Cutover & Readiness Manager – 1 Year Contract

About the role

Play a key role in a large‑scale technology transformation for a financial services organisation in Singapore. The Cutover & Readiness Manager will lead high‑impact deployments, coordinating across senior stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions into production.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and manage the deployment wave framework, defining scope, sequencing, governance and stage‑gate criteria.
• Develop and maintain integrated cutover plans and deployment runbooks, incorporating inputs from multiple technology and business workstreams.
• Coordinate and facilitate cutover rehearsals, validation exercises and execution planning activities.
• Lead command‑centre operations during deployment windows, handling issue management and stakeholder communication.
• Drive operational readiness activities, including support model alignment, monitoring, access management, communications, incident management and hyper‑care preparation.
• Prepare readiness assessments and decision‑making materials for deployment approvals and go/no‑go reviews.
• Ensure successful transition to operational support teams through documentation, knowledge transfer and acceptance processes.
• Track and manage deployment risks, dependencies and remediation plans throughout the programme.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading cutover, release, deployment or transition management in large, complex technology programmes.
• Strong programme coordination and stakeholder‑management capabilities across multiple teams and vendors.
• Experience managing critical production deployment events and high‑pressure execution windows.
• Solid understanding of IT operations, service management and production support models.
• Ability to identify risks, manage dependencies and drive issue resolution in fast‑paced environments.
• Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills.
• Familiarity with Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies and enterprise‑scale transformation programmes is advantageous.

Required skills

• IT operations
• Service management
• Agile methodology

What we offer

• Temporary 1‑year contract based in Singapore.
• Opportunity to work within the financial services industry.