SAP Cutover Consultant

SAP S/4HANA Cutover Consultant

Jacksonville, FL 32202 (Hybrid | Onsite from Day 1)

06 Months Contract

Job Details:

The SAP Cutover Lead will be responsible for endtoend planning and execution of cutover activities for an SAP S/4HANA Greenfield Transformation. This role ensures smooth transition from legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA by coordinating activities across functional, technical, data migration, infrastructure, and business teams. The Cutover Lead acts as the central command point during mock cutovers and the golive event.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop the cutover strategy, covering scope, timelines, dependencies, and execution plan.

Define roles & responsibilities (RACI) across IT, business, migration, and infra teams.

Prepare and maintain the Cutover Playbook and detailed cutover checklist.

Create cutover runbooks with sequencing of activities, validation points, cutover windows, and rollback plans.

Lead and manage all cutover activities during mock cycles and production golive.

Coordinate with functional consultants, BASIS, ABAP, business SMEs, data migration teams, and PMO.

Track hourbyhour progress during cutover weekend and ensure timely escalation of risks/issues.

Ensure completion of technical cutover and functional cutover tasks.

Work closely with Data Migration Lead on load plans, sequencing, preload checks, and postload validation.

Validate data load readiness and highlight dependencies that impact cutover.

Ensure mock migration learnings are incorporated into final cutover plan.

Align with BASIS & Infra teams for system refreshes, transport sequences, authorization updates, and interface readiness.

Coordinate smoke testing/SIT readiness immediately after cutover to ensure system stability.

Drive cutover readiness meetings, warroom discussions, and stakeholder updates.

Align business teams on blackout periods, manual cutover tasks, and validation checkpoints.

Ensure closure of UAT and collection of business approvals before production cutover.

Identify cutover risks, maintain RAID logs, and prepare mitigation plans.

Ensure version control of runbooks and incorporation of changes from mock cycles.

Work with PMO to align cutover milestones with project governance.

Minimum Experience:

The candidate should have 15+ years of overall experience, including at least 8+ years as a Cutover Lead.

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