Cutover and Data Lead – Americas Deployments

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

The Role

The Cutover and Data Lead, Americas Deployments is a critical delivery leadership role supporting the company’s enterprise ERP transformation. This role provides end‑to‑end regional ownership for data readiness, data conversion, data migration, and integrated cutover execution, ensuring these activities are planned, coordinated, and delivered successfully through go‑live.

Partnering closely with business and technology leaders, you will drive disciplined planning, execution rigor, and effective decision‑making to enable high‑quality, compliant, and timely data outcomes. This role plays a key part in delivering sustainable, scalable improvements across multiple data domains and platforms, including SAP and non‑SAP systems.

You will lead Americas data deployment activities, translating enterprise ERP strategy into executable regional plans, proactively managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring delivery commitments are met across scope, timeline, and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Americas data deployment planning and execution, defining scope, priorities, milestones, sequencing, and resourcing in alignment with ERP program objectives.

• Serve as the regional lead for data and cutover workstreams, coordinating cross‑functional and cross‑workstream dependencies and driving issue resolution through governance forums.

• Develop and maintain integrated data conversion and cutover plans, including critical path analysis, readiness checkpoints, rehearsals/mock cycles, and contingency planning.

• Own regional cutover execution, including governance processes, runbooks, readiness dashboards, and go/no‑go recommendations.

• Provide executive‑level status reporting on schedule health, risks, mitigation plans, and decision escalations.

• Coordinate post‑go‑live hypercare activities, ensuring issues are triaged, tracked, and resolved through stabilization.

• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and embedding them into repeatable deployment standards, playbooks, and templates.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree with 2 years of Information Systems experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 4 years of Information Systems experience.

• Proven experience leading ERP data conversion and migration across multiple business domains, including profiling, mapping, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and cutover support.

• Demonstrated success leading workstreams in matrixed, cross‑functional environments.

• Strong project and program management capabilities, including structured planning, dependency management, risk and issue mitigation, and executive‑ready communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA.

• Experience with SAP BusinessObjects Data Services (BODS), Informatica, or SAP MDG.

• Experience supporting large‑scale or global ERP implementations across complex system landscapes.

Technical Experience

• 4+ years delivering complex data solutions using master data platforms, migration tools, and data governance technologies.

• Hands‑on experience integrating data from multiple ERPs and legacy systems to support a single source of truth.

Additional Information

• Work Environment: Hybrid office environment.

• Travel: Approximately 50%.

• Physical Requirements: This role requires frequent verbal communication, close visual focus, and the ability to operate standard office equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be provided for individuals with disabilities.

Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of inclusion and belonging in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.

At Xylem, you'll not only contribute to solving water issues but also have the chance to make a difference through our paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark. We prioritize our employees' well-being through inclusion and belonging as well as our Employee Resource Groups (ERG). Proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (including disability and veterans) and Affirmative Action workplace, Xylem fosters an inclusive environment free from discrimination or harassment.

Please note that the information in this job description outlines the general nature of the position and is not an exhaustive list of duties. Xylem is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to enable all employees to perform their essential job functions. We reserve the right to modify this job description and assign additional duties as needed. Embrace the opportunity to be part of Xylem's transformative journey in shaping the future of water technology! #XylemCareers #GlobalImpact #WaterInnovation