Data Migration Lead

**_Strada - Our Story_**
- Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally. _
- With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward._
- It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life. _
- With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work._

**DM Lead - The Role**

Data Migration (DM) executes all related activities to implement payroll services for several countries and plays an important role in our projects. All steps are defined in the Global Data Migration Strategy, which is adjusted to client and project requirements, together with the client, Strada’s Program and Project Management, Enterprise Architects and Engineers and the Payroll Lead.

The DM team consists of different levels; a central DM Senior Lead, also called ‘Workstream Lead’ is accountable for big programs, global strategy and planning, the DM Lead is responsible for the execution, the DM Support assists with big volumes, and where required a Data Scientist provides additional services.

DM Support is an entry level, supporting DM Leads on a project. Collaboration is required with the client during all stages to effectively close the DM activities successfully, meeting the KPI’s and the quality threshold agreed. The DM Lead role is expected to have 1-2 years of experience as DM Support or similar practice. A DM Lead ensures that all contractual deliverables will be designed and supplied appropriately for a country, working on this self-consistently; although, reporting to the Workstream Lead on the progress. The DM Lead is in touch and collaborates with the client team during the Data Migration stages and monitors DM Support to close all activities effectively and successfully. The DM lead role is more client facing, also expected to have the most suitable solution for a country and the client and should be able to provide the necessary guidance. The DM support assists the DM lead, checks on optimal system performance, does the system monitoring. After 1-2 years as DM Lead, small and medium-sized programs should be taken over to get to the next level.

**DM Lead - Responsibilities**
- Ensure compliance to Strada’s Payroll operational standards and allocated project implementation methodology.
- Execute several Data Migration stages (ETL/V) as required for testing as well as for deploy phase.
- Elaborate local DM activities and adjust Data Migration Strategy where applicable, update activities in Local DM Plan document, respect timelines, be proactive, report to DM Lead and the Workstream Lead of the program.
- Assist Workstream Lead with country implementation, support the Project Manager/Program Manager, follow the planning, report, and raise issues proactively, escalate where required.
- Share experience and suggest improvements on data modelling, templates, ensure delivery and provide information to the client on data requirements e.g., history legally needed to run payroll, etc.
- Lead and conduct DM Kick-off and Q&A sessions with the customer, communicate DM requirements with all relevant parties.
- Request Data Quality Assessment from Data Scientist team, support and liaise with client for data cleansing.
- Support test activities if required, perform the data load cycles, or instruct DM Support.
- Ensure data issues are resolved and maintained in RAID log; be proactive to ensure DM cycle will be completed successfully within time and budget.
- Manage data reconciliation and validation stage or instruct DM Support.

**DM Lead - Requirements**
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or MBA from a reputed college.
- 1 to 4 years' experience in Data Migration projects involving HR data (depending on the role DM Lead, DM Senior Lead).
- Willing to work in shifts and can work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Is a team player and team leader.
- Has knowledge of Human Resources, TIME, and Payroll concepts, and of the related Data Migration processes.
- Has functional knowledge of HRIS technology, such as Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, SAP HCM, Peoplesoft, and Payroll (SAP PY, PT, FIORI).
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, MS Access, or similar tools, ideal if familiar with ETL.
- Knowledge and experience with some of the following technologies: Web Methods, SQL, XSLT, Java, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB