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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Manager, SAP Data Lead - **Company:** Ametek - **Location:** Berwyn, PA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $111,440.0 - $183,082.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Information Systems, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Migration, Data Mining, Document-Oriented Databases, SAP (Applications), SAP FI/CO, SAP NetWeaver Data Management, SAP Materials Management, SAP Plant Maintenance, SAP Sales and Distribution, SAP PP (Production Planning), Data Strategy, Information Technology, SAP S/4HANA, Data Management, Legacy Systems - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59392748-senior-manager-sap-data-lead ## About the Role * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, related field. * 10+ years of experience in SAP data management, with at least 3 years in a leadership role. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. * Experience with the SAP Master Data Governance application * Experience with the Syniti application * Experience managing a team * Strong leadership skills and proven ability to adapt leadership style to different situations and people as well as to a complex business structure. * Ability to travel up to 25%. ## Description We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Data Lead to own the data strategy, governance, and migration workstreams for our SAP S/4HANA implementation program. This role is critical to ensuring clean, accurate, and well-governed data across the enterprise as we transition to S/4HANA, and will serve as the primary authority on data quality, migration methodology, and master data standards throughout the program lifecycle. In this role, you will also have the SAP S/4 data migration team as direct reports., * Lead the end-to-end data workstream for the S/4HANA program, including data assessment, cleansing, mapping, migration, validation, and reconciliation. * Define and own the data migration strategy, approach, and tooling. * Develop and enforce master data governance standards for key domains (e.g., Customer, Vendor, Material, Finance, Chart of Accounts, Cost Center). * Partner with business process owners to define data quality rules, cleansing criteria, and acceptance thresholds prior to migration. * Oversee data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities from legacy systems into S/4HANA. * Lead mock and final data load cycles, coordinating with functional teams (FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, PM, etc.) to validate data readiness. * Establish data reconciliation processes to ensure completeness and accuracy between legacy and target systems. * Manage a team of data analysts, data migration specialists, and offshore resources supporting the data workstream. * Identify data-related risks and issues, and develop mitigation plans in coordination with program leadership. * Define and track KPIs/metrics for data quality, migration progress, and defect resolution. * Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX) throughout the migration. * Support post-go-live data governance, including ongoing master data maintenance processes and controls. * Document data standards, migration runbooks, and lessons learned for future phases or rollouts ## Related Videos - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Data Mining Accessibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/802-data-mining-accessibility) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Lost and Wasted Time: Searching for the Cozy Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2107-lost-and-wasted-time-searching-for-the-cozy-web) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/277-data-analyst-salary-germany) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Data Analyst Salary in Switzerland](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/276-data-analyst-salary-in-switzerland) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Best Companies to Work For in Berlin: Top 14 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/188-best-companies-to-work-for-in-berlin-top-14-companies-in-2023)