SAP PMO & Release Management Lead (ERP Deployment & Cutover Planning)

Role:-SAP PMO & Release Management Lead (ERP Deployment & Cutover Planning)

Location:- Irvine, California (Remote)

Visa:- Any

Mode of Hire:- Subcon/ FTE

Rate:- $70/h USD C2C/ $120K Annum

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SAPPMO & Release Management Lead (ERP Deployment & Cutover Planning)

Role Summary

The PMO & Release Management Lead will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and governing ERP release cycles, deployment strategies, and cutover execution across enterprise environments. This role ensures structured delivery alignment between business stakeholders, technical teams, infrastructure, and vendors to enable smooth and low-risk ERP deployments.

The position plays a critical role in orchestrating release readiness, environment alignment, risk mitigation, and business continuity during ERP implementation and upgrade programs.

Key Responsibilities

PMO Governance & Delivery Oversight

Establish and manage release governance frameworks aligned with ERP program milestones

Coordinate across functional, technical, infrastructure, security, and business teams

Track program deliverables, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans

Maintain RAID logs and ensure proactive escalation management

Support steering committee reporting and executive-level status updates

Ensure alignment with enterprise PMO standards and delivery methodologies

Establish and manage release governance frameworks aligned with ERP program milestones

Coordinate across functional, technical, infrastructure, security, and business teams

Track program deliverables, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans

Maintain RAID logs and ensure proactive escalation management

Support steering committee reporting and executive-level status updates

Ensure alignment with enterprise PMO standards and delivery methodologies

Release Planning & Coordination

Define and manage end-to-end ERP release calendars

Coordinate multi-stream release schedules across development, testing, and production environments

Manage release scope validation and readiness checkpoints

Facilitate cross-team release planning workshops

Ensure release documentation completeness and sign-offs

Define and manage end-to-end ERP release calendars

Coordinate multi-stream release schedules across development, testing, and production environments

Manage release scope validation and readiness checkpoints

Facilitate cross-team release planning workshops

Ensure release documentation completeness and sign-offs

Deployment Strategy & Execution

Develop deployment strategies for large-scale ERP rollouts (global, phased, or regional)

Coordinate environment readiness across DEV, QA, UAT, and Production

Support infrastructure, security, and application readiness validation

Manage release packaging and deployment sequencing

Ensure rollback planning and fallback procedures are documented and validated

Develop deployment strategies for large-scale ERP rollouts (global, phased, or regional)

Coordinate environment readiness across DEV, QA, UAT, and Production

Support infrastructure, security, and application readiness validation

Manage release packaging and deployment sequencing

Ensure rollback planning and fallback procedures are documented and validated

Cutover Planning & Management

Develop detailed ERP cutover plans including task sequencing and ownership

Coordinate mock cutovers and rehearsal cycles

Lead war-room execution during go-live events

Track real-time execution progress during deployment windows

Manage business downtime planning and communication

Ensure hypercare transition readiness post go-live

Develop detailed ERP cutover plans including task sequencing and ownership

Coordinate mock cutovers and rehearsal cycles

Lead war-room execution during go-live events

Track real-time execution progress during deployment windows

Manage business downtime planning and communication

Ensure hypercare transition readiness post go-live

Risk & Dependency Management

Identify deployment risks and operational constraints early

Coordinate mitigation strategies across stakeholder groups

Manage integration dependencies across upstream/downstream systems

Ensure business continuity and minimal operational disruption

Identify deployment risks and operational constraints early

Coordinate mitigation strategies across stakeholder groups

Manage integration dependencies across upstream/downstream systems

Ensure business continuity and minimal operational disruption

Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with business owners, ERP functional leads, infrastructure teams, and vendors

Coordinate communication between delivery towers and leadership stakeholders

Support executive readiness updates prior to go-live decisions

Facilitate Go/No-Go readiness checkpoints

Partner with business owners, ERP functional leads, infrastructure teams, and vendors

Coordinate communication between delivery towers and leadership stakeholders

Support executive readiness updates prior to go-live decisions

Facilitate Go/No-Go readiness checkpoints

Tools & Reporting

Maintain release dashboards

Qualifications (Preferred)

Proven experience leading PMO governance, release management, and cutover planning for ERP programs

Strong program planning, RAID management, and executive stakeholder reporting skills

Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across application, infrastructure, and security domains

Familiarity with deployment methodologies, go-live readiness, and hypercare transition

Proficiency with common PMO and release reporting tools (e.g., project plans, dashboards, RAID logs)