[Hiring] ERP Functional Data Lead @RTX

Role Description

You are the ideal candidate if you have experience managing large scale, complex programs and projects related to business process and system transformation, ideally ERP implementation using SAP’s S4 HANA solution. The Functional Data Lead Analyst will:

• Coordinate conversion activities, translate and document conversion requirements and detailed plans.
• Drive execution tasks with various team members and stakeholders, track progress, and escalate issues.
• Follow project management processes and best practices to ensure all tasks, activities, and resources are aligned to meet the overall program and organizational goals.
• Work cross-functional to complete Build Phase, support system configuration design, testing, migration, and hyper-care activities.
• Complete conversion functional specification documents, data mapping, cross-reference documents, and data model documents across multiple deployments.
• Drive conversion progress, including task completion and milestone achievement to adhere to the overall timeline.
• Lead meetings with cross-functional thread leads.
• Understand team member workload, potential resource constraints, and ensure optimal resource utilization throughout the conversion process.
• Proactively manage risks: identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor potential risks with real-time alerts for critical issues.
• Monitor and track conversion and deviation issue resolution.
• Communicate expectations and instill accountability in team members.
• Resolve conflicts, promote work sharing, and motivate teams toward common goals.
• Manage multiple conversion activities, tasks, and resources through effective organization prioritization and time management practices to meet program objectives.
• Additional responsibilities include documentation, profiling analytics, reporting, internal stakeholder communication, and identifying areas for improvement to enhance quality and efficiency of cutover activities.
• Ability to travel ~ 25%-50% to other major RTX US sites.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience OR in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in large scale ERP data migration and conversion, preferably within a supply chain, operations, or manufacturing environment with responsibilities related to planning, production, and aftermarket.
• Experience with multiple project methodologies including waterfall and agile Scrum methodology.

Requirements

• CORE or equivalent (i.e., Six Sigma or Change Management) and project management expertise.
• Experience working in a matrixed team environment with collaboration across lines of business process and digital.
• SAP Knowledge, prior implementation experience.
• Experience with agile frameworks/iterative approaches to software development and implementation projects.
• Experience managing multiple project activities concurrently within a fast-paced, demanding environment (virtually and in-person).
• Effectively lead, influence and manage change at multiple organizational levels, including executive leadership.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
• And more!