[Hiring] SAP S/4HANA Cutover Lead / Deployment & Go-Live Lead @NTT DATA Services

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced SAP Cutover Lead to lead the end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of cutover activities for a complex SAP transformation program. In this role, you will oversee the transition from legacy systems to SAP, ensuring all business and technology activities are properly planned, coordinated, and executed for a successful go-live. This includes:

• Developing the cutover strategy
• Managing detailed execution runbooks
• Leading cutover rehearsals
• Coordinating production deployment
• Overseeing command-center activities
• Supporting post-go-live stabilization

You will work closely with business stakeholders, SAP functional and technical teams, data migration, integration, infrastructure, security, testing, reporting, change management, and third-party vendors to deliver a controlled and timely deployment while minimizing disruption to critical business operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall IT/SAP experience
• 7+ years of proven experience as a Cutover Lead, Deployment Lead, Go-Live Lead, or in a similar role on complex SAP programs
• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting SAP implementations, upgrades, migrations, or major releases
• Strong experience developing and managing detailed cutover plans, schedules, runbooks, dependency maps, and readiness checklists
• Demonstrated experience leading cutover rehearsals, production deployments, command centers, go/no-go meetings, and hypercare activities
• Strong understanding of SAP implementation lifecycle, data migration and reconciliation, enterprise integrations and interfaces, testing and validation, infrastructure and production environments, security and access management, change management, and production support
• Proven ability to coordinate complex activities across business teams, IT, implementation partners, and third-party vendors
• Strong RAID management, governance, and executive-status reporting capabilities
• Excellent facilitation, communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to make sound decisions, manage escalations, and coordinate large teams under significant time pressure

Requirements

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations or migrations
• Experience leading multiple mock cutovers or cutover rehearsals ahead of production deployment
• Experience with large-scale multi-site, multi-country, or global SAP deployments
• Experience coordinating SAP deployments involving multiple legacy applications and complex integration landscapes
• Experience working with geographically distributed business and technology teams
• Experience in highly regulated or complex enterprise environments is an advantage

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution
• Flexible spending or health savings account
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Participation in a 401k program with company match
• Additional voluntary or legally-required benefits