SAP Cutover Manager
- Country: United States
- Region: Georgia
Position: SAP Cutover Manager
Location: Tallapoosa, GA (Onsite)
Type: Contract
Job Description:
Key Accountabilities:-
· Develop and own the overall Deployment Workplan. This should
contain a list of deliverables and activities that will be executed by the
Deployment workstream.
· Provide written documentation describing a project or program's
overall Deployment strategy
· Work with project and program workstreams to plan and develop
detailed cutover plans, 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
· Lead small team of cutover team members during the preparation
and execution phases
· Lead deployment planning activities with IT, business and third
party teams
· 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
· Establish and communicate the overall Deployment plan with senior
stakeholders such as program management, business unit leads and the IT Head
· Manage the scope and schedule of cutover activities
· Manages risks and issues associated with the cutover and prepare
appropriate mitigation plans
· 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.
Qualifications:-
· At least three years prior experience in having led SAP cutovers
· Familiarity with SAP Deployment and Cutover methodology
· Strong organization skills and attention to detail
· Ability to manage by influence within and across various IT and
business disciplines
· Strong negotiation skills
· Effective oral and written communication skills
· Deep experience in MS Office, particularly Project
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