SAP Data Lead
| Job title : | SAP Data Lead |
| Location : | Melbourne |
| Sectors : | |
| Start date : | 04/29/2026 |
| Duration : | 12 months |
| Job Reference : | 289754 |
| Job published : | 19 days ago |
We are partnering exclusively for a leading organisation undergoing a major ERP transformation and are looking for a SAP Data Lead to take ownership of end-to-end data migration and readiness across a complex, multi-stream program.
This is a high-impact role where you’ll sit at the centre of the program, orchestrating internal teams and vendors to ensure data is accurate, trusted, and ready to support business operations at go-live.
About the Role
You will lead the delivery of key data workstreams including Data Migration, Data & Analytics, and Financial Planning, ensuring alignment across upstream and downstream systems.
From defining data scope through to migration, validation, and reconciliation, you’ll drive a structured and integrated approach to data delivery, ensuring continuity of reporting and planning across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end data migration delivery across a large ERP program
- Orchestrate delivery across internal teams and external vendors, ensuring alignment and accountability
- Define and manage the full data lifecycle: scoping, preparation, migration, validation, and reconciliation
- Establish and govern data quality, validation, and sign-off frameworks
- Develop and maintain a single integrated data delivery plan across all workstreams
- Manage critical dependencies across ERP, analytics, and financial planning systems
- Ensure readiness for cutover and go-live, aligning with testing cycles and program milestones
- Lead RAID and dependency management, proactively identifying and resolving risks
- Partner with business stakeholders to define data ownership, standards, and priorities
- Drive vendor performance, ensuring delivery aligns to agreed scope, timelines, and quality
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience leading data migration within large-scale ERP or transformation programs (SAP highly regarded)
- Strong understanding of data migration lifecycle, governance, validation, and reconciliation
- Experience aligning data activities with SAP Activate or similar delivery methodologies
- Background managing complex, multi-stream environments across ERP and downstream systems
- Experience in fast paced environment such as FMCG, Retail or Pharma
- Exposure to analytics, reporting, or financial planning tools
- Demonstrated ability to manage integrated plans and critical path dependencies
- Experience working with and managing multiple vendors
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and drive decisions
Ways of Working
- Outcome-focused with a strong emphasis on delivery certainty and data readiness
- Highly collaborative across business and technology teams
- Structured, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing complexity
- Proactive in identifying risks and driving resolution
Why Apply?
- Play a key leadership role in a high-profile ERP transformation
- Work across enterprise-wide data, analytics, and planning capabilities
- Join a collaborative, fast-paced environment with strong executive visibility
- Competitive day rate contract