
IT Project Manager
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and maintain a detailed cutover and release plan, outlining all activities required for the transition from legacy systems to the SAP environment.
- Develop, maintain and operationalize governance for Product Business Release Deployment decisions.
- Coordinate Release Deployments and Cutover with Agile Projects / Increments.
- Coordinate with project managers, team leads, and stakeholders to ensure all cutover activities (business and IT) are aligned and executed as planned.
- Initial set-up and structure Cutover and Release Deployment with Release Management following the Program Release Plan.
- Identify potential risks and issues related to the cutover process and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
- Ensure together with quality assurance and data migration that all necessary testing and validation activities are completed before the cutover, including mock cutovers and system tests.
- Manage the Product Cutover, collaborate with the other Cutover Managers.
- Align / Organize Cutover Standups with Process Teams and IT Partner in Product Business.
- Align / Organize Release Deployment Standups with the Process Teams to secure in-time delivery of the Increments.
- Track Cutover Execution with the affected Process Teams and Cutover Management.
- Ensure that all cutovers meet quality standards by coordinating testing, code reviews, and other quality assurance activities.
- Work with development, testing, and operations teams to ensure that all release activities are coordinated and executed smoothly.
- Collaborating with Release Management, Test Management and the Partner in Product Business.
- Provide cockpit-based progress reporting for Cutover.
- Build up network of Cutover Responsible - nominated by the Agile Projects / Process Teams
- Identify opportunities for improving the cut-over process and implement the best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- 12+ years of proven experience in cutover and release management of SAP Implementations, deployment, or a similar role.
- Certifications in Agile Release Trains or Project Management (e.g., ITIL, PMP).
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- You should have experience of working with offshore / global teams
- You should be willing to learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Proficiency in using tools like SAP Solution Manager as application lifecycle management tool for SAP.
- Proficient in modeling, documenting, and simulating business processes using SAP Signavio.
- Proven experience in ITIL processes.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the stages of software development and the ability to manage releases through these stages.