Transition & Cutover Lead — Large-Scale Tech Rollout

Talenza; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tranzformd is seeking an experienced Transition & Cutover Manager for a 6-month FTC to support a major enterprise technology transformation in Australia.

In this high-visibility role you will plan, coordinate and execute transition and cutover activities across workforce management, payroll and employee information systems, partnering with program leadership to ensure successful deployments and stable operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Transition/ Cutover/ Implementation/ Release/ Project Manager in large-scale tech programs.
• Experience developing and executing detailed cutover and deployment plans.
• Experience managing phased or wave-based implementations.
• Knowledge of go-live readiness, release management, hypercare and handover.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholder groups across business, technology and vendors.
• Experience in complex, multi-vendor environments and RAID management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage transition and cutover plans with milestones and dependencies.
• Coordinate multiple deployment waves ensuring business and technical activities are aligned.
• Act as central point of coordination across business, technology and vendors.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies and overall transition governance.
• Coordinate release activities, deployment schedules and change freeze periods.
• Develop contingency and rollback plans to minimise implementation risk.
• Lead business and technical readiness assessments and ensure all deployment prerequisites are met.
• Define and facilitate go/no-go processes, including readiness reporting and stakeholder sign-off.
• Establish and manage hypercare and issue triage processes following go-live.
• Monitor post-implementation stability and coordinate the transition to BAU support.
• Provide clear reporting and communication to program leadership throughout the transition lifecycle.

Skills

Transition Management

Cutover Planning

Release Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk & RAID management

Tools

Jira

Job description

Tranzformd is seeking an experienced Transition & Cutover Manager for a 6-month FTC to support a major enterprise technology transformation in Australia.

In this high-visibility role you will plan, coordinate and execute transition and cutover activities across workforce management, payroll and employee information systems, partnering with program leadership to ensure successful deployments and stable operations.