Cutover lead

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Get To Know Us:

SS&C Technologies is the world’s largest independent hedge fund and private equity administrator, as well as the largest mutual fund transfer agency. SS&C’s unique business model combines end-to-end expertise across financial services operations with proprietary software and solutions to service even the most demanding customers in the financial services and healthcare industries. 

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model

• Your Future: Income Protection Insurance

• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Time Off

• Your Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance discount, Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave, Death & TPD Insurance

• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity

• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, including SS&C University

• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

We are seeking an experienced Cutover Lead to manage the planning, coordination, and execution of system and process transitions. This role is critical in ensuring a seamless go-live with minimal disruption to business operations, aligning multiple teams, managing risks, and maintaining clear communication throughout the cutover process. The successful candidate will drive readiness, oversee data migration, and implement best practices to ensure successful project delivery.

This role will be hired on a 2-year Fixed Term Contract.

• Develop and execute comprehensive cutover strategies, plans, and schedules for the PA26INDPRQ2008 project.

• Coordinate and align cutover activities across development, testing, infrastructure, business operations, and external vendors.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks throughout the cutover process, implementing contingency plans as required.

• Define and maintain the cutover checklist, ensuring all prerequisites are met and activities completed according to plan.

• Lead cutover rehearsals and mock runs, proactively resolving issues to ensure readiness for go-live.

• Maintain clear communication channels with all stakeholders, providing timely updates on progress and risks.

• Manage and allocate cutover resources, ensuring appropriate staffing and availability.

• Oversee data migration, validation, and reconciliation during the cutover phase.

• Develop and implement rollback strategies to address unforeseen issues during go-live.

• Conduct post-cutover reviews, documenting lessons learned and best practices for future projects.

• Ensure full compliance with SS&C Bluedoor’s change management policies and procedures.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Cutover Lead, Migration Manager, or in a similar role on large-scale IT projects, preferably within financial services or superannuation.

• Proven track record managing complex cutover activities across multiple systems, teams, and stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) and change management principles.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and motivate diverse teams.

• Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making skills, particularly under pressure.

• Proficient in project management tools such as MS Project and Jira.

• Experience with data migration strategies, validation, and associated tools.

• Willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, during critical cutover periods.

• Prior experience with SS&C Bluedoor products or similar superannuation administration platforms is highly desirable

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.