[Hiring] Release and Cutover Manager @Yadimen Consulting Limited

Role Description

This is a remote position.

Release and Cutover Manager, Oracle Cloud HCM

Contract, six months. 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. UK, remote based. Day rate and IR35 determination being confirmed.

A major UK financial services organisation is running an optimisation programme across a live Oracle Cloud HCM estate. Payroll runs inside the same tenant, and the dependencies reach into finance systems, integrations, reporting platforms and downstream applications. They want one person to own the route to live end to end.

What you would own:

• The environment approach across development, SIT, UAT and production.
• The cross-system plan that maps Oracle HCM environments to every connected application and interface.
• Deciding what gets into a controlled environment and what does not.
• Holding the gate against project change, business as usual change, regulatory change and vendor change.
• Integrated release planning and implementation planning.
• Cutover governance, rollback and contingency, and post-implementation validation.
• Retrofit governance, ensuring configuration, code and integrations stay aligned across environments and releases.
• Alignment of Oracle's quarterly updates with the programme's own releases, payroll cut-offs and testing cycles.

The contract window covers two mandatory Oracle updates and the March payroll year end, so the calendar is most of the job.

You work alongside project managers, product owners, architects, test managers, service management, suppliers and the change approval forums. On environments and releases, the decision is yours.

Qualifications

• Experience governing a route to live on a large ERP programme in a regulated environment.
• Experience chairing the approval forum and setting entry and exit criteria.
• Knowledge of payroll processes and their critical timelines.
• Familiarity with Oracle Cloud HCM and its quarterly update cycle.
• Experience in financial services or another regulated sector.

Requirements

• Ability to manage payroll cut-offs and parallel runs effectively.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or PeopleSoft is a plus.

Benefits

• Remote working opportunity.
• Contract duration of six months.
• Competitive day rate.

Company Description

A major UK financial services organisation is running an optimisation programme across a live Oracle Cloud HCM estate.