Cutover Manager

Job description

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking an experienced Cutover Manager to join a major transformation program within a leading private banking environment. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing end-to-end cutover and migration activities, ensuring seamless transitions into production with minimal business disruption.

Acting as the central orchestrator across technology and business teams, you will drive readiness, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and lead critical go-live events in a highly regulated and time-sensitive environment. This position requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to perform under pressure while maintaining control of complex delivery activities.

Your Missions

Cutover Planning & Execution

Define and manage the overall cutover strategy, including detailed runbooks, migration plans, readiness criteria, and go/no-go governance.
Lead end-to-end cutover planning activities across multiple technical and business workstreams.
Establish and manage cutover timelines, task sequencing, dependencies, and critical path activities.
Coordinate and facilitate cutover rehearsals, simulation exercises, and dry runs to validate execution readiness.
Ensure rollback and contingency plans are documented, tested, and executable throughout the migration lifecycle.

Stakeholder Coordination & Governance

Serve as the central point of coordination during migration and go-live activities across business, technology, operations, and external vendors.
Drive alignment across infrastructure, application, data, testing, and operational teams to ensure readiness milestones are achieved.
Facilitate governance meetings, readiness reviews, and go/no-go decision forums with senior stakeholders.
Proactively identify, assess, and escalate risks, issues, and blockers that may impact successful deployment.

Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

Maintain cutover dashboards, status reporting, and executive communications throughout migration windows.
Monitor execution progress in real time, ensuring rapid issue resolution and effective decision-making during critical deployment periods.
Conduct post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned to continuously improve cutover methodologies, governance, and delivery practices.
Contribute to the development of standardized migration and cutover frameworks across the organization.

ABOUT YOU

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
Minimum 10 years of experience in IT project delivery, with substantial experience leading complex cutover, migration, and go-live activities.
Proven track record managing large-scale transformation programs within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated environments.
Strong understanding of migration planning, release management, environment readiness, dependency management, and operational transition processes.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams and deliver successful outcomes under strict timelines.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align senior business and technology leaders.
Self-driven and highly autonomous, capable of independently structuring and leading the cutover workstream from planning through execution.
Strong communication, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions and enforce delivery governance when required.
Hands-on experience with cutover runbooks, RAID management, dependency mapping, readiness assessments, and reporting tools.
Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal; French language skills would be advantageous.
PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project management certification is preferred.

WHY AMARIS?

At Amaris Consulting, we believe in creating a thriving, positive workplace where every team member can grow, connect, and make a real impact. Here’s what you can expect when you join our dynamic community:

Global Diversity: Be part of an international team of 110+ nationalities, celebrating diverse perspectives and collaboration.
Trust and Growth: With 70% of our leaders starting at entry-level, we’re committed to nurturing talent and empowering you to reach new heights.
Continuous Learning: Unlock your full potential with our internal Academy and over 250 training modules designed for your professional growth.
Vibrant Culture: Enjoy a workplace where energy, fun, and camaraderie come together through afterworks, networking events, and more.
Meaningful Impact: Join us in making a difference through our CSR initiatives, including the WeCare Together program, and be part of something bigger.

Equal Opportunity

Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.

Who are we?

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1,000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:

Brief Call: Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!

Interviews (the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Case study: Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.

As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company. That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience.
We look forward to meeting you!