Data Migration and Master Data Lead, Ford Energy

In this position...
As the Data Migration and Master Data Lead, SAP, you will be accountable for successful data migration and master data readiness across Ford Energy’s SAP landscape. This includes SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments supporting Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and Yard Logistics (YL).

You will lead the planning, governance, validation, and execution of data loads—from defining requirements and coordinating data owners through conversion, reconciliation, and business sign-off. You will establish the processes and controls needed to ensure data is accurate, complete, consistent, and ready to support business operations at launch and beyond.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who combines SAP experience with exceptional attention to detail and a strong track record governing master data processes. You will work closely with business stakeholders, SAP functional and technical teams, and system integrator or vendor partners to make data migration a disciplined, measurable, and repeatable part of the SAP delivery lifecycle.

You'll have..
Required:

- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Experience: 5–8 years of experience in SAP data migration, master data management, data quality, or SAP implementation roles.
- SAP Cloud Experience: Experience with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud or SAP Private Cloud is required.
- Migration Delivery: Demonstrated experience planning and executing SAP data migration activities, including data mapping, cleansing, transformation, loading, validation, and reconciliation.
- Master Data Governance: Experience establishing or operating master data ownership, approval, quality, and change-management processes.
- SAP Landscape Knowledge: Ability to coordinate data readiness and migration across SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments supporting EWM and YL.
- Attention to Detail: A disciplined, meticulous approach to data analysis, validation, documentation, and issue follow-through.
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify root causes, assess business impact, and drive issues to resolution.
- Communication: Ability to work effectively with business data owners, SAP delivery teams, leadership, and implementation partners.

Even better, you may have...
Preferred:

- EWM or YL Experience: Experience supporting data migration or master data processes for SAP EWM, Yard Logistics, or related warehouse and logistics operations.
- Data Migration Tools: Familiarity with SAP migration tools and approaches, data-load templates, and structured reconciliation methods.
- Multi-Cloud SAP Delivery: Experience coordinating migration across a mixed SAP landscape that includes both public cloud and private cloud.
- Cutover Readiness: Experience developing or executing SAP cutover plans and production data loads.
- Manufacturing or Energy Exposure: Familiarity with manufacturing, energy, or other complex operational environments.
- Startup Mindset: Comfort building data governance and migration processes in a growing organization while partnering with a larger corporate parent.

Key Attributes:

- A detail-oriented, accountable data leader who brings structure to complex migration work. You are proactive about data risks, persistent in resolving quality issues, and skilled at building alignment among business owners, SAP teams, and delivery partners. You understand that successful data migration depends not only on a completed load, but on trusted data, clear ownership, and business validation.

Location & Travel:

- Location: Dearborn, MI
- U.S. with domestic travel up to 10%.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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