SAP Data Migration Lead

Location:
Pune, India Position Type: Full-time Experience Level: 10+ Years Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced SAP Data Migration Lead to lead the data migration workstream for a large-scale SAP SuccessFactors transformation programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining the migration strategy, managing end-to-end migration activities, ensuring data quality, and delivering successful migration from legacy HR and payroll systems into SAP SuccessFactors and SAP S/4HANA. The role requires robust leadership, stakeholder management, and extensive experience in SAP data migration methodologies, reconciliation, testing, and cutover planning. Requirements

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the end-to-end SAP Data Migration workstream.
• Facilitate workshops on Data migration requirements and align with client data requirements.
• Define and implement the Data Migration Strategy, Data Quality Strategy, and Migration Approach.
• Analyse legacy HR and Payroll data and map it to SAP SuccessFactors target objects.
• Define migration objects, transformation rules, validation criteria, and reconciliation processes.
• Manage data profiling, cleansing, enrichment, validation, and reconciliation activities.
• Coordinate business users for data collection, validation, and sign-off. Coordinate with integration teams to validate migrated data across downstream and upstream systems.
• Plan and execute mock migrations, dress rehearsals, production migration, and cutover.
• Maintain migration governance, data load ownership,



approval processes, audit trails and sign-off processes.
• Support SIT, UAT, Payroll Parallel Runs, cutover planning, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
• Support and align with SAP SuccessFactors releases and update with needed migration tools and deliver data migration.
• Produce migration documentation, runbooks, post load reconciliation reports, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Work closely with Functional Consultants, Integration Teams, Technical Teams, and Business SMEs. Required Skills & Experience
• 10+ years of SAP Data Migration experience. Strong experience with:
• SAP SuccessFactors Data loads
• SAP Migration Cockpit
• SAP Data Services (BODS)
• SAP LSMW
• SQL
• ETL tools
• Experience migrating HR, Payroll, Organisation Management, Foundation Objects, Employee Master Data, and historical data.
• Strong knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality, and Cutover Planning.
• Experience in Data validation and reconciliation techniques, Audit and Compliance controls. Familiar with GDPR and Data privacy regulations
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Preferred

Experience:
Previous experience delivering SAP SuccessFactors migration or implementation programmes is highly preferred. Experience with SAP Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll, and SAP S/4HANA migration projects. Experience working in Agile and SAP Activate delivery environments. Preferred Certifications: SAP Data Services Certification SAP Activate Certification

📌 SAP Data Migration Lead (India)
🏢 VE3
📍 India