Cut Over Lead - Johannesburg, South Africa - NTT Ltd.

NTT Ltd.

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Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

NTT is a leading global IT solutions and services organisation that brings together people, data and things to create a better and more sustainable future.

In today's 'iNTTerconnected' world, connections matter more now than ever.

By bringing together talented people, world-class technology partners and emerging innovators, we help our clients solve some of the world's most significant technological, business and societal challenges.

With people at the heart of our success, NTT is committed to attracting and growing the best talent and providing an environment where everyone feels they can belong and their contribution matters.

Want to be a part of our team?

The Cutover Lead working closely with the Deployment Project Manager and Project Horizon Leadership team will execute and drive the pre-cutover, cutover, and post cutover Go-Live activity.

The Cutover Lead will provide the strategy, approach, checklists, and work plans to drive to a successful activation of the new ERP system - including 3rd Party systems.

They will develop the detailed cutover checklist.

Working at NTT

Project Horizon Deployment needs a strong, experienced, diligent, and focussed Cutover Lead to ensure the success of this important initiative and drive completion of all cutover related activities as per the approved project plan.

We need to ensure that the cutover deliverables are driven hard in alignment with the overall project plan with clarity of what needs to be done by when and to what standard.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

The above includes, but is not limited to, duties to be performed, and can be reviewed as necessary to provide a wider Project Management service

Develops detailed
cutover checklist, integrated and consolidated project plan incorporating all Cut-Over activities across Project Scope, including technical, data and operations or business tasks with inputs on Business Activity and project teams, including potential Go-Live scenarios.
Ensures proper
integration between different streams to form
one integrated set of activities for a one integrated cutover plan
Responsible for
detailed project management of the cutover and conversion deliverables to the new system/s, resolving discrepancies or process issues related to cutover
Responsible for ensuring
successful planning and execution of
integrated release cutover activities and associated system outages
Plans the
resources, human and physical required for cutover activities and coordinates requirements for Go Live staffing and overall logistics
Develops the
cutover command centre logistics, communication and escalation plan and command centre documentation (policies, procedures, downtime processes)
Provides Cutover
status reporting to project leadership and key stakeholders
Ensures
entry and exit criteria for each cutover is well articulated, documented and agreed with all stakeholders
Ensures entry into and exit out of cutover
stage gates and audit requirements are met including the final Go/No-Go meetings for each rollout
Acts as the
final point of escalation for all Cutover issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when the Cutover/s may be jeopardized
Leads
integrated cutover activities for Pre-GoLive, Go-Live and Post Go-Live for 6 Cut-Over cycles:
Leads integrated cutover activities for
multiple countries simultaneously, remotely, post SA deployment
Develops integrated
Roll-Back Plan and Strategy and back out / contingency plans for Cutover/s
Raise
Risks and Issues and perform mitigating actions to minimize risk on Business Operations and Technical Cut-Over
Ensure
communication of the relevant components of the cutover plans including related dependencies with sub streams, with all relevant stakeholders
Develop, own, and lead a detailed
operational/business preparation plan/s for buildup to cutover and cutover for each business function, taking into consideration customers, vendors, employees, business peak times, downtime the business can handle, how catchup will work etc.

Required Experience:

Proven Track Record of similar type role on large scale ERP programmes
Strong and experienced cutover lead required to ensure thorough planning, execution, and completion of all relevant cutovers during Project Horizon rollouts.
Previous MS D365 cutover experience will be an advantage
Vendor interaction and vendor activity tracking experience
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work remote and drive active participation and task completion in an online environment
Ability to work with diverse project teams
Flexibility on working hours rollout and cutover phases necessitate some shift type patterns at times
Possible travel when restrictions are lifted
Tenacity and resilience to push through and remain positively focussed when extreme challenges are experienced
Ability to be fi