SAP Data Migration Lead – SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll

Role overview Lead end-to-end data migration for a complex SAP Employee Central Payroll modernization program spanning multiple workstreams. Drive data quality, define migration strategy, and own cutover execution on a federal-scale initiative.

Responsibilities - Direct data quality, profiling, and cleansing analysis across legacy source systems, surfacing gaps, anomalies, and remediation needs prior to conversion. - Design the end-to-end migration strategy, including source-to-target mapping, ETL approach, and tool selection (LSMW, Migration Cockpit, BODS, or custom scripts) tailored to EC Payroll. - Define and document conversion rules, mapping logic, and business rules for employee master data, payroll infotypes, time/absence records, and organizational structures. - Author detailed technical specifications for extraction, transformation, validation, and load processes, ensuring traceability from legacy to EC Payroll fields. - Lead mock conversion cycles and reconciliation, including exception reporting and resolution workflows with functional and client teams. - Build and execute the cutover plan, covering sequencing, downtime windows, fallback/rollback procedures, and go-live readiness criteria. - Coordinate with functional consultants, developers, and client data owners to align functional design with the conversion approach. - Manage and mentor a data migration team, reviewing deliverables and guiding junior analysts. - Report status, risks, and issues to program leadership while maintaining governance artifacts such as data dictionaries, mapping trackers, and defect logs.

Requirements - 7+ years of SAP experience. - 2+ years of SAP data conversion experience across ECC, IBP, and/or SRM environments. - Hands-on experience with migration tools such as LSMW, SAP Migration Cockpit/LTMC, BODS, or equivalent ETL platforms. - Track record of data profiling, cleansing, and reconciliation on SAP conversion projects. - Strong Excel and data analysis skills for large-scale mapping and validation. - Must be eligible to obtain a government clearance; U.S. citizenship required with no dual citizenship.

Nice to have - Direct experience with SAP Employee Central and/or Employee Central Payroll data conversion. - Familiarity with legacy HCM/Payroll infotypes and their mapping to the EC object model. - Prior leadership of mock conversion or cutover cycles on a federal or large enterprise SAP program. - Knowledge of data migration accelerators or proprietary conversion methodologies. - PMP or equivalent project leadership experience managing teams of three or more analysts.