SAP Cutover & Deployment Lead

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced SAP Cutover & Deployment Lead to plan, coordinate, and support cutover and deployment activities for enterprise SAP implementations. This role will work closely with business, functional, technical, and project stakeholders to ensure deployment activities are well planned, coordinated, and aligned with business requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate SAP cutover and deployment planning across relevant workstreams.
• Develop and maintain detailed cutover plans, activities, dependencies, and readiness requirements.
• Collaborate with business, functional, technical, and project teams to ensure alignment throughout the deployment lifecycle.
• Support functional and application solutions that meet current and future business requirements.
• Identify cutover risks, dependencies, and potential issues, and work with stakeholders to define appropriate mitigation actions.
• Analyze complex deployment challenges and recommend practical solutions to support successful implementation.
• Coordinate key deployment and go-live activities to ensure effective execution and business readiness.
• Support continuous improvement of cutover and deployment processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders and contribute to key decisions related to deployment readiness and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience, preferably involving SAP implementation, deployment, cutover, or transformation programs.
• Strong experience in SAP cutover planning and deployment management.
• Experience working across multiple functional and technical workstreams.
• Strong planning, coordination, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage complex dependencies and priorities in a large-scale implementation environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale SAP implementation or transformation programs.
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams during deployment and go-live activities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience supporting process improvement and deployment-readiness initiatives.