Sr. SAP S/4Hana Cutover Manager

Title: SAP Cutover Manager

Location: Remote with travel at Ohio.

Position: Contract

Required Skills & Experience

• 12–15+ years of SAP experience, with hands-on leadership experience in complex SAP implementation, migration or transformation programs.
• Proven experience as a Cutover Manager / Deployment Manager on at least one major SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA conversion/migration and Selective Data Transition concepts.
• Experience coordinating complex data migration, reconciliation, integration and technical cutover activities.
• Strong understanding of SAP functional and technical dependencies across areas such as FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM, PM, Basis, Security, ABAP and Interfaces, as applicable to program scope.
• Experience developing and managing integrated cutover plans with thousands of interdependent business and technical activities is highly desirable.
• Strong command of critical-path management, dependency management, risk management and escalation governance.
• Experience conducting mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, production cutovers and post-go-live stabilization.
• Familiarity with tools such as SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps or equivalent program management tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across business, IT, SAP implementation partners and third-party vendors.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to provide concise cutover-readiness reporting to senior program leadership.
• Ability to lead distributed global teams and operate effectively during high-pressure go-live periods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Selective Data Transition / Hybrid migration approaches, including coordination with specialist SDT tooling/partners.
• Experience with large-scale, multi-site or multi-business-unit SAP S/4HANA transformations.
• Previous experience leading complex cutovers involving multiple legacy systems, interfaces and third-party applications.
• SAP S/4HANA implementation or relevant SAP certification preferred.
• Prior experience in manufacturing, natural resources, utilities, automotive or other asset-intensive industries would be advantageous.