Contract: 12-month contract with possibility to extend
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Model: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week
Language: English required; French strongly preferred; Spanish is an asset
Position Purpose
Lead regional SAP S/4HANA technical deployment and cutover activities, ensuring technical readiness, security, integrations, environments, defects, dependencies, vendors, and execution activities remain controlled throughout testing, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead SAP S/4HANA deployment and cutover activities across SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsals, Production Go-Live, and Hypercare.
Own the regional cutover plan, runbook, task tracker, dependencies, risks, issues, and escalation paths.
Coordinate readiness across SAP Security/GRC, BASIS/BTP, Integration, QA, Fiori/UI, PMO, and third-party teams.
Lead cutover command activities, including status collection, issue triage, decision-making, and stakeholder communications.
Ensure SAP security and access readiness, including roles, authorizations, emergency access, SoD considerations, and security evidence.
Coordinate third-party technical readiness, including connectivity, environments, testing, defects, and cutover activities.
Manage defect prioritization, escalation, and resolution while maintaining clear ownership and timelines.
Validate interfaces, integrations, downstream dependencies, environments, and production readiness.
Provide readiness evidence and recommendations for phase gates and Go/No-Go decisions.
Lead cutover execution, including ramp-down, deployment, validation, ramp-up, and recovery activities.
Support regional incident response during Hypercare and ensure clean transition to steady-state operations.
Maintain leadership reporting covering readiness, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and outstanding actions.
Key Deliverables:
Regional SAP S/4HANA deployment and cutover plan
Technical readiness checklist and evidence pack
Cutover command/runbook and dependency tracker
Security, access, and integration readiness tracking
Defect, risk, issue, and escalation reporting
Dress Rehearsal and Go-Live readiness reporting
Hypercare transition and stabilization plan
Required Skills & Experience:
Strong experience leading SAP S/4HANA deployment, technical cutover, or enterprise ERP transformation programs.
Strong knowledge of SAP BASIS/BTP, Security/GRC, Integration, and SAP technical environments.
Hands-on experience with SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsals, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
Experience with cutover planning, command center operations, defect management, release/transport governance, and readiness reporting.
Experience coordinating vendors, third parties, and distributed technical teams.
Strong stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Strong understanding of risks, dependencies, escalation management, and Go/No-Go governance.
Ability to work effectively in a complex, multi-team SAP transformation environment.
English required; French strongly preferred.
Spanish is an asset.
SAP S/4HANA transformation experience is required.
