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NTT DATA Services NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, We are currently seeking a SAP S/4HANA Cutover Lead / Deployment & Go-Live Lead- Remote to join our team in Ottawa, Ontario (CA-ON), Canada (CA). Experience:

10+ years of overall IT/SAP experience Role Type:

Senior Lead Start Date:

ASAP Position Overview

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, and 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. The ideal candidate brings significant experience leading complex SAP deployments, with a strong understanding of SAP cutover planning, data migration, integrations, production readiness, go/no‑go governance, and hypercare. Experience with

SAP S/4HANA

and large‑scale, multi‑site or multi‑country implementations is highly desirable.



Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the overall SAP cutover strategy, integrated cutover plan, detailed schedule, and execution runbook. Translate deployment requirements into clearly defined cutover activities, including owners, timelines, dependencies, prerequisites, and completion criteria. Establish entry and exit criteria, decision points, escalation paths, rollback procedures, and contingency plans. Identify critical‑path activities and ensure dependencies across business and technology workstreams are properly sequenced. Maintain an integrated view of all activities required before, during, and immediately following SAP go‑live. 2. Cross‑Functional Coordination

Coordinate cutover activities across the following areas: SAP functional modules and workstreams Business functions Data migration and conversion Interfaces and integrations Infrastructure and environments Security and user access Reporting and analytics Testing and validation Batch jobs and scheduling Third‑party applications and vendors Business readiness and operational support Work closely with the IT Technical Lead, SAP functional and technical leads, business stakeholders, project managers, and implementation partners. Ensure transparent ownership and accountability for every cutover activity. Plan and lead cutover rehearsals, mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, and production‑readiness exercises.



Facilitate cutover planning workshops and readiness‑review meetings. Document rehearsal results, identify gaps and bottlenecks, and incorporate lessons learned into subsequent cutover plans. Validate that critical activities can be completed within the required production cutover window. Lead readiness assessments and ensure outstanding issues are resolved or formally accepted before go‑live. 4. Go‑Live Governance

Establish and manage go/no‑go criteria and governance checkpoints. Facilitate go/no‑go meetings with business and technology leadership. Ensure critical risks, dependencies, defects, data issues, infrastructure readiness, and support requirements are understood before production deployment. Maintain decision, action, risk, issue, and dependency logs. Provide concise status reporting and promptly elevate blockers and critical risks. 5. Production Cutover Execution

Lead execution of the approved cutover plan during the production deployment window. Coordinate technical and business teams through each stage of the cutover. Track activities against the integrated cutover runbook in real time. Manage deviations from the approved plan and coordinate corrective actions. Facilitate command‑center or war‑room meetings during critical cutover periods. Ensure decisions, exceptions, issues, and resolutions are accurately documented. 6. Data Migration & Technical Coordination

Coordinate data extraction, transformation, loading, reconciliation, and business validation activities. Ensure data migration activities are properly sequenced with SAP configuration, integrations, interfaces, and business processes. Coordinate system access, security provisioning, interface transitions, batch sche

📌 SAP S/4HANA Cutover Lead (Montreal)
🏢 NTT DATA
📍 Montreal