Sr. Project Data Lead to ensure support migration from legacy systems to Oracle retail, ensuring data conversion efforts are successful

Our valued client is looking for a Sr. Project Data Lead to ensure support migration from legacy systems to Oracle retail, ensuring data conversion efforts are successful.

The lead will manage a multidisciplinary data migration/conversion team and execute the data plan to deliver on all data migration/conversion requirements. This requires migrating data from the current retail system, Jesta, to Oracle retail. Working with the project team, Enterprise Data Management, and IT, the Lead will ensure that all data conversion efforts are successful within the project timelines and budget.

Tasks include:

• As a part of the project team, accountable for all data conversion efforts for the client
• Owning and managing data migration scope, strategy and execution plan
• Being a single point of contact for the client and the vendor for all data conversion activities
• Based on vendor specifications, extracting data from the legacy application
• Validating data extracts for accuracy and completeness
• Leading data profiling, cleansing, and preparation of legacy data to ensure data quality, accuracy, and completeness
• Coordinating with business SMEs, process owners, and stewards for data definitions, enrichment, and sign-offs
• Liaising with client Information Services Division and Enterprise Data Management team to ensure that client best practices and standards are followed during the conversion process
• Identify inherent data risks and implement controls and procedures to mitigate them

Must have:

• Reliability clearance with the Federal Government
• Approximately 10 years experience in data management, data conversion, mapping, and transformation projects, preferably in the retail domain
• Legacy and modern retail systems and services, in-depth knowledge of retail Data Domain
• ETL experience
• Data mapping, data management, transformation, and validation practices
• Strong MS SQL scripting
• Strong hands-on technical skills in data extraction and validation
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and coordinating with vendors and system integrators.

Nice to have:

• Experience in performing data leadership roles in SaaS retail (Such as: Oracle or SAP etc.) is highly desirable