Cutover & Release Lead
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A leading Middle East retail group is delivering a multi-release technology transformation across retail, e-commerce, warehouse, and POS systems.
The Cutover & Release Lead will own cutover, release management, and hypercare for the non-SAP technology estate.
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Role Overview
A leading Middle East retail group is delivering a multi-release technology transformation across retail, e-commerce, warehouse, and POS systems.
The Cutover & Release Lead will own cutover, release management, and hypercare for the non-SAP technology estate.
Employment
- Job type: Contract.
- Start date: ASAP.
Location
- Location: Dubai.
Responsibilities
- Build and own the end-to-end cutover plan, including tasks, owners, dependencies, and the critical path.
- Define go/no-go criteria and run cutover dress rehearsals.
- Run the command centre through live cutover windows, including out-of-hours operations.
- Design and establish the post-go-live support model and run hypercare.
- Manage a rolling release calendar, preparing the next release while the current release is in hypercare.
- Coordinate internal teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
Requirements
- 10+ years in IT delivery, including 5+ years leading cutover or release for large, multi-system programmes.
- Ownership of at least two enterprise go-lives, including rehearsals and command-centre execution.
- Experience in retail or consumer technology landscapes such as POS, OMS, WMS, e-commerce, and customer platforms.
- Experience running hypercare and transitioning into business-as-usual support.
- Calm, decisive working style and confidence holding partners to committed dates.
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