Data Migration and Master Data Lead, Ford Energy

Ford Motor•Dearborn, MI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Migration and Master Data Lead, SAP, is accountable for successful data migration and master data readiness across Ford Energy’s SAP landscape, including SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments supporting Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and Yard Logistics (YL). This hands-on leadership role directs the planning, governance, validation, and execution of data loads, from defining requirements and coordinating data owners through conversion, reconciliation, and business sign-off. The role establishes processes and controls to ensure data is accurate, complete, consistent, and ready to support operations at launch and beyond. The Lead works closely with business stakeholders, SAP functional and technical teams, and system integrators or vendor partners to make data migration a disciplined, measurable, and repeatable part of the SAP delivery lifecycle. The position is based in Dearborn, Michigan, with domestic travel up to 10%, and is hybrid, requiring onsite work four or more days per week. It will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to Ford’s wholly owned Battery Energy Storage Systems subsidiary within one year.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
5–8 years of experience in SAP data migration, master data management, data quality, or SAP implementation roles.
Experience with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud or SAP Private Cloud is required.
Demonstrated experience planning and executing SAP data migration, including data mapping, cleansing, transformation, loading, validation, and reconciliation.
Experience establishing or operating master data ownership, approval, quality, and change-management processes.
Ability to coordinate data readiness and migration across SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments supporting EWM and YL.
A disciplined, meticulous approach to data analysis, validation, documentation, and issue follow-through.
Strong analytical skills and ability to identify root causes, assess business impact, and drive issues to resolution.
Ability to work effectively with business data owners, SAP delivery teams, leadership, and implementation partners.
Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting data migration or master data processes for SAP EWM, Yard Logistics, or related warehouse and logistics operations.
Familiarity with SAP migration tools and approaches, data-load templates, and structured reconciliation methods.
Experience coordinating migration across a mixed SAP landscape that includes public cloud and private cloud.
Experience developing or executing SAP cutover plans and production data loads.
Familiarity with manufacturing, energy, or other complex operational environments.
Comfort building data governance and migration processes in a growing organization while partnering with a larger corporate parent.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end data migration approach across Ford Energy’s SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments.
Define migration scope, data objects, sequencing, dependencies, milestones, and readiness criteria across SAP programs and deployments.
Plan and manage data collection, cleansing, mapping, transformation, mock loads, cutover loads, and post-load validation.
Coordinate master data uploads into SAP environments for EWM and YL with SAP teams and implementation partners.
Track migration owners, dependencies, open decisions, risks, defects, and readiness.
Develop and coordinate migration and cutover runbooks, including load timing, validation checkpoints, issue escalation, and contingency planning.
Establish governance processes for data ownership, creation, maintenance, approval, and change control.
Define data definitions, templates, validation rules, naming conventions, and quality expectations for SAP master data.
Partner with business data owners to assess data quality, resolve gaps, and ensure data is complete and approved before each load.
Implement checks and approval steps to reduce duplication, inconsistent values, incomplete records, and unauthorized changes.
Embed master data governance into business processes to support reliable data after go-live.
Establish validation criteria for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and business usability before and after data loads.
Compare source and target data, investigate variances, and document reconciliation outcomes.
Log, prioritize, assign, and track data issues through resolution, retest, and closure.
Coordinate business validation and obtain documented approval at appropriate migration milestones.
Provide status, risk, quality, and readiness reporting to SAP program leadership and business stakeholders.
Work with business teams to identify authoritative data sources, assign data owners, and confirm business rules.
Align migration activities with functional, technical, integration, testing, and cutover workstreams.
Coordinate migration work with system integrators and vendors, clarifying deliverables, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
Communicate data quality and migration risks as clear actions for technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Guide and support teams responsible for preparing, reviewing, and maintaining master data.