M&A Data Coordination Lead

Role: M&A Data Coordination Lead

Location: Remote

Type: Contract

Position Summary

• We are seeking an experienced M&A Data Coordination Lead to coordinate and manage data requirements across multiple site separation initiatives and manufacturing application workstreams.
• The role serves as the central coordination point for identifying, tracking, validating, and managing data needs by site. The candidate will work closely with Site Project Managers, Application Workstreams, Manufacturing stakeholders, business teams, and technical teams to ensure data is identified, prepared, validated, transferred, and available according to program timelines.
• This is primarily a Project Management / Data Coordination role, not a hands-on data engineering position. Strong experience in data readiness, data quality, project governance, dependency tracking, and stakeholder management is required.

Key Responsibilities:

M&A Data Coordination

• Coordinate end-to-end data requirements for site separation initiatives.
• Serve as the primary coordination point for data activities across sites, applications, and manufacturing systems.
• Work with Site PMs to understand requirements, timelines, dependencies, and risks.
• Maintain visibility into data readiness across multiple site separation projects.
• Integrate data activities into site separation schedules and cutover plans.
• Site-Level Data Planning
• Coordinate and track data requirements related to:
• Enterprise and manufacturing applications
• ERP and business applications
• Operational technology applications
• Historical and transactional data
• Master data
• Reporting and analytics
• Data migration
• Data retention and archival
• Data extracts and transfers
• Business validation
• Application & Manufacturing Data Coordination
• Partner with:
• Application Workstream Leads
• Manufacturing Application Teams
• Site Project Managers
• Manufacturing Stakeholders
• Business Process Owners
• ERP Teams
• Data Migration Teams
• Infrastructure and Integration Teams
• Enterprise Data Teams
• Ensure teams understand data scope, ownership, source/target systems, extraction dates, migration timelines, validation responsibilities, dependencies, and cutover requirements.
• Data Requirements & Quality Management
• Document and track data requirements, owners, source/target systems, migration approach, dependencies, delivery dates, validation status, readiness, actions, risks, and issues.
• Coordinate validation of data completeness, quality, consistency, formats, mapping, ownership, governance, security, and retention.
• Track exceptions and facilitate resolution.
• Data Readiness & Cutover
• Coordinate:
• Data extraction readiness
• Data cleansing
• Data conversion
• Data migration
• Data validation
• Business verification
• Reconciliation
• Cutover data loads
• Post-migration validation
• Hypercare activities
• Participate in site readiness and Go/No-Go reviews and provide data-readiness status.
• Project Planning & RAID Management
• Track milestones, deliverables, dependencies, critical dates, application readiness, manufacturing readiness, migration readiness, and cutover dependencies.
• Identify cross-application and cross-site dependencies.
• Manage data-related Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, and Decisions (RAID).
• Escalate critical issues and drive timely resolution.
• Stakeholder & Governance Management
• Coordinate across Site PMs, M&A Program Management, Application Teams, Manufacturing IT/OT, ERP, Data Migration, Data Governance, Infrastructure, Security, PMO, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Drive accountability without direct reporting authority.
• Prepare status reports and dashboards covering data readiness, milestones, actions, risks, dependencies, quality concerns, and cutover activities.
• Participate in PM, workstream, governance, readiness, cutover, Go/No-Go, and hypercare meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Data Management, or related field.
• 5 8+ years of project management, project coordination, PMO, or technology delivery experience.
• 3+ years supporting data-related projects, application implementations, migrations, or technology transformation initiatives.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects or sites.
• Strong experience with:
• Project planning
• Requirements tracking
• Dependency management
• RAID management
• Status reporting
• Action tracking
• Stakeholder coordination
• Experience with data requirements, migration, readiness, validation, or data-quality activities.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to drive follow-up and accountability across cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable working in an M&A or enterprise transformation environment.
• Preferred Qualifications
• 8+ years supporting M&A integration, divestiture, carve-out, site separation, or technology transition programs.
• 5+ years working with manufacturing sites and manufacturing applications.
• 5+ years as a Project Manager, Junior PM, PMO Analyst, Data Project Coordinator, or Data Migration Coordinator.
• Experience with data/application migration projects.
• Knowledge of master data, transactional data, extraction, cleansing, migration, validation, reconciliation, and governance.
• Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Experience in Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Biotechnology, or other regulated industries.
• PMP, CAPM, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent certification is a plus