Asia Data Lead (12-Month Contract)

About the Role

As part of our ambitious growth strategy, we are seeking a skilled Data Lead for Asia to play a key role in our transformation journey. This position is central to the OPUS IT Landscape, including SAP S/4HANA implementation and the overall carve-out from Unilever, where business processes and data are being harmonized globally. 12-month contract, onsite.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Asia single point of contact for all data-related deployment activities (MDM design across domains).
• Own the market-specific Data Object Scope, ensuring clarity and that local data owners are assigned per object.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues (duplicates, incomplete records, incorrect mappings) and escalate to global/wave data teams as needed.
• Lead mapping of local master data to the global data model, ensuring alignment with process design decisions.
• Ensure local MDM process roles are allocated and trained prior to go-live.
• Support mock loads, migration testing, and cutover rehearsals; ensure data is validated and signed off by respective local data owners.
• Analyze defects identified during testing and cutover phases and translate them into actionable improvements (e.g., transformation rules, selection criteria, enrichment steps).
• Provide on-site hyper-care support for data-related incidents and proactively identify/mitigate data risks.
• Provide regular reporting and status updates to stakeholders to foster transparency and collaboration across project phases.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of in-market master data structures, usage, and ownership across functions, and solid understanding of master data structures and processes.
• Knowledge of data cataloging, cleansing, migration tools, and metadata management principles.
• Familiarity with current local data governance processes and systems, and knowledge of regulatory, data privacy and compliance requirements relevant to the market.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint) to support communication, collaboration, and documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and engage diverse stakeholders across business and technical functions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, detail-oriented, and capable of translating business requirements into practical data solutions.
• Proven ability to drive change and innovation, embracing an agile and growth mindset; highly result-oriented, proactive, and adaptable when managing multiple priorities.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• Distinct advantage: knowledge of Asia market master data topics (taxation, fiscal needs and unique market practices of MDM) and previous experience with Unilever Ice Cream data.
• Ability to travel to support market-specific requirements during design, build, and deployment phases.