Data Migration and Master Data Lead, Ford Energy

Ford • Dearborn, MI

5d • $86,600 - $144,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Data Migration and Master Data Lead, SAP, you will be 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). You will lead the planning, governance, validation, and execution of data loads, from defining requirements and coordinating data owners through conversion, reconciliation, and business sign-off. You will establish processes and controls that ensure data is accurate, complete, consistent, and ready to support business operations at launch and beyond.

This hands-on leadership role works closely with business stakeholders, SAP functional and technical teams, and system integrator 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 of up to 10%. It is hybrid, with a requirement to work onsite four or more days per week. The role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, within one year.

The position is salary grade 7, with a stated salary range of $86,600–$144,900. Final salary grade and base salary within the range depend on the candidate’s skills and experience, job scope, responsibility, and competitive market value. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

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.
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing SAP data migration activities, 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 the 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.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

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 both 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 SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments.
• Define data migration scope, 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 S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud for EWM and YL with SAP teams and implementation partners.
• Track owners, dependencies, open decisions, risks, defects, and readiness across migration activities.
• Develop and coordinate migration and cutover runbooks, including load timing, validation checkpoints, issue escalation, and contingency planning.
• Establish governance, standards, and controls for trusted master data during implementation and ongoing operations.
• Define 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 sign-off at appropriate migration milestones.
• Report migration status, risk, quality, and readiness 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 activities with system integrators and vendors, clarifying deliverables, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Translate data quality and migration risks into clear actions for technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and practical support to teams preparing, reviewing, and maintaining master data.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior