ERP Cutover & Release Manager

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Business Transformation

Location: Halifax, NS

Type of Employment: Full-Time, Contract role

Nova Scotia Power is embarking on an exciting ERP transformation journey and are seeking a strategic and detail-oriented ERP Cutover & Release Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of system releases. This role is critical in ensuring that releases are well-managed, successful, aligned with our agile delivery methodology and coordinated across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Key elements of this role include:

Release Planning & Execution

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive release plan, including communication strategy, scheduling, and dependency management.

• Engage early in the project lifecycle to support dry runs / mock runs and validate release readiness.

• Lead cutover planning and refinement of runbooks for Oracle Fusion upgrade activities.

• Identify failure points, create rollback strategies, and define entry and exit criteria for all release activities.

Execution & Coordination

• Facilitate release kick-off meetings, status calls, and lead Go-Live Go/No-Go discussions with project stakeholders.

• Ensure effective coordination between development, testing, and infrastructure teams to achieve seamless deployment.

• Track release metrics and continuously improve release processes for efficiency and reliability.

Agile Delivery & Roadmap Development

• Collaborate with agile teams to align sprint goals with release milestones.

• Partner with stakeholders to build and maintain a forward-looking ERP release roadmap.

• Help the organization understand upcoming capabilities and features of the system.

Communication & Reporting

• Act as the central point of contact for release-related communications.

• Develop and implement metrics to measure release success and adoption.

• Create dashboards and reports to communicate release outcomes to leadership.

These skills will make you successful:

To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

• Bachelor's degree in IT or a business-and-technology-related field such as Business Technology Management, Management Information Systems, Information Systems, or a Business/Commerce degree with an IT, Operations, or Supply Chain focus.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies like Agile or Scrum.
• Experience in using project or release management tools in an ERP or enterprise software environment.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to think strategically and execute tactically.
• Strong understanding of cutover execution, runbook refinement, and release governance.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate across distributed teams.
• 4 years of experience in release management is preferred

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we've listed above, please consider applying.

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• The opportunity to contribute to a high-impact transformation program
• A collaborative and inclusive team environment
• Professional development and mentorship in change management
• A role with visibility across multiple business units

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.