Cutover Manager - SAP at Kinetech Recruitment, City of London, £Contract Rate

Cutover Manager – SAP ECC to S/4HANA

12 month contract  Day rate £650-750 Outside IR35

Hybrid – 1-2 days per month in Central London office

We’re looking for an experienced Cutover Manager to support a SAP ECC to S/4HANA programme. This role will take ownership of cutover planning and execution, ensuring a controlled and well-coordinated transition into production.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for shaping and delivering the overall cutover approach and strategy, bringing together technical, data, and business activities to ensure a smooth deployment.

Working across multiple teams, you’ll provide structure and coordination during the final stages of delivery, ensuring everything is aligned ahead of go-live.

Key Responsibilities

·Work with other key senior stakeholders to define the Cutover Strategy.

·Build and maintain a detailed integrated cutover plan covering all activities.

• Coordinate inputs across technical, functional, and data teams.
• Define timelines including system freeze periods and release windows.
• Lead rehearsal cycles to validate readiness ahead of go-live.
• Take ownership during deployment, coordinating activity end-to-end.
• Manage risks, issues, and escalations during the cutover window.
• Oversee early life support and transition into BAU.
• If able, taking additional ownership of the outstanding Testing items from a Project Management perspective, would be welcome (Performance, Security, OAT)

About You

• Strong experience operating as a Cutover Lead / Cutover Manager with SAP and ideally on a SAP S/4HANA programme, with proven ability to define and deliver the cutover strategy and plan
• Strong background in planning and executing go-live activities.
• Ability to manage complex dependencies across multiple teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across both technical and business audiences.
• Able to deliver across key outcomes including:
• Well-executed cutover delivered in line with agreed timelines
• All readiness criteria achieved ahead of deployment
• Smooth transition into production with minimal disruption

The client is ideally looking to onboard this person in June / early July, so please send your CV today for immediate review and interview.

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