M&A Data Coordination Lead

NTT DATA’s Client is seeking a M&A Data Coordination Lead to join their team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US-PA), United States (US). REMOTE to coordinate and manage data requirements across multiple site separation initiatives and manufacturing application workstreams.

This role will serve as the central coordination point for identifying, tracking, validating, and managing data needs by site. The M&A Data Coordination Lead will work closely with Site Project Managers, Application Workstreams, Manufacturing stakeholders, business teams, and technical teams to ensure that required data is identified, prepared, validated, transferred, and available according to program timelines and established data standards.

The ideal candidate is a mid-senior level Project Manager / Project Coordinator with experience supporting data-related projects, application migrations, system transitions, or M&A separation initiatives. This position does not require a deep technical data engineering background; however, the candidate should have a strong understanding of data coordination, data readiness, data quality, project governance, dependency tracking, and stakeholder management.

The role will support multiple sites simultaneously and ensure that data-related activities are effectively integrated into each site’s overall separation and cutover plan.

Key Responsibilities

M&A Data Coordination

Coordinate end-to-end data requirements for all site separation initiatives.

Serve as the primary coordination point for data-related activities across sites, applications, and manufacturing systems.

Work closely with Site Project Managers to understand site-specific data requirements, timelines, dependencies, and risks.

Maintain visibility into data requirements and readiness across multiple site separation projects.

Ensure data activities are incorporated into overall site separation schedules and cutover plans.

Coordinate activities across geographically distributed project and technical teams.

Site-Level Data Planning

For each site, coordinate and track data requirements associated with:

Enterprise applications

Manufacturing applications

ERP systems

Business applications

Operational technology applications, where applicable

Historical and transactional data

Master data

Reporting and analytics requirements

Data migration activities

Data retention and archival requirements

Data extracts and transfers

Business validation

Develop and maintain a consolidated view of data needs by site and application.

Application & Manufacturing Data Coordination

Partner closely with

Application Workstream Leads

Manufacturing Application Teams

Site Project Managers

Manufacturing stakeholders

Business Process Owners

ERP teams

Data migration teams

Infrastructure teams

Integration teams

Enterprise Data teams

Coordinate data requirements associated with manufacturing and business applications undergoing separation, migration, transition, or replacement., Facilitate the identification and documentation of data requirements across sites and application workstreams., Track exceptions and facilitate resolution where data does not meet required standards.

Data Readiness & Cutover Support

Support site separation and application cutover activities by ensuring data-related tasks are completed according to the master cutover schedule.

Coordinate

Data extraction readiness

Data cleansing activities

Data conversion preparation

Data migration activities

Data validation

Business verification

Reconciliation

Cutover data loads

Post-migration validation

Data-related hypercare issues

Participate in site readiness and Go/No-Go reviews to provide status on data readiness.

Integrated Planning & Dependency Management

Partner with Site PMs and application workstreams to integrate data activities into project schedules., Drive follow-up and accountability across teams without direct reporting authority.

Governance & Status Reporting

Support M&A program governance by preparing and maintaining data-related status information.

Provide regular reporting on

Data readiness by site

Data readiness by application

Key milestones

Open actions

Risks and issues

Dependencies

Data-quality concerns

Upcoming cutover activities

Decisions requiring escalation

Participate in

Site PM meetings

Application workstream meetings

Data coordination meetings

M&A program governance meetings

Readiness reviews

Cutover planning sessions

Go/No-Go meetings

Hypercare meetings

Develop concise status reports and dashboards for program leadership.

Stakeholder & Communication Management

Act as a liaison between the Site PMs, application teams, manufacturing stakeholders, and data teams.

Responsibilities include

Facilitating data requirement discussions

Clarifying roles and ownership

Driving action-item closure

Coordinating across multiple workstreams

Managing stakeholder expectations

Communicating upcoming milestones and dependencies

Escalating unresolved issues

Ensuring teams remain aligned to program timelines, This position is best suited for a mid-senior level PM / Data Project Coordinator who is highly organized and comfortable coordinating many moving parts across multiple sites. The primary focus is coordination and governance of data activities rather than hands-on data engineering or development.

The successful candidate will ensure that every site’s data needs are clearly identified, assigned, tracked, validated, and delivered in alignment with application and site-separation timelines.

Source systems

Target systems

Data owners

Business owners

Application owners

Migration approach

Data dependencies

Delivery dates

Validation status

Readiness status

Outstanding actions

Risks and issues

Ensure requirements are clearly documented and communicated to all relevant stakeholders.

Data Standards & Quality Coordination

Ensure that data delivered as part of site separation activities meets established program and enterprise standards.

Coordinate with appropriate teams to validate

Data completeness

Data quality

Data consistency, Manufacturing system readiness

Data migration readiness

Business validation

Cutover dependencies

Identify dependencies between applications, sites, manufacturing systems, and data migration activities that could affect separation timelines.

RAID Management

Proactively identify and track data-related:

Risks

Assumptions

Issues, Unclear data ownership

Application migration dependencies

Resource constraints

Delayed extracts

Delayed business validation

Data-standard compliance issues

Conflicting cutover timelines

Ensure appropriate escalation and timely resolution of critical issues.

Cross-Functional Coordination, Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Data Management, or a related discipline.

58+ years of overall project management, project coordination, PMO, or technology delivery experience.

3+ years supporting data-related projects, application implementations, migrations, or technology-transformation initiatives.

Experience coordinating activities across multiple projects or sites.

Demonstrated experience working with

Project Managers

Application teams

Business stakeholders

Manufacturing stakeholders

Technical teams

Strong experience with

Project planning

Requirements tracking

Dependency management

RAID management

Status reporting

Action tracking

Stakeholder coordination

Experience coordinating data requirements, data migration, data readiness, data validation, or data-quality activities.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.

Ability to drive follow-up and accountability across cross-functional teams.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced M&A or enterprise transformation environment.

Preferred Qualifications

8+ years of experience supporting M&A integration, divestiture, carve-out, site separation, or technology transition programs.

5+ years of experience working with manufacturing sites and manufacturing applications.

5+ years of previous experience as a Project Manager, Junior Project Manager, PMO Analyst, Data Project Coordinator, or Data Migration Coordinator.

Experience coordinating data migration or application migration projects.

Understanding of

Master data

Transactional data

Data extraction

Data cleansing

Data migration

Data validation

Data reconciliation

Data governance

Experience supporting ERP or enterprise application programs involving platforms such as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar systems.

Experience in Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Biotechnology, or other regulated industries.

Familiarity with enterprise PMO governance practices.

PMP, CAPM, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent certification is a plus.

Key Skills

M&A Data Coordination

Site Separation

Data Requirements Management

Manufacturing Applications

Data Readiness

Data Migration Coordination

Data Quality

Data Standards

Data Validation

Data Governance

Application Migration

Project Management

PMO Coordination

Integrated Project Planning

Dependency Management

RAID Management

Cutover Coordination

Stakeholder Management

Cross-Functional Coordination

Executive / Program Status Reporting

Action Tracking

Business Readiness

Project Management Tools

Experience with one or more of the following is preferred

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Planview

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Manufacturing

Life Sciences

Pharmaceuticals

Medical Devices

Healthcare

Biotechnology

Regulated Industries

Enterprise IT Transformation

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