Director - Global Data Transformation Lead Architect

• E2E Data Transformation Custodianship: Hold global accountability for the end-to-end Data Transformation Journey—Cleanse, Migration, and Reconciliation—ensuring coherent design and execution across all deployments.
• Global Functional & Technical Strategy: Own and evolve the Global Data Transformation Functional & Technical Strategy, playbooks, guidelines, and templates that underpin every deployment wave.
• Data Deployment Support: Support the Data Deployment journey from initial scoping and design workshops onwards, accelerating integration and ensuring designs are fit for purpose from day one.
• Migration & Cleanse Scope: Define and govern the Data Migration & Cleanse scope for each deployment, establishing clear boundaries, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Harmonisation & Transformation Mapping: Develop and maintain Global Data Migration Specifications (DMSs), Harmonisation & Relevancy Rules, and Transformation Mapping to ensure consistency and traceability across domains.
• Reconciliation Strategy: Own the Reconciliation Strategy, playbooks, and Report Passports that validate data accuracy and completeness at each stage of the journey.
• Templates & Accelerators: Create and maintain reusable accelerators including C4 Workshop Decks, Data Load Plan Templates, and Entry and Exit Criteria to drive repeatable, efficient deployments.
• Design Standards & Governance: Establish patterns that ensure consistency, traceability, and regulatory-ready quality across diverse operational domains—particularly Manufacturing, Quality, and Material Master.
• Solution Design to Delivery: Provide actionable, high-fidelity design solutions to downstream delivery teams, aligned to delivery constraints and timelines so teams can execute with confidence.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Work closely with Build and Run Leads to embed designs into delivery, enabling repeatable pipelines and aligned cutover strategies across operational workstreams.
• Team Oversight & Coaching: Oversee and guide the work of Data Transformation Architects (including offshore), champion best practices, and resolve design and delivery challenges swiftly.
• Technology Evaluation: Lead evaluation and testing of new technologies relevant to data transformation design—from proofs of technology/value to technical inputs that strengthen business cases.
• Stakeholder Partnerships: Build strong relationships with data, operations, and business stakeholders to understand priorities, shape demand, and evolve the transformation design roadmap.
• Capability Development: Build the Data Transformation Design capability—training, tooling, ways of working, and operating model—to improve throughput, quality, and value.
• Growth & Learning: Manage personal and team development, fostering internal promotion, skills growth, and continuous learning in data transformation technologies and methodologies.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Data Management, or a related field.
• Very high techno/functional proficiency—deep SAP knowledge, Axial Data Design expertise, and strong command of data transformation processes and tooling.
• Significant experience in complex programme data migration, with practical examples of using modern data platforms to design, support build, and maintain data transformation applications
• Ability to bring best-practice experience and benchmarks from similar large-scale programmes to accelerate delivery and raise the quality bar.
• Delivery mindset and Business Thinking First—ability to balance technical rigour with pragmatic, outcome-oriented decision-making
• Proficiency in data engineering techniques and testing methodologies (e.g., data validation, reconciliation, defect triage).
• Proficiency with data and application design patterns and processes for migration.
• Blend of design skills suited to Agile data development projects, serving as technical design authority for transformation and migration

• Experience leading data transformation and migration design for large-scale ERP programmes, ideally including SAP S/4HANA and SAP data models with depth in operational data domains (Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Material Master).
• Proven success industrializing transformation patterns, metadata management, and automation across multiple waves or markets.
• Background in life sciences or other highly regulated industries, with an understanding of compliance, auditability, and validation in data movements.
• Track record leading distributed and offshore teams with measurable improvements in velocity and quality.
• Strong stakeholder influence skills, translating complex design decisions into clear business value and risk trade-offs.
• Experience developing and deploying reusable accelerators (workshop frameworks, load plan templates, entry/exit criteria) at enterprise scale.

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