Oracle Fusion Cutover Lead - Contract - Remote

CONTRACT

REMOTE - 12 MONTHS

Oracle EBS Financials and Oracle Fusion Financials experience is a MUST. Candidates must be hands on.

We are looking for a highly organized and detail-oriented Oracle Fusion Cutover Lead to manage and execute the end-to-end cutover activities for our Oracle Fusion Implementation Program. This role is critical in ensuring a smooth transition from legacy systems to Oracle Fusion Cloud by planning, coordinating, and overseeing all tasks and dependencies related to the cutover process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, manage, and maintain the master cutover plan covering all activities required for a successful go-live. Requires partnership with Implementation Partner.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (functional, technical, infrastructure, business users) to identify cutover scope, tasks, dependencies, and owners.
• Define and enforce cutover governance including change control and issue escalation protocols during the cutover window.
• Lead cutover planning workshops and stakeholder alignment sessions to validate readiness across all workstreams.
• Coordinate legacy system shutdowns, data extraction, final data loads, and system validation activities.
• Oversee business continuity and rollback plans to mitigate go-live risks.
• Ensure required sign-offs and checkpoints are completed prior to initiating cutover.
• Facilitate dry runs, mock cutovers, and simulation exercises to validate timing, accuracy, and resource availability.
• Track cutover execution progress in real-time, proactively resolving issues or escalating blockers.
• Maintain tight coordination with the PMO, Testing Lead, Data Migration Lead, and Change Management team.
• Ensure key artifacts such as runbooks, checklists, and validation logs are prepared, reviewed, and stored appropriately.
• Provide detailed status updates to leadership and stakeholders during each phase of cutover and post go-live.
• Lead post-cutover reviews to capture lessons learned and process improvements for future releases or deployments.
• Support the transition of ownership from the project team to operations/support during the hypercare phase.

Qualifications:

• 15-20+ years of experience in ERP implementations, with at least 2 full-cycle Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations.
• Proven experience managing complex cutovers across Finance (RTR, PTP, PTC, OTC, and/or other Oracle Fusion modules.
• Strong project management, coordination, and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
• Knowledge of data migration tools and methodologies is a plus.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and analytical skills.