SAP Cutover & Deployment Lead

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Role Overview We are looking for an experienced SAP Cutover & Deployment Lead to plan, coordinate, and support cutover and deployment activities for enterprise SAP implementations. This role will work closely with business, functional, technical, and project stakeholders to ensure deployment activities are well planned, coordinated, and aligned with business requirements. Key Responsibilities Lead and coordinate SAP cutover and deployment planning across relevant workstreams. Develop and maintain detailed cutover plans, activities, dependencies, and readiness requirements. Collaborate with business, functional, technical, and project teams to ensure alignment throughout the deployment lifecycle. Support functional and application solutions that meet current and future business requirements. Identify cutover risks, dependencies, and potential issues, and work with stakeholders to define appropriate mitigation actions. Analyze complex deployment challenges and recommend practical solutions to support successful implementation. Coordinate key deployment and go-live activities to ensure effective execution and business readiness. Support continuous improvement of cutover and deployment processes, tools, and ways of working. Provide guidance to stakeholders and contribute to key decisions related to deployment readiness and execution. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. Minimum 8 years of relevant experience, preferably involving SAP implementation, deployment, cutover, or transformation programs. Strong experience in SAP cutover planning and deployment management. Experience working across multiple functional and technical workstreams. Strong planning, coordination, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Good communication and stakeholder management skills. Ability to manage complex dependencies and priorities in a large-scale implementation environment. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting large-scale SAP implementation or transformation programs. Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving capabilities. Experience coordinating cross-functional teams during deployment and go-live activities. Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders. Experience supporting process improvement and deployment-readiness initiatives. About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.