Master Data Lead

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years in master data management, data governance or ERP data roles.
• Designed master data standards on at least one SAP implementation or conversion.
• Hands-on definition of match and survivorship rules for customer or party data.
• Able to explain design trade-offs to business leaders and get decisions made.
• SAP S/4HANA Utilities or SAP IS-U master data through at least one go-live.
• SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) design experience.
• Regulated, multi-jurisdiction utility experience.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Data management certification such as CDMP.

Job Description

An employer is looking for a Master Data Lead for one of our top utility clients in the Nation. The Master Data Lead designs and owns target-state standards for customer master data in SAP S/4HANA Utilities: business partner, contract account, premise, installation and related objects, including golden record, match and survivorship rules. SAP IS-U master data depth is thin inside this organization. Decisions this role makes need to land before mock design locks in June 2027, and the standards continue into operations after go-live.

Key Responsibilities

• Own customer master data decisions across the Contact Profile and Premise Profile sub-domains.
• Shape the Master Data Governance Strategy (D34) and the mapping of master data objects with IBM.
• Define golden record, match, merge and survivorship rules, and document the reasoning behind each.
• Assess the impact of master data design on billing, service orders, credit and collections and reporting, and resolve conflicts between sub-domains.
• Set master data quality thresholds with the Data Quality Lead and sign off master data readiness at each mock and dress rehearsal.
• Establish create, change and retire processes and ownership with the Data Governance Lead, stewards and the Enterprise Data Governance Office.
• Design the post-go-live operating model for master data maintenance.