Cutover Manager

A Charity in London have launched a programme of work to adopt simple, standard and modern processes in the everyday operations, underpinned by an Oracle cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution.

They are now seeking a Cutover Manager who will lead all planning, coordination and execution of activities required to transition them from legacy Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement and Research Management systems into Oracle Fusion, ensuring a smooth, controlled and well-governed go-live.

This role overseas all cutover workstreams; technical, data, business readiness, environment, testing, exit criteria, communication and hypercare planning, to ensure the organisation is fully prepared for Day 1 operations.

The role can be offered on either a Fixed Term contract (£80-90k per annum) or a daily rate or arpund £600pd (inside IR35).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the detailed cutover plan aligned to the overall plan-on-a-page and deployment timeline.
• Define cutover scope, review existing entry criteria and exit criteria, establish success measures and checkpoints.
• Coordinate across all workstreams (HR, Finance, Research) to identify all cutover tasks and dependencies.
• Liaise directly with the Enterprise Applications team to ensure the Digital Services BAU function is engaged at the right checkpoints; plan and manage the progressive wind-down of non-essential BAU activity during cutover, and coordinate a controlled handover into hyper-care and steady-state support.
• Lead cutover governance meetings including readiness checkpoints, go/nogo meetings and daily stand ups. go meetings and daily
• Own and manage the end-to-end cutover strategy for Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations (FINANCE, HCM, and SCM) including Research Management and EPM.
• Oversee issue management and escalation during data load/dry-run cycles.

Skills and Experience

• Knowledge and experience of managing cutover for major ERP transformation projects. (Preferably Oracle)
• Strong understanding of ERP platforms, plus infrastructure and data migration.
• Evidenced experience of performing this role in multiple Oracle programmes
• Strong understanding of data migration cycles, environment management, testing phases and business readiness, as evidenced across programme documentation.
• Excellent planning, organisation and dependency-mapping skills across multi-workstream programmes.
• Ability to run multiple workstreams manage high-pressure go-live windows.
• Confident communicator with strong leadership presence, able to operate at senior stakeholder level.
• Experience within public sector, research, or higher-education environments.
• 7+ years of experience in Oracle implementations, with strong focus on cutover and deployment management.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications (ERP, HCM, SCM)