SAP Master Data Governance Lead

Key Responsibilities 1. Business Engagement, Leadership & Governance Enforcement • Challenge & Influence Business Leadership: Drive buy-in across business units; proactively challenge business teams on legacy data habits, non-standard taxonomies, and uncoordinated master data creation. • Establish Governance Frameworks: Define, implement, and enforce enterprise-wide master data policies, standards, data ownership matrices, and operating models across all business functions. • Chair Data Governance Council: Lead cross-functional alignment forums, resolve domain ownership disputes, and secure executive sign-off on master data definitions and taxonomy decisions. • Drive Change & Business Accountability: Foster a strong data quality culture; hold business stakeholders accountable for maintaining master data integrity throughout the migration and post-go-live operating state. 2. Master Data Taxonomy & Architecture Strategy • Architect Enterprise Taxonomy: Design and maintain clear, standardized data taxonomies, hierarchies, and metadata structures across core SAP domains (Material/Product, Business Partner/Vendor/Customer, Financials/COA, Assets). • Align Business & Technical Data Models: Translate business processes into structured SAP S/4HANA data requirements, ensuring seamless transition from legacy Oracle EBS data structures. 3. Migration Execution & Partner Oversight • Manage Migration Workstreams: Lead data cleansing, enrichment, mapping, and validation activities in close collaboration with system integrators and partners using migration platforms (e.g., ChainSys Data Management Suite). • Data Quality KPI Oversight: Define, monitor, and report critical Data Quality (DQ) metrics, readiness scorecards, and audit trails to executive management throughout the S/4HANA RISE journey. Preferred Qualifications • Experience operating within enterprise environments in the Dubai / UAE region. • Hands-on familiarity with ChainSys migration tools or similar automated data extraction and transformation platforms. • Certification in SAP MDG or DAMA-CDMP / Data Governance frameworks. Required Qualifications & Experience • Total Experience: Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience leading Master Data Governance (MDG) and Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives in complex enterprise environments. • SAP S/4HANA Expertise: Direct, hands-on experience leading SAP MDG implementations and data migrations within SAP S/4HANA (RISE with SAP) environments. • Legacy ERP Experience: Track record of migrating data from Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) to SAP S/4HANA is preferred • Leadership & Business Acumen: Exceptional commercial acumen with a proven track record of influencing senior leadership, driving accountability, and upholding governance standards in resistance-prone environments. • Communication & Assertiveness: Excellent executive-level presentation and negotiation skills in English; capable of articulating the business value of data governance to non-technical leaders. • Education: Bachelors degree in Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.