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AstraZeneca · 14 hours ago

S4 Data Design Lead

Wilmington, DE

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

AstraZeneca is a global science-led company looking for a S4 Data Design Lead to set data standards for SAP S/4HANA. The role involves leading enterprise data design for a major ERP transformation, ensuring data readiness, governance, and integration across processes.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define, document, and implement S/4HANA enterprise data standards across your assigned domain, covering master data, reference data, and metadata

Develop conceptual models, business glossaries, and ontologies that clearly describe data meaning and usage, ensuring consistency across process and analytics needs

Apply deep data, process, and object expertise to support end-to-end S/4HANA process and technical design, partnering closely with finance and process design leaders

Collect and share relevant as-is data structures and harmonisation assessments, produce best-practice to-be data design proposals, and feed these into the global design process

Deliver effective global data management processes and procedures to govern each data asset throughout its lifecycle, working in close partnership with business-as-usual data governance teams

Lead data localisation and transformation for your domain to ensure data readiness at program go-live. Educate local and controlling teams on new standards, identify collections and transformations, and steer the data quality and interim-state approach

Serve as the gatekeeper for domain-related data policies during deployments, ensuring compliance with the Data Governance Framework, Global Data Standards, and overarching process standards

Drive the data agenda within integrated work packages. Prioritise data dependencies and close requirements in line with delivery milestones through focused workshops and working sessions

Define and lead the change journey from current to future-state data design, including change impact assessments and broader data education and change initiatives

Maintain alignment between S/4HANA design and wider enterprise data design, including support for the interim state, to ensure continuity and fitness for purpose

Own and execute data management testing activities and support resolution of data-related defects during deployment and go-live

Provide business inputs to data cleanse and migration, including designs, relevancy rules, and harmonisation rules. Steer cleanse scope and priority and enable technical migration activities

Qualification

S/4HANA data standardsData governance frameworksData localisationData migrationConceptual data modelsEnterprise data managementData quality approachesChange leadershipCollaboration with financeFacilitation skills

Required

10 years in a similar role, including 5 years in controlling and 3 years in sub-implementation

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting (or equivalent)

Deep expertise in S/4HANA target-state business data standards and best-practice data concepts

Proven experience defining, documenting, and implementing enterprise data standards across master data, reference data, and metadata

Ability to develop conceptual data models, business glossaries, and ontologies aligned to process and analytics requirements

Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks and approval processes, with experience governing data across its lifecycle

Hands-on experience supporting S/4HANA process and technical design, collaborating with finance and process design leads

Capability to capture as-is data structures, conduct harmonisation assessments, and produce to-be data design proposals for global design

Track record delivering global data management processes and procedures with business-as-usual data governance teams

Experience leading data localisation and transformation activities, educating local and controlling teams on new data standards

Demonstrated ability to steer data migration scope, data quality approaches, and interim-state data management through go-live

Skilled in facilitating workshops and working sessions to land data requirements and accelerate process design discussions

Experience enforcing domain data policies and ensuring compliance with global data standards and process standards during deployments

Proven ability to manage data dependencies within integrated work packages and close requirements to meet program delivery timelines

Experience conducting change impact assessments and leading broader data education and change initiatives

Ability to maintain alignment between S/4HANA design and enterprise data design, including interim-state support

Ownership of data management testing activities and experience supporting data defect resolution during deployment and go-live

Experience providing business inputs to data cleanse and migration, including relevancy and harmonization rules, and enabling technical migration

Preferred

Experience in large-scale ERP transformations within complex, global organisations

Background in data design and governance within regulated industries

Familiarity with SAP data migration tooling and data quality monitoring practices

Strong facilitation skills and the ability to drive decisions across diverse stakeholders

Comfort enforcing data policies while balancing local needs and global standards

Company

AstraZeneca

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AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It is a sub-organization of Investor.

Founded in 1999

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR

10001+ employees

https://www.astrazeneca.com

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