SAP Cutover Lead

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● Own the end-to-end SAP cutover strategy, planning, execution, and governance
• ● Develop the Integrated Cutover Runbook - phases, milestones, dependencies, go/no-go criteria
• ● Lead dress rehearsals, mock cutovers, production cutover, and stabilization activities
• ● Manage the cutover command center/war room during critical deployment periods
• ● Coordinate SAP technical/functional cutover activities (transports, interfaces, batch jobs, security, integrations)
• ● Coordinate closely with Data Migration teams on extraction, cleansing, loading, reconciliation, and validation
• ● Drive business readiness, downtime/blackout communication, and post-go-live business validation
• ● Ensure cutover activities align with Healthcare/Life Sciences quality, compliance, and regulatory requirements (GxP, FDA, GMP, CSV)
• ● Manage cutover-specific risks, issues, dependencies, and critical-path items
• ● Coordinate transition into hypercare/go-live support and steady-state handoff
• ● 10+ years overall SAP/ERP transformation experience
• ● 7+ years as SAP Cutover Lead / Cutover Manager / Deployment Lead on large-scale programs
• ● 5+ years with SAP S/4HANA and/or ECC environments
• ● 3-5 years managing full lifecycle SAP go-lives in a Cutover Lead capacity
• ● Hands-on experience with cutover plans, runbooks, checklists, dependency maps, readiness dashboards
• ● Strong experience with go/no-go governance, command centers, hypercare, and stabilization
• ● Healthcare/Life Sciences industry experience required (Pharma, Biotech, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Clinical/Lab, Life Sciences manufacturing)
• ● Experience with regulated systems, GxP, CSV, data integrity, and regulatory compliance strongly preferred
• ● Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Requirements

• ● Domain: Healthcare / Life Sciences
• ● We're seeking an experienced SAP Cutover Lead to lead and coordinate end-to-end cutover activities for a large-scale SAP implementation, migration, or transformation program - covering cutover strategy, integrated planning, data migration coordination, go-live execution, command-center management, and hypercare transition. Strong Healthcare/Life Sciences experience is required, including familiarity with regulated environments, validation requirements, and data integrity standards.
• ● Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering, Business, or related field
• ● SAP certification a plus
• ● PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent PM certification advantageous
• ● S/4HANA transformation/migration and global/multi-site deployment experience strongly preferred
• ● FDA-regulated/GxP Life Sciences experience a strong advantage