SAP S 4HANA Cutover Lead (35633)

Myticas Consulting Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Myticas Consulting Inc. is engaged in Ottawa to lead an SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA cutover initiative for the City. You will oversee the integrated cutover plan, manage cross-functional workstreams, and coordinate with IBM and City leadership to ensure a successful go-live.

The role requires proven SAP S/4HANA cutover experience, strong governance capabilities, and exceptional stakeholder management skills, with phased engagement delivering readiness, rehearsals, and deployment activities.

Qualifications

• Proven SAP S/4HANA cutover leadership experience.
• Experience designing and executing enterprise cutover strategies for large SAP programs.
• Strong governance and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the City's integrated SAP S/4HANA cutover plan.
• Coordinate cutover activities, milestones, risks, and resources.
• Lead cutover planning across business, functional, technical, infrastructure, security, and data migration workstreams.
• Coordinate with IBM and City leadership throughout planning and execution.
• Lead cutover rehearsals, blackout planning, ramp-down/ramp-up, and operational readiness.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA transformation

Cutover planning

Data migration

Governance

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Go/No-Go decision making

Communication

Project coordination

Phase-based delivery

Tools

SAP Activate

Job description

Our Ottawa based client, is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Cutover Lead to lead the planning and execution of the City's SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformation cutover.

This individual will represent the City's interests while working closely with IBM (System Integrator) and internal business, functional, technical, infrastructure, security, and operational teams to ensure a successful go-live.

This is a leadership-focused role requiring proven SAP S/4HANA cutover experience, strong governance capabilities, and exceptional stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the City's integrated SAP S/4HANA cutover plan.
• Coordinate all City-owned cutover activities, dependencies, milestones, risks, and resource requirements.
• Lead cutover planning across business, functional, technical, infrastructure, security, data migration, and operational workstreams.
• Coordinate closely with IBM and City project leadership throughout planning and execution.
• Lead cutover rehearsals, mock cutovers, blackout planning, business ramp-down/ramp-up, operational readiness, and deployment activities.
• Validate readiness across all workstreams and support executive Go/No-Go decision making.
• Monitor risks, dependencies, critical path activities, and issue resolution throughout the cutover lifecycle.
• Support transition into Hypercare and operational sustainment following go-live.
• Provide executive-level reporting, governance support, and stakeholder communications throughout the engagement.

Required Experience

• Proven experience serving as the Cutover Lead on at least one SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformation.
• Experience developing and executing enterprise cutover strategies for large SAP programs.
• Strong understanding of:
• SAP S/4HANA transformations
• Cutover planning
• Data migration
• Business continuity
• Business readiness
• Operational readiness
• Hypercare planning
• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams including:
• Business
• Functional
• Technical
• Infrastructure
• Security
• Data Migration
• Experience supporting executive governance, steering committees, and Go/No-Go decision making.
• Excellent communication, leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience representing the client organization while working alongside a System Integrator (IBM, Deloitte, Accenture, PwC, etc.).
• Municipal or broader public-sector SAP transformation experience considered an asset.
• SAP Activate methodology experience is desirable.

Engagement Structure

This Is Expected To Be a Phased Engagement

Phase 1

• Immediate start.
• Develop the City's integrated cutover strategy and execution plan.

Phase 2

• Light governance/readiness support as required while the project progresses.

Phase 3

• Return approximately early/mid-November 2026 through January 4, 2027 to lead final readiness, rehearsals, cutover execution, Go-Live, Hypercare transition, and stabilization.

Important:

Candidates must be comfortable with a phased engagement. The City is exploring options to maintain continuity between planning and execution.