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.
• 5 years of experience in Master data management with expertise in implementing SAP Master Data Governance (MDG).
• Experience in complex SAP environments supporting multiple components.

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- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

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