SAP Cutover and Deployment Manager

Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• 10 years experience delivering SAP transformation programmes.
• At least 5 years leading SAP cutover and deployment activities.
• Proven experience delivering SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementations.
• Experience establishing and leading Cutover Management Offices (CMO).
• Strong background coordinating Finance, HR and Payroll deployments.
• Experience managing enterprise data migration and reconciliation.
• Demonstrable experience defining rollback and contingency strategies.
• Experience leading Command Centre operations and Hypercare.
• Executive-level stakeholder management, including Go/No-Go governance.
• SAP Activate Methodology knowledge.
• SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud experience.
• Cutover Strategy & Execution expertise.
• Go-Live Readiness experience.
• Deployment & Release Management experience.
• Rollback & Contingency Planning skills.
• Data Migration & Reconciliation experience.
• Integration Deployment experience.
• Command Centre Leadership experience.
• Business Readiness & Adoption experience.
• Vendor & System Integrator Management experience.
• Executive Stakeholder Management experience.
• Risk, Issue & Dependency Management experience.
• SAP Cloud ALM is desirable.
• Must be eligible for UK Security Vetting at SC/DV level.
• Must meet relevant residency requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and own the overall cutover strategy and integrated deployment plan.
• Lead deployment readiness across business, technical and third-party workstreams.
• Manage cutover planning, rehearsals, mock cutovers and production deployment.
• Drive governance, risk management and Go/No-Go decision making.
• Coordinate data migration, integration activities and deployment dependencies.
• Lead Command Centre activities during go-live and transition into Hypercare.
• Ensure business readiness, operational preparedness and successful support handover.
• Work under the direction of the client delivery manager as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Follow established delivery processes and working practices.

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Support
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP
• Security

More:

We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP S/4HANA Cutover Manager for a 3-month contract with likely extension, offering circa £650 per day inside IR35. The role is based in Derby, with on-site attendance required twice a week. This is a senior delivery position within a complex enterprise SAP transformation programme, where we need strong governance, stakeholder management and cutover leadership across business and technical teams. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team and support a controlled transition into production with minimal business disruption. The role also requires eligibility for UK Security Vetting at SC/DV level, with clearance sponsorship provided where required.

last updated 31 week of 2026