Cutover Manager

A Charity in London have launched a programme of work to adopt simple, standard and modern processes in the everyday operations, underpinned by an Oracle cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution.

They are now seeking a Cutover Manager who will lead all planning, coordination and execution of activities required to transition them from legacy Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement and Research Management systems into Oracle Fusion, ensuring a smooth, controlled and well-governed go-live.

This role overseas all cutover work streams; technical, data, business readiness, environment, testing, exit criteria, communication and hypercare planning, to ensure the organisation is fully prepared for Day 1 operations.

The role can be offered on either a Fixed Term contract (£80-90k per annum) or a daily rate or arpund £600pd (inside IR35).

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the detailed cutover plan aligned to the overall plan-on-a-page and deployment timeline.
Define cutover scope, review existing entry criteria and exit criteria, establish success measures and checkpoints.
Coordinate across all work streams (HR, Finance, Research) to identify all cutover tasks and dependencies.
Liaise directly with the Enterprise Applications team to ensure the Digital Services BAU function is engaged at the right checkpoints; plan and manage the progressive wind-down of non-essential BAU activity during cutover, and coordinate a controlled handover into hyper-care and steady-state support.
Lead cutover governance meetings including readiness checkpoints, go/nogo meetings and daily stand ups. go meetings and daily
Own and manage the end-to-end cutover strategy for Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations (FINANCE, HCM, and SCM) including Research Management and EPM.
Oversee issue management and escalation during data load/dry-run cycles.

Skills and Experience

Knowledge and experience of managing cutover for major ERP transformation projects. (Preferably Oracle)
Strong understanding of ERP platforms, plus infrastructure and data migration.
Evidenced experience of performing this role in multiple Oracle programmes
Strong understanding of data migration cycles, environment management, testing phases and business readiness, as evidenced across programme documentation.
Excellent planning, organisation and dependency-mapping skills across multi-workstream programmes.
Ability to run multiple work streams manage high-pressure go-live windows.
Confident communicator with strong leadership presence, able to operate at senior stakeholder level.

Experience with in public sector, research, or higher-education environments.
7+ years of experience in Oracle implementations, with strong focus on cutover and deployment management.
Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications (ERP, HCM, SCM)