Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead the end-to-end cutover strategy, integrated planning, and execution across both Business and IT streams. 

• Develop, maintain, and execute a comprehensive cutover plan, encompassing technical system activities, data migration loads, and business operational transitions. 

• Coordinate regular cutover planning sessions, readiness reviews, mock cutover rehearsals, and go/no-go meetings with business and IT leadership. 

• Ensure all cutover tasks are correctly sequenced, dependencies managed, and critical paths identified and monitored. 

• Manage communications during cutover execution, ensuring timely updates, issue escalation, and decision support. 

• Track and mitigate cutover-related risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating to program leadership as appropriate. 

• Oversee Hypercare handover, stabilization activities, and early life support following go-live. 

• Ensure continuity of business operations and minimal disruption throughout the cutover period. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated experience managing complex ERP cutovers, including substantial experience with SAP S/4HANA programs. 

• Strong understanding of SAP landscapes, integration points, and dependencies across both technical systems and business processes (SuccessFactors, Concur, Ariba, OpenText, MDG). 

• Proven track record managing cutover planning across IT infrastructure and business operational activities. 

• Practical experience leading mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, go-live execution, and Hypercare transitions. 

• Excellent organizational and program management skills, with the ability to manage detailed runbooks, cross-team dependencies, and critical timelines. 

• Strong leadership presence and the ability to influence and coordinate across business and technical teams. 

• Expertise in cutover governance, risk management, contingency planning, and stakeholder engagement. 

• Clear and effective communication skills, including escalation management. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel (advanced), Jira, or equivalent planning and tracking tools. 

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