Description

 
Key Responsibilities

•          Develop and manage the overall SAP testing strategy, test plan, schedule, scope, and execution approach.
•          Lead System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression, end-to-end, and performance testing activities.
•          Coordinate testing across SAP modules, interfaces, integrations, data conversions, and downstream/upstream applications.
•          Define test scenarios, test cases, scripts, entry/exit criteria, and traceability to business requirements.
•          Manage testing dependencies across functional, technical, integration, data, and business teams.
•          Lead defect triage, prioritization, tracking, remediation, retesting, and closure.
•          Partner with SAP functional leads, developers, integration teams, business SMEs, project leadership, and third-party consulting partners.
•          Track testing progress, defects, risks, issues, and readiness metrics; provide clear reporting to program and executive leadership.
•          Coordinate test data preparation and ensure appropriate environments are available for each testing cycle.
•          Drive UAT planning and execution with business stakeholders, including tester readiness, scheduling, training, and sign-off.
•          Identify testing risks and dependencies early and develop appropriate mitigation plans.
•          Ensure testing activities align with program governance, quality standards, change management, and release schedules.
•          Support cutover, go-live readiness, production validation, and post-implementation stabilization.

Required Qualifications

•          8+ years of SAP and/or enterprise application testing experience, including significant experience leading complex testing programs.
•          Demonstrated experience as an SAP Test Lead, Test Manager, or QA Lead on large-scale SAP implementations or transformations.
•          Strong understanding of SAP testing methodologies and the complete implementation lifecycle.
•          Experience leading SIT, UAT, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
•          Strong knowledge of defect management, test execution, requirements traceability, and quality metrics.
•          Experience coordinating testing across SAP and non-SAP integrations in complex enterprise environments.
•          Ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, dependencies, and deadlines.
•          Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business leaders, and external consulting partners.

Preferred Qualifications

•          Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations or migrations.
•          Utility industry experience is highly desirable.
•          Experience with tools such as SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar testing/defect management platforms.
•          Familiarity with SAP data migration, interfaces, APIs, middleware, and integration testing.
•          Experience supporting large enterprise programs involving multiple systems integrators or consulting partners.
•          SAP, Agile, PMP, or testing/QA certifications are a plus

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree