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Workday Cutover Lead
- london, england, United Kingdom
- Contract
- On-site
- £90 - £130 Per Hour
Job Description
Workday Cutover Lead
Remote with occasional need for London onsite
Overview / Role Summary
Focus Cloud is supporting our client with a critical phase of their Workday programme and we’re looking for an experienced Workday Cutover Lead to take ownership of cutover planning and execution end-to-end. This is a hands-on delivery role, partnering closely with Finance stakeholders, Workday functional leads, testing, data, and deployment teams to ensure a controlled, low-risk go-live.
Benefits / Value Proposition
- Contract role on a high-impact Workday delivery
- Clear ownership: you will lead the cutover workstream and drive decision-making
- On-site collaboration with key programme stakeholders
- Opportunity to work across Workday Financials and wider deployment activities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the cutover strategy, cutover plan, and runbook (including dress rehearsals and go/no-go criteria)
- Build and manage the integrated cutover schedule across Workday streams (Finance, data, integrations, security, reporting, testing)
- Coordinate cutover dependencies, resource plans, and environment readiness
- Own cutover governance : RAID, checkpoints, approvals, and readiness reporting
- Drive execution during cutover window(s), including command centre / hypercare handover
- Ensure clear comms and stakeholder alignment across business and technical teams
Required Experience & Skills
- Must have proven experience as a Cutover Lead / Cutover Manager on at least one major enterprise transformation (ideally Workday)
- Required : strong cutover planning and orchestration capability (runbooks, rehearsals, checkpoints, go-live execution)
- Must have experience working with Workday Financials stakeholders and finance-facing workstreams
- Required : strong cross-functional coordination skills across testing, data, integrations, and business change
- Necessary : confident stakeholder management and clear, structured programme communication
Dealbreakers (Non-Negotiable Requirements)
- Must be able to work on-site in London once per week on average
- Must have current right to work in the UK (no sponsorship available)
- Must have demonstrable cutover leadership experience (not only supporting tasks)
Desirable / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Workday deployment experience beyond Financials (e.g., HCM/Prism/Adaptive exposure)
- Command centre / hypercare leadership experience
- Experience with complex integration landscapes and data migration cutovers