The Data Migration Lead will define and execute the data migration strategy for the SAP S/4HANA Greenfield implementation. This role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the system integrator to ensure data readiness, quality, and successful cutover.
Locations Required: Belgium, Canada, France, Mexico, or United States Time Zone Preference: 6am - 12pm EST Contract Duration: 12 months About Us Original Composites and Fiberglass is a global leader in glass reinforcement solutions for the composites industry. Recently separated from Owens Corning, the business now operates independently under the Praana ownership model, continuing a strong legacy of innovation, manufacturing excellence, and customer partnership.
With more than 4,000 employees worldwide, we are committed to redefining what's possible through a performance-driven culture centered on safety, quality, sustainability, inclusiveness, and employee development. Guided by our values of passion, ownership, and team spirit, we work together to deliver innovative solutions and exceptional service across the globe.
About the Role We are seeking an experienced SAP Data Migration Lead with strong expertise to lead the data migration workstream for our SAP S/4HANA Greenfield implementation. The Data Migration Lead will serve as the primary point of contact for all migration-related activities, partnering closely with the System Integrator (SI), business process owners, functional teams, and legacy system stakeholders.
This role is accountable for establishing migration strategy, governance, scope, work execution plan, data readiness, business alignment, issue resolution, and migration-cycle oversight while ensuring business-owned data is prepared, validated, approved, and ready for successful migration to SAP S/4HANA. This role is also responsible for the migration of historical data to meet compliance and operational requirements.
Original Composites & Fiberglass is a business unit of the Praana Group and was recently acquired by the Praana Group. The path ahead will be dynamic, full of change, and expected to be fast paced. The business operates from twenty (20+) locations across the globe. The information technology environment supporting our new company is being built from the ground up in terms of IT infrastructure and applications with the opportunity to leverage new technologies and new ways of thinking as we look to end a transition services agreement associated with the acquisition as soon as possible. Our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) landscape is comprised of multiple instances across the globe. We seek to consolidate and simplify our ERP landscape to drive efficiency and effectiveness in our operations for decades ahead.
Key Responsibilities Data Strategy & Governance
Define Original Composites & Fiberglass’s data migration strategy, scope, governance, and success criteria. Drive readiness, issue resolution, escalations, and business sign-off.
Business & Stakeholder Leadership
Serve as the primary liaison between Original Composites & Fiberglass, the SI, business process owners, and functional teams for all Data matters. Align stakeholders, facilitate decisions, and manage dependencies.
Data Readiness & Quality
Oversee data migration scope, data quality, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation readiness. Ensure business-owned data issues are addressed and approved before migration.
Migration Planning & Execution
Lead planning, work execution plan, and coordination of migration cycles, including SIT, UAT, mock conversions, and production migration. Track readiness, risks, defects, and cycle outcomes.
Cutover & Go-Live Support
Partner with the Cutover Lead to plan and execute migration activities. Coordinate final validation, reconciliation, business sign-off, and post-go-live support.
Vendor & SI Management
Oversee SI data deliverables, timelines, and quality expectations. Challenge assumptions, remove roadblocks, and ensure successful delivery of migration objectives.
Key Deliverables
Data Migration Strategy & Governance Framework
Migration Scope, Object Inventory, and Source System Inventory
Migration Roadmap and Work Execution Plan
Data Readiness and Quality Dashboards
Migration Risk, Issue, and Dependency Logs
Migration Cycle and Validation Plans
Reconciliation and Sign-Off Framework
Cutover Data Migration Plan
Migration Readiness Assessments
Business Data Approval and Final Sign-Off Documentation
Data History Migration and Plan
Qualifications & Requirements
8+ years of SAP or ERP data migration experience.
Demonstrated experience leading SAP S/4HANA data migration workstreams, preferably in Greenfield programs.
Strong understanding of SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA master and transactional data.
Experience working with System Integrators and managing migration governance.
Strong understanding of data quality, data governance, validation, reconciliation, and business sign-off processes.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
Excellent communication, planning, risk management, and issue-resolution skills.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience
Manufacturing industry experience.
Experience managing migrations from multiple SAP legacy environments.
Experience with SAP Migration Cockpit, SAP MDG, and data governance initiatives.
Experience supporting large-scale ERP cutover and go-live activities.
Experience using data migration tools to improve data quality and reduce the time required.
Experience using AI-enabled technologies to improve data quality a plus qualification.
Familiarity with SAP BTP, integration platforms, and enterprise data management solutions.
Work Conditions
Travel required to support U.S. locations and global manufacturing facilities as needed
Additional hours may be required based on project timelines, global coordination, SAP maintenance windows, production incidents, or go-live activities
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