Transition Lead

Transition Lead - Contract – Pensions Transformation

A leading Investment Management organisation seeking an experienced Transition Lead to oversee the end-to-end transition and cutover into a new pension scheme operating environment.

This is a key delivery role within a major transformation programme, coordinating multiple workstreams spanning data migration, systems implementation, pension administration, operational readiness and third-party suppliers.

Working across Defined Contribution (DC) and CARE pension schemes, you will own the integrated transition strategy, cutover planning, rehearsals, governance and successful migration into the target operating environment.

The Transition Lead is expected to:

• Lead the end-to-end transition and cutover workstream, ensuring a controlled migration into the new operating environment.
• Develop and manage integrated transition plans, cutover strategies, runbooks and critical path dependencies.
• Coordinate migration activities across data, technology, pension administration, operational teams and external suppliers.
• Lead dress rehearsals, transition simulations and operational readiness assessments ahead of go-live.
• Manage Go / No-Go governance, blackout windows, rollback plans and contingency arrangements.
• Establish cutover governance, managing escalations, issue resolution and stakeholder communications.
• Oversee successful transition into hypercare and operational stabilisation.

The successful Transition Lead will possess:

• Extensive Transition, Cutover or Programme Delivery experience within complex transformation environments.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end operational, business or technology migrations, involving multiple workstreams and suppliers.
• Strong experience developing integrated transition plans, cutover runbooks and migration schedules.
• Demonstrable experience managing dress rehearsals, Go / No-Go decisions, blackout periods and operational readiness.
• Excellent stakeholder management, risk management and dependency management capabilities.
• Experience within Defined Contribution (DC) pensions, pension administration migrations or operating model transformations would be highly advantageous.
• Knowledge of Defined Benefit (DB) pensions or regulated Financial Services environments would also be beneficial.

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