Cutover Manager - Private Banking

Joining Capco means becoming part of an innovative and dynamic consultancy firm, committed to fostering an inclusive environment where you are encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We embrace individuality as a key factor in promoting diversity and inclusion, values that sit at the core of our success. We aim to attract a wide variety of talented professionals with different skills and experiences. If you require any adjustments to support your application process, please feel free to inform us at any stage.

ABOUT CAPCO

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy that is passionate about supporting clients in the financial services sector to grow and succeed in today's ever-changing world. We are:

• Experts in banking, capital markets, payments and asset and wealth management.
• Trusted advisors in core banking, securities and wealth management transformation, regulatory change, risk management and technology modernization.
• A company dedicated to continuous development and excited to welcome top talent to help us drive innovation and deliver lasting results.
• A business built on agility, collaboration, and entrepreneurial spirit.

THE ROLE

YOUR CAPCO DAY

• Develop and maintain theintegrated cutover plan and detailed execution runbook, coordinating activities across business, technology, data, infrastructure, applications, operations, and third parties.
• Identify and managedependencies, critical paths, prerequisites, constraints, and execution risks, challenging sequencing and timings and identifying opportunities to pre-stage, parallelize, and optimize activities.
• Facilitate cutover planning workshops, dependency sessions and walkthroughs, while coordinatingdress rehearsals and mock cutovers, capturing lessons learned and driving improvements.
• Trackcutover readiness, including milestones, checkpoints, sign-offs, entry and exit criteria, and go/no-go decisions, working closely with migration and reconciliation teams on data sequencing and time-sensitive banking processes.
• Support theCutover Command Centre during go-live, providing clear execution visibility, managing escalations and deviations, and coordinating the transition into hyper-care and stabilization with clear ownership of issues and operational risks.

YOUR CAPCO FIT

• Experience incutover, transition, release, migration, or complex implementation management within large-scale transformation programmes, with proven experience developing integrated cutover plans and execution runbooks involving multiple systems, teams, workstreams, and vendors.
• Strong understanding ofdependencies, critical paths, readiness, governance, and go/no-go processes, with experience coordinating dress rehearsals, migrations, and production go-lives.
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills, with the ability to work effectively acrossbusiness and technology teams and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• A highly structured and detail-focused approach, with the ability to manage complex interdependencies, bring clarity to ambiguity, identify gaps early, and perform effectively during time-sensitive delivery periods.
• Fluent English is essential for this role; German language skills would be an advantage.

BONUS POINTS FOR

• Experience deliveringcore banking transformations or large-scale banking platform migrations.
• Knowledge of banking processes and data, including accounts, securities, payments, trades, positions, fees, accruals, and reconciliation.
• Experience with multi-wave or phased migration strategies, including associatedfinancial control, reconciliation, and audit requirements.
• PreviousSwiss private banking experience.
• Experience coordinating large-scalecommand centres / war rooms during production go-lives.

Ready to take the Next Step 

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. This is an opportunity to make a difference and contribute to a highly successful company with a significant growth trajectory.