Cutover Manager | Major HR Technology Transformation
Brisbane | Contract | Large-Scale Transformation
Sharp & Carter Technology is partnering with a major Queensland organisation to appoint an experienced Cutover Manager for a significant enterprise-wide HR technology transformation.
This is a senior delivery role responsible for planning, governing and executing the end-to-end cutover of a new Human Capital Management solution into production.
The Role Working across technology and business teams, you will take ownership of the integrated cutover strategy and coordinate the transition through production readiness, go-live and hypercare.
Key responsibilities will include:
Developing and owning the end-to-end cutover and deployment strategy
Building and managing an integrated cutover plan, including critical-path activities and dependencies
Coordinating development, test, training, UAT, pre-production and production environments
Managing dependencies across technical, testing, data, change, training and business readiness teams
Coordinating data migration, validation and production readiness activities
Planning and executing cutover rehearsals
Leading go-live execution and cutover command centre activities
Managing risks, issues, dependencies and escalation pathways
Coordinating hypercare and transition into operational support
The environment includes SAP SuccessFactors, integrations, reporting platforms and legacy systems.
About You




We're looking for an experienced Cutover Manager who has operated within large, complex enterprise transformation programs.
Ideally, you will bring:
Demonstrated experience leading complex cutover and deployment activities
Strong experience across SAP, SuccessFactors, HRIS, HCMS or payroll transformation
Experience developing detailed integrated cutover and deployment plans
Strong understanding of environment management, release planning and production readiness
Experience coordinating data migration and validation activities
Proven ability to manage complex technical and business dependencies
Experience leading high-pressure go-live and hypercare periods
Strong risk, issue and stakeholder management capability
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive decisions
The Opportunity
This is an chance to take a key leadership role within a major transformation involving the replacement of a legacy HR/payroll platform with a modern HCMS solution built around SAP SuccessFactors.
The broader program is intended to streamline more than 24 existing systems and improve workforce management, recruitment, onboarding, reporting and related processes.
If you have led complex cutovers within major SAP, HRIS, payroll or enterprise technology transformations, we'd be keen to hear from you.
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