SAP Senior Test Manager
hace 4 días
Birmingham
hackajob is collaborating with KPMG to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. \n Summary of Role Purpose: \n As a Senior Test Manager, you will spearhead highimpact S/4HANA transformations, leading the end to end testing strategy, governance, and delivery across complex programmes and multiple \n Description of the role: workstreams. You will ensure quality and innovation across large-scale, diverse landscapes while providing strong leadership to testing teams, managing stakeholders at all levels, and driving continuous improvement in testing processes, tooling, and automation. \n\n • System development life cycle methodologies, implementing QE metrics delivering efficiency, automation, & quality improvements experience is essential.\n, • Experience setting up QE standards and patterns implementing best practices, asset libraries, test data & tooling strategies.\n, • Lead the end to end SAP testing strategy across S/4HANA transformations, upgrades, and complex multi module deployments.\n, • Define SAP specific test governance, quality frameworks, and best practice methodologies aligned to SAP Activate and programme delivery models.\n, • Oversee planning and execution of all SAP test phases, including SIT, UAT, Regression, E2E, Pair Testing, Integrations, Data Migration Testing, and Non Functional Testing.\n, • Manage cross functional SAP testing teams covering modules such as FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, PM, SuccessFactors, Ariba, BW/BI, BTP and third party integrations.\n, • Coordinate testing across multiple streams including functional, technical, security, interfaces (IDocs, APIs), and middleware platforms (e.g., PI/PO, CPI).\n, • Ensure SAP test readiness, including environments, transports, cutover testing plans, data availability, and solution stability.\n, • Oversee SAP test automation strategy using tools such as Tricentis Tosca, CBTA, Worksoft, or similar frameworks.\n, • Drive continuous improvement in SAP test practices, automation adoption, reporting, and reusable test accelerators.\n, • Collaborate with programme leadership, SAP architects, data migration teams, and business SMEs to align test scope, integration flows, and acceptance criteria.\n, • Ensure adherence to SAP regulatory, compliance, audit, and security standards (e.g. SoX, GDPR, GRC, role testing).\n, • Provide structured test reporting, KPIs, quality dashboards, and risk assessments for PMO, Steering Committees, and governance boards.\n, • Ensure testing processes adhere to organisational and regulatory standards, including data privacy and security requirements.\n, • In depth understanding of how to define & manage risks, issues & interdependencies \n, • Assessing problems from multiple angles to ensure all relevant issues are considered when making decisions \n, • Proactively driving forward new and creative ideas which benefit the client and stakeholders \n\n Role dimensions: \n\n • Strategy & Governance: Define and own the overarching test strategy, framework, standards, and governance model.\n, • Create test policies, test plans, and quality metrics for large-scale programmes.\n, • Collaborate for success: Partner with stakeholders to keep projects aligned and moving forward execution and report progress, risks, and actionable insights to senior leadership.\n, • Optimize delivery: Take full ownership of test execution by driving planning, preparation, and defect resolution across every phase of transformation. Continuously identify improvement opportunities to make processes smarter, faster, and more efficient.\n, • Shape the future: Build tailored approaches for upcoming SAP testing opportunities and champion SAP Business Assurance.\n, • Grow talent: Develop learning plans to boost SAP testing skills and inspire excellence across the team.\n\n The Person: \n Essential experience \n\n • Proven track record of leading testing for SAP S/4HANA implementations, migrations, or upgrades in complex, multi-site environments.\n, • Strong experience across key SAP modules such as S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement, FI, SD, SuccessFactors, or related functional areas.\n, • Extensive experience in test management, with significant on SAP S/4HANA projects\n, • Proficiency in SAP Solution Manager, Cloud ALM, or other test management tools (e.g., TRICENTIS QTEST, HP ALM, Atlassian Jira with Xray).\n, • Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., SAP CBTA, Selenium, TOSCA or Worksoft Certify).\n, • Strong understanding of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery methodologies within SAP programme environments.\n, • Demonstrated leadership capability with experience managing cross functional, onshore/offshore, and vendor testing teams.\n, • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence management and stakeholders, and to build and maintain strong team and client relationships \n, • Strong analytical and problem solving mindset, able to translate complex SAP business processes into clear, testable scenario\n, • Able to assess problems from multiple angles to ensure all relevant issues are considered when making decisions\n, • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight deadlines\n\n #LI-AR1