Business Data Lead (SAP/ERP Migration) - Legal
Your new company
Working for a globally renowned legal firm
Your new role
We are seeking a highly capable Business Data Lead with a strong technical mindset and exceptional data ownership skills to drive the business-side data strategy for a major SAP/ERP migration within a global legal firm. You will acts as the bridge between business and data teams, providing clarity, structure, and leadership on data-driven decisions.
You will lead requirements gathering, run design workshops, and guide business reviews to translate complex operational needs into clear, actionable specifications and documentation. The role owns the entire SAP migration. You will be conversion mapping, shapes global and regional taxonomy decisions, drives data cleansing and reconciliation controls, and oversees validation, UAT, and business sign-off for each test and production wave.
What you'll need to succeed
*Must have Legal/Law or Professional Services experience*
You will serve as the bridge connecting business needs with data delivery!
- Significant experience as a Business Data Lead or similar role, demonstrating a strong sense of data ownership.
- Experienced as a true data leader with both technical depth and strong business ownership.
- Experienced in managing large, complex, multi-regional data workstreams and driving accountability.
- Expert-level SAP knowledge with proven data/product ownership across large-scale SAP migration programmes.
- Acted as the bridge between business and data teams, providing clarity, structure, and leadership on data-driven decisions.
- Hands-on experience in data mapping and migration, including complex transformation and validation work.
- Experience working with ERP/PMS systems within legal or professional services environments!
- Strong understanding of SAP core data, end-to-end SAP migrations, and how SAP data flows through business processes.
- Hands-on experience with global SAP data migration programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to collaborate effectively with business teams, programme leadership, finance, technical teams, senior legal stakeholders, and external vendors.
What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
What you need to do now
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