Oracle Cloud Cutover Manager

Start Date: ImmediateLocation: UKTravel: Occasional travel requiredDuration: 6-month contractRate: Inside IR35 OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Oracle Cloud Cutover Manager to join a major transformation programme delivering Oracle Cloud across the business. This role will be responsible for owning and driving the end-to-end cutover strategy, planning and execution for a complex Oracle Cloud deployment, ensuring a smooth transition from legacy systems into the new Oracle environment.The successful candidate will bring strong experience of managing cutover activities within large-scale ERP transformation programmes, ideally across Oracle Cloud implementations, and will be confident working across business, IT, SI partners and third-party vendors to deliver a successful go-live. Key ResponsibilitiesOwn and manage the end-to-end cutover plan for the Oracle Cloud programme, covering all business, technical and operational readiness activities.Develop, maintain and govern the integrated cutover strategy, plan, checklist and runbook for deployment and go-live.Coordinate cross-functional teams across programme workstreams including business, IT, testing, data migration, infrastructure, security, support and third-party vendors.Define and manage cutover milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and critical path activities.Lead cutover planning workshops and governance meetings, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned on activities, timings, responsibilities and decision points.Work closely with the Programme Manager, PMO, Test Manager, Data Migration Lead, Environment Manager, Release Manager and business leads to ensure go-live readiness.Establish and manage entry/exit criteria for cutover rehearsal, mock cutovers and production go-live.Oversee and coordinate mock cutovers, dress rehearsals and deployment rehearsals, capturing lessons learned and driving plan improvements.Ensure all business readiness, technical readiness and operational support readiness activities are completed ahead of go-live.Manage the cutover command and control process during go-live, including status reporting, issue escalation, decision logging and stakeholder communications.Support hypercare planning and handover into BAU support teams post go-live.Produce regular reporting on cutover readiness, RAID items and overall go-live status for programme leadership.

Required ExperienceProven experience as a Cutover Manager / Deployment Manager / Go-Live Manager on large-scale Oracle Cloud transformation programmes.Strong hands-on experience delivering cutover for Oracle Cloud ERP / HCM / EPM / SCM implementations.Demonstrable experience of managing complex integrated cutover plans across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.Strong understanding of the dependencies between testing, data migration, environments, integrations, security, business readiness and support readiness.Experience leading mock cutovers, rehearsals and production go-live events in enterprise environments.Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across senior business leaders, programme teams, systems integrators and third-party partners.Ability to manage risk, challenge assumptions, drive accountability and maintain momentum in a fast-paced delivery environment.Strong documentation and reporting capability, with experience producing cutover plans, runbooks, readiness assessments and status reporting. Key SkillsOracle Cloud cutover planning and executionGo-live readiness and deployment managementStakeholder and vendor managementRAID management and governanceCross-workstream coordinationMock cutovers / dress rehearsalsData migration and release coordinationStrong communication and leadership skills If you are interested please submit your CV or send it to