Release & Cutover Manager- SAP & Salesforce

Our client is seeking an experienced SAP & Salesforce Release & Cutover Manager to lead the planning, coordination and execution of releases and cutover activities across a portfolio of technology projects.

This is a hands-on delivery role requiring someone who can manage complex release schedules, cutover plans and cross-project dependencies while coordinating business and technology teams through successful implementation and go-live.
Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end release and cutover planning across SAP and Salesforce projects
• Develop release schedules, cutover plans, runbooks and readiness criteria
• Coordinate project, functional, technical, testing, data and business teams
• Manage cross-project dependencies, risks, issues and critical path activities
• Lead cutover rehearsals, readiness assessments and go/no-go checkpoints
• Coordinate data migration, integrations, deployments and business readiness
• Provide clear release and cutover reporting to project and senior stakeholders
• Coordinate go-live, hypercare and transition into BAU

Key Requirements

• Strong experience as a Release Manager, Cutover Manager or Release & Cutover Manager
• Demonstrated experience across SAP and/or Salesforce projects
• Experience managing releases and cutovers across multiple concurrent technology projects
• Strong planning, scheduling, dependency and risk management capability
• Experience coordinating technical, functional, testing, data and business teams
• Strong understanding of deployment, data migration, integration and go-live activities
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Hands-on, organised approach with the ability to drive delivery

Highly Regarded

• Experience across both SAP and Salesforce
• Large-scale transformation, implementation or system migration experience
• Complex data and integration environments
• Utilities, energy or other large enterprise experience

Benefits

• Work across a broad portfolio of SAP and Salesforce projects
• Take ownership of critical release, cutover and go-live activities
• Work within a large, complex enterprise technology environment

If you would like to know more, please contact Milly Kerei-Keepa at [email protected] or hit Apply Now