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SAP S/4HANA Deployment Data Manager

Full Time · Remote · USA

Posted Sep 24, 2026

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  • Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
  • • 10+ years of experience in SAP functional data, data migration, business analysis, conversion manage-ment, or deployment support.
  • • Experience supporting SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA data conversion across multiple process areas.
  • • Strong understanding of master data, transactional data, organizational structures, reference data, bal-ances, open transactions, and cross-functional dependencies.
  • • Experience coordinating mock conversions, reconciliation, validation, remediation, reload, and business sign-off cycles.
  • • Experience developing and managing detailed data conversion and cutover plans.
  • • Ability to perform structured root-cause analysis across source data, mappings, transformation rules, in-tegrations, SAP configuration, and business processes.
  • • Ability to coordinate business SMEs, data owners, functional teams, conversion developers, integration teams, testing teams, and deployment leadership.
  • • Strong analytical, planning, documentation, coordination, issue-management, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and data-analysis tools; SQL experience is preferred.
  • • Willingness to provide concentrated onshore support during mock conversions, dress rehearsals, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
  • Roles & Responsibilities
  • • Coordinate US deployment data activities for mock conversions, dress rehearsals, production cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
  • • Maintain the integrated conversion schedule, data object inventory, validation calendar, data readiness plan, and ownership matrix.
  • • Coordinate data activities across Lead-to-Cash, Integrated Supply Chain, and Record-to-Report teams.
  • • Track conversion scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, defects, actions, and readiness sta-tus.
  • • Coordinate business participation in pre-load and post-load validation, mock conversion cycles, reconcili-ation, and formal sign-off.
  • • Support SIT, UAT, integration testing, and deployment-readiness testing affected by converted data.
  • • Validate that critical end-to-end business processes operate successfully using converted data and rec-oncile source-to-target balances, counts, and business records.
  • • Analyze conversion and validation results, perform structured root-cause analysis, and assess defects based on business, testing, accounting, reporting, operational, and cutover impact.
  • • Coordinate remediation, reload, retesting, revalidation, sign-off, and closure; maintain the data defect log and communicate ownership, aging, and deployment risk.
  • • Support business users and data owners with source- data preparation, cleansing, enrichment, data-quality action plans, and validation evidence.
  • • Build and maintain the data conversion portion of the integrated cutover plan, including sequencing, de-pendencies, validation windows, load schedules, reconciliation, remediation, reload requirements, and sign-offs.
  • • Coordinate data-related cutover tasks across functional, technical, conversion, integration, testing, and business teams.
  • • Support cutover rehearsals, go/no-go preparation, production conversion execution, command-center re-porting, issue escalation, and decision tracking.
  • • Support post-go-live data validation, stabilization, defect resolution, and transition to steady-state support.
  • Generic Managerial Skills, If any
  • • Cross-functional leadership across business, functional, conversion, integration, testing, and technical teams.
  • • Strong planning, coordination, prioritization, and accountability without direct reporting authority.
  • • Structured problem solving, root-cause analysis, defect governance, risk management, and escalation.
  • • Clear stakeholder communication, executive status reporting, decision tracking, and governance facilitation.
  • • Ability to manage high-pressure mock conversion, cutover, go-live, command-center, and stabilization activities.
  • • Strong analytical, documentation, facilitation, negotiation, and continuous-improvement skills.

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