SAP Cutover Manager
Posted 7 days ago by Thrive IT Systems
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Cutover Lead is tasked with the planning and execution of cutover activities for SF and SAP systems, ensuring successful transitions through coordination with various internal and external suppliers. This role involves managing technical cutover activities, business readiness, and post-go live support, while preparing reports for governance milestones. The Cutover Lead collaborates closely with project managers and technical leads to ensure all aspects of the cutover are effectively managed. Strong experience in systems cutover, particularly with SAP and SuccessFactors, is essential for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Development and management of the cutover strategy and plan for SF and SAP systems.
- Coordination of technical cutover activities across internal and external suppliers.
- Conducting cutover trials and final conversions.
- Ensuring continuity and contingency planning.
- Assessing go live readiness and conducting production verification testing.
- Providing go live support and post go live stabilization.
- Coordinating business cutover activities including business readiness and business freeze.
- Preparing cutover reports for key governance milestones.
Key Skills:
- 3 years’ experience in systems cutover, preferably SAP and SuccessFactors.
- Ability to create and manage Cut Over Plans.
- Experienced in project management and its requirements.
- Risk raising and reporting.
- Confident communicator across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Mandatory skills: SAP, Resource Management, Stakeholder Management, Benefits Management, Quality Management, Project Planning, Scope & Change Management, Schedule Management, Project Financial Management, Risk/Crisis Management, Project Governance.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Bradford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
The Cutover Lead is responsible for the successful planning and execution of the aforementioned cutovers Development and management of the cutover strategy and plan encompassing SF and SAP systems and business cutover activities Coordination of technical cutover activities across a range of internal and external suppliers including Environment preparation Cutover trials Final conversions Continuity planning Contingency planning Go live readiness assessment Production verification testing Go live support Post go live stabilisation Coordination of business cutover activities including Business readiness Business freeze Pre and post go live transition activities Preparation of cutover reports for key governance milestones The Cutover Lead will work closely with and draw on the expertise of the YW Project Managers YW technical leads YW release manager YW test lead YW business change team AMS support teams and leads YW PMOs PREFERRED SKILLS 3 years’ experience in systems cut over preferably SAP and SuccessFactors Ability to create and manage Cut Over Plans Experienced in Project management and the roles requirements Risk Raising Reporting for example Confident communicator across multiple stakeholder groups Skills Mandatory Skills : SAP, Resource Management,Stakeholder Management,Benefits Management,Quality Management,Project Planning,Scope & Change Management,Schedule Management,Project Financial Management,Risk/Crisis Management,Project Governance