SAP Cutover Manager

Immediate job opening for # SAP Cutover Manager_C2H_Pan India.

Skill: Sap Cutover Manager

Exp: 10+Years

Location:Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune

Job description:

• Must have demonstrated experience and a track record of success as Cutover Manager Lead on ERP transformations. Demonstrated through At least five years prior experience in having led SAP cutovers.
• Must have enterprise scale experience
• Develop and own the overall Deployment workplan. This should contain a list of deliverables and activities that will be executed by the Deployment workstream.
• Liaise with project teams to develop a detailed integrated cutover which include both technical and functional steps to be executed during the deployment phase.
• Identify risks, cross application dependencies and downstream impacts for each release. Manges risks and issues associated with the cutover and prepare appropriate mitigation plans
• Create and maintain a detailed Integrated Cutover Project Plan from inception, execution, and post-implementation.
• Determine go-live readiness criteria, socialize them with key stakeholders and obtain requisite approvals
• Plan and execute mock cutovers to help teams prepare for the final production cutover
• Responsible for ensuring successful planning and execution of integrated release cutover activities and associated systems outages
• Leads cutover activities for Pre Go-Live, Go-Live and Post Go-Live
• Coordinates requirements for Go Live
• Monitor data and cutover progress and communicate to leadership team including status, progress.
• Manage the scope and schedule of cutover activities
• Provide detailed backout options for severe contingencies
• Ensure compliance with IT processes including proper documentation and securing approvals of requisite changes through our Change Advisory Board process
• Provide timely escalation to IT leadership where necessary.
• Liaise with the functional SAP experts and business teams in order to assist with the planning and execution of Deployment activities.
• Plans the resources, human and physical required for cut-over activities.
• Develops the communication and escalation plan. (policies, procedures, downtime processes etc
• Provides Cutover status reporting to the project leadership and key stakeholders.
• Ensures entry into and exit out of cutover stage gates are met including the final Go/No-Go meetings.
• Acts as the final point of escalation for all Cut-over issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when the Cutovermay be jeopardized.