We are seeking an experienced Cutover Lead to manage the transition from legacy systems to Workday. This role owns the end-to-end cutover plan and ensures technical, business, and operational readiness for Day 1.
In this role, you will:
- Build and manage the cutover strategy, runbook, timeline, and go/no-go criteria
- Lead execution of cutover activities through go-live and hypercare
- Coordinate across IT, business teams, SMEs, OCM, and external vendors
- Align technical readiness (integrations, access, environments) with business process readiness
- Facilitate planning sessions, drive decisions, and escalate risks early
- Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies; manage mitigation and contingency plans
- Proven experience leading cutover for large enterprise or SaaS implementations
- Workday experience strongly preferred (SAP/Oracle Cloud also relevant)
- Strong understanding of integrations, provisioning, and deployment processes
- Excellent coordination, facilitation, and communication skills
- Hands-on, proactive leader comfortable with tight timelines and ambiguity
