Key Responsibilities
1) Test Strategy & Governance
- Define and own the overall SAP test strategy, approach, and roadmap across the program lifecycle.
- Establish test governance frameworks, standards, entry/exit criteria, defect management, and quality metrics.
- Ensure testing aligns with SAP Activate, enterprise SDLC, and regulatory/compliance requirements.
- Provide executive-level reporting on test progress, quality risks, and release readiness.
2) End-to-End SAP Testing Leadership
- Lead testing across all phases, including:
o Unit & Functional Testing
o System Integration Testing (SIT)
o End-to-End Process Testing
o User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
o Regression Testing
o Cutover & Production Readiness Testing
- Ensure end-to-end business process validation across SAP modules and integrated systems.
- Validate data migration, interfaces, security roles, workflows, and reporting as part of integrated testing.
3) SAP S/4HANA Program Delivery
- Provide testing leadership for:
o Greenfield, brownfield, or hybrid S/4HANA programs
o ECC to S/4HANA conversions and selective data transitions
- Ensure fit-to-standard testing approaches with appropriate coverage for SAP best practices.
- Coordinate testing across SAP core, SAP BTP, and non-SAP systems.
4) UAT & Business Engagement
- Own and drive UAT planning and execution, ensuring business readiness and acceptance.
- Work with business SMEs to:
o Define test scenarios and acceptance criteria
o Prepare test data and environments
o Manage UAT execution and defect triage
- Ensure UAT outcomes support go/no-go decisions.
5) Defect & Quality Management
- Establish defect management processes, severity models, and resolution SLAs.
- Lead defect triage forums with functional, technical, and integration teams.
- Ensure root cause analysis is performed for critical and recurring defects.
- Drive quality improvements and prevent defect leakage into production.
6) Test Automation & Tooling
- Define the test automation strategy for SAP (where applicable).
- Oversee use of SAP and third-party tools such as:
o SAP Solution Manager / Cloud ALM
o Test automation tools (e.g. Tricentis, Worksoft, similar)
- Balance manual vs automated testing based on risk, value, and program maturity.
7) Environment, Data & Release Readiness
- Coordinate test environment planning, refresh cycles, and data availability.
- Ensure test data supports realistic business scenarios and compliance needs.
- Lead production readiness assessments, including:
o Open defect position
o Regression coverage
o Business sign-off
o Cutover rehearsal outcomes
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Required Skills & Experience
Core Experience
- 15+ years of testing experience with 5+ years in Test Director level.
- Extensive experience leading testing for large SAP programs, ideally SAP S/4HANA.
- Proven experience managing testing across multiple workstreams, vendors, and geographies.
SAP Knowledge
- Strong understanding of SAP landscapes, including:
o SAP S/4HANA (Finance and/or Logistics)
o SAP ECC (legacy environments)
o SAP Fiori, security roles, and authorisations
- End-to-end process knowledge across key SAP streams:
o Finance (RTR)
o Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
o Order-to-Cash (O2C)
o Plan-to-Produce (as applicable)
Integration & Data Testing
o SAP-to-SAP and SAP-to-non-SAP integrations
o Interfaces (APIs, IDocs, middleware)
o Data migration and reconciliation
- Understanding of reporting and analytics validation.
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Leadership & Stakeholder Skills
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence senior business and IT leaders on quality and risk decisions.
- Calm, structured approach to managing high-pressure go-live timelines.
- Proven capability to lead large, multi-vendor test teams.
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Qualifications (Preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience.
- Certifications (desirable):
o ISTQB (Advanced / Test Manager)
o SAP S/4HANA (any module)
o SAP Activate or Agile/SAFe certifications
