Customer Core - Data Governance Architect

Expleo•Denver, CO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Trissential is hiring a Data Governance Architect to join their client’s team in a highly visible role supporting a major SAP customer core transformation initiative. This is a business-focused architecture role responsible for shaping how customer data is governed, managed, and leveraged across the enterprise. Success requires balancing business process needs, governance requirements, reporting objectives, and SAP transformation goals. This is an opportunity to influence data governance, analytics, and reporting strategy while helping build the foundation for long-term business value realization.

Requirements

4–6 years of experience in enterprise data governance, master data management, customer data management, data strategy, or data architecture roles supporting large-scale transformation initiatives
Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA Utilities, SAP IS-U, or a comparable large-scale ERP transformation
Experience partnering with SAP functional teams during blueprinting, design, or implementation
Understanding of customer data impacts across SAP business processes, reporting, and analytics
Experience governing customer master data, customer domains, customer hierarchies, or customer information management processes
Experience supporting enterprise reporting, analytics, and business intelligence initiatives
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality, data stewardship, and master data management principles
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority
Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and documentation skills
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, Business Analytics, or a related discipline
Currently authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

SAP Datasphere experience
SAP Analytics Cloud experience
Experience supporting SAP implementation or migration initiatives
Background in enterprise customer data management programs
Experience driving data governance adoption across multiple business units
Knowledge of value realization frameworks and business performance measurement practices
SAP S/4HANA Utilities or SAP IS-U functional foundation is highly desired
SAP Datasphere Certification preferred
SAP Analytics Cloud Certification preferred
CDMP certification preferred

Responsibilities

Define and establish enterprise customer data governance standards, ownership models, stewardship processes, and data quality practices across SAP Customer Core domains
Support SAP transformation initiatives by aligning reporting, analytics, and data management practices with SAP blueprinting efforts
Establish and expand enterprise data governance standards across customer and business domains
Develop customer data ownership, stewardship, accountability, and governance operating procedures
Partner with business stakeholders to ensure data quality, consistency, accessibility, and compliance requirements are met
Translate complex business needs into scalable data governance, architecture, and reporting solutions
Collaborate with SAP functional teams, analytics teams, reporting teams, and operational stakeholders to improve insight generation and business decision-making capabilities
Assess current-state data environments and recommend improvements to optimize governance, reporting, and information management practices
Support enterprise data strategy initiatives focused on analytics alignment, value realization, and long-term scalability
Document customer data standards, governance controls, business rules, ownership responsibilities, and decision-making processes