Data Readiness Lead, ERP Transformation

Overview

CTG's long-standing Fortune 500 client of over 15 years has a W2 contract assignment for a Data Readiness Lead, ERP Transformation.

Type: Contract
Job Title: Data Readiness Lead, ERP Transformation
Location: Remote - Candidates local to Corning, NY preferred, however, candidates in all US locations may be considered for remote work. Candidates must be willing to support EST hours.
Pay Rate: $52.46 - $101.01/hour
Work Hours: M-F 8am-5pm
Education: Bachelor’s Degree with technical discipline or equivalent experience

Role Summary:
The Data Readiness Lead ensures that data migrated into SAP S/4HANA is accurate, compliant, and business-ready at go-live. This role is critical to reducing data risk, preventing post-go-live disruption, and ensuring measurable confidence in enterprise data quality across ERP transformation initiatives.

This is a hands-on execution role embedded within ERP project teams, partnering closely with business data owners, data migration teams, and project leadership to drive data readiness, governance, and quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead data cleansing activities with business data owners to ensure migration readiness
• Define, measure, and report data quality metrics across project lifecycle
• Ensure enterprise data standards are applied during design, mapping, and migration processes
• Track and resolve data defects, issues, and remediation actions across load cycles
• Manage data approvals, sign-offs, and compliance documentation
• Partner with ERP project leadership to assess and communicate data readiness status
• Identify, escalate, and mitigate data risks impacting go-live readiness
• Support stakeholder education and transparency around data quality and readiness
• Recommend improvements to data readiness frameworks and governance practices

Required Qualifications:
• 5–7+ years of experience in Data Quality, IT, or Data Migration roles
• Strong experience with data cleansing, validation, and quality measurement practices
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and business teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced transformation environment
• Strong analytical thinking with ability to apply judgment in ambiguous situations
• High sense of urgency and self-driven execution mindset

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in large-scale ERP transformation programs
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA data migration and related interfaces
• Experience operating independently in complex enterprise environments
• Strong presentation skills with ability to communicate to leadership audiences
• Project management exposure in transformation or data initiatives
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail

Contract Role Characteristics:
• Independent contractor role with no direct reports
• Execution-focused role aligned to project governance and standards
• Provides recommendations, risk visibility, and status reporting to leadership
• No enterprise policy or decision-making authority

Performance Expectations:
• Zero data-related audit findings tied to migration deliverables
• No unexpected post-go-live data defects impacting operations
• Reduced data defect rates across successive load cycles
• Clear visibility into data quality and readiness throughout lifecycle
• Minimal disruption to project timelines due to data issues

Additional Information
• No third party resumes will be accepted
• Drug testing and/or other employment-related inquiries may be conducted
• CTG will consider for employment-qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable laws
• All interested individuals MUST be able to work on a W2 Tax basis (no C2C or third party vendors)
• CTG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
• CTG is an E-Verify Company

To be considered for this opportunity, please apply directly through our website by clicking the link below or email your Word version resume and salary expectations to Rebecca.Olan@ctg.com.