Director – Data Migration Design Lead

We are seeking aDirector, Data Migration Design Leadto providetechnical leadership and governancefor migration design across a global ERP transformation, includingSAP S/4HANAand connected data platforms. In this role, you will define and govern thestandards, patterns, and specificationsthat enable consistent, high-quality, and reusable data migrations across multiple geographies and deployment waves.

You will act as thetechnical design authorityfor migration design, translating business and programme needs intoclear, executable design inputsfor delivery teams. Working in close partnership withData Migration Engine Delivery (DMED)and MigrationBuild/Runcolleagues, you will help make migration design repeatable, automated, and increasingly efficient with each release—supporting faster decisions, streamlined operations, and better outcomes for patients.

Accountabilities

• Migration design leadership and governance: Lead Data Migration Data Analysts and Data Migration Design Leads to deliver migration design objectives, with ownership of migrationspecifications, patterns, and standardsacross deployments and domains.
• Authoritative design to enable delivery: Provide high-fidelity, actionable migration design specifications toDMED, aligned to delivery constraints, timelines, and implementation realities.
• Standardisation, traceability, and control: Define and govern design artefacts that enableaudit-ready traceability, consistent rule application, and clear sign-off criteria across markets and waves.
• Quality and automation: Establishquality gates, design reviews, and guidelines for artefacts (for example mapping rules, reconciliation approach, validation criteria, defect triage pathways) to reduce rework and improve reliability.
• Roadmaps and continuous improvement: Create and maintain migration design roadmaps and plans that maximise current platforms while adapting to new technologies and evolving programme needs.
• Integration with build, run, and cutover: Partner with Migration Build and Run Leads to embed designs into delivery, supporting run/load activities, cutover readiness, and rapid resolution of design-to-delivery issues.
• Technology evaluation and innovation: Lead proof-of-technology/value assessments for migration design tooling and practices, providing technical inputs to cases and adoption decisions.
• Estimation and planning: Provide technical estimates and design inputs for deployments and projects, supporting planning, sequencing, and realistic delivery commitments.
• Capability and operating model development: Build the migration design capability through training, tooling, ways of working, and an effective operating model, including oversight of offshore contributions.
• Reusable assets and enterprise enablement: Ensure migration design outputs and data assets are produced asreusable artefacts and servicesto accelerate future deployments and broader analytics/BI consumption.
• Stakeholder partnership and architectural alignment: Build strong relationships with business and data stakeholders to shape demand and priorities, and align approaches withEnterprise ArchitectureandTechnology Innovationstandards.

Essential skills/experience

• Bachelor’s degree(or equivalent experience) inComputer Science, Data Management, or a related field.
• Significant experience deliveringdata migrationoutcomes, including designing solutions that can be built, operated, and improved over time.
• Strongsolution and data designskills suited toAgiledelivery, with experience acting as a technical design authority.
• Proficiency indata engineeringtechniques and testing methodologies, includingdata validation, reconciliation, and defect triage.
• Experience with technologies used for migration pipelines and services (for example ETL/ELT, orchestration, test automation, metadata/catalog/MDM).
• Solid understanding ofdata/application design patternsrelevant to large-scale migrations, including standardisation and reuse.

Desirable skills/experience

• Experience leading migration design in large-scaleERP transformations, ideally involvingSAP S/4HANAand SAP data models.
• Proven success industrialising migration patterns and automation across multiple waves/markets, including metadata and lineage practices.
• Experience in regulated environments requiring strongcontrols, traceability, and auditabilityfor data movement.
• Experience implementingDevOps/DataOpsapproaches (for example CI/CD for data pipelines and automated testing).
• Track record leading distributed and offshore teams with measurable improvements in throughput and quality.
• Strong stakeholder influence, communicating design decisions in terms of business value, risk, and delivery trade-offs.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca:
Join a company scaling a global ERP on S/4HANA that will standardize processes and deliver real-time insight across finance and supply chain, used daily by more than 20,000 colleagues. Here, unexpected teams come together to solve complex challenges with urgency and creativity, and your work on reusable, governed data will ripple from operational excellence to patient impact. You will be trusted to take smart risks, equipped with cutting-edge technology, and supported by a collaborative culture that values kindness alongside ambition—so you can turn bold ideas into data capabilities that accelerate science and bring medicines to those who need them.

Step into this pivotal role and lead the data migration design capability that powers transformation at scale—shape the standards, build the automation, and deliver the impact; submit your application today to make your mark!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.