Lead Data Migration Consultant – SAP S/4HANA

Team: IT

Location: India

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities

• Lead end-to-end data migration activities for SAP S/4HANA implementation and transformation projects.

• Define and execute comprehensive data migration strategies, plans, timelines, and delivery approaches.

• Work hands-on with LTMC (Legacy Transfer Migration Cockpit) and SAP Data Migration Cockpit (DMC) to execute migration activities.

• Manage the complete data migration lifecycle, including extraction, transformation, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and loading.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, functional consultants, technical teams, and customers to understand migration requirements and ensure data quality.

• Lead client-facing data migration workshops, gather requirements, and translate business needs into effective migration solutions.

• Develop and maintain data mapping, transformation, reconciliation, and validation processes.

• Plan and execute mock loads, trial migrations, migration cycles, and final cutover activities.

• Ensure data integrity, consistency, accuracy, security, and compliance throughout the migration lifecycle.

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve migration defects, data issues, and technical challenges.

• Provide regular project status updates, risks, dependencies, and progress reports to stakeholders and leadership.

• Mentor and guide data migration team members, promoting strong delivery practices and technical quality.

• Contribute to migration governance and continuous improvement across SAP transformation programs.

Requirements

• 12+ years of overall SAP experience, with significant experience in SAP data migration.

• Strong hands-on experience delivering SAP S/4HANA data migration projects.

• Proven expertise with LTMC (Legacy Transfer Migration Cockpit) and SAP Data Migration Cockpit (DMC).

• Experience working on large-scale SAP data migration programs involving complex datasets and business processes.

• Strong understanding of SAP tables, data structures, migration objects, and data dependencies.

• Hands-on experience with data mapping, data cleansing, transformation, validation, and reconciliation.

• Knowledge of LSMW, ETL tools, or other data migration technologies is advantageous.

• Experience working across multiple SAP S/4HANA implementation or conversion projects is preferred.

• Knowledge of the SAP Activate methodology is desirable.

• Strong understanding of data migration governance and cutover planning.

• Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring data migration teams.

• Excellent customer-facing and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

• Experience level: Senior leadership/consulting position requiring 12+ years of SAP experience.

• Work arrangement: Remote within India.

• Employment type: Full-time.

• Opportunity to lead high-impact SAP S/4HANA data migration programs.

• Significant ownership across migration strategy, execution, governance, and cutover.

• Exposure to complex enterprise transformation and large-scale SAP environments.

• Opportunity to work directly with business stakeholders, customers, functional consultants, and technical teams.

• Leadership and mentoring responsibilities with opportunities to develop and guide migration professionals.

• Opportunity to deepen expertise in SAP S/4HANA, DMC, LTMC, migration governance, and enterprise data transformation.