Senior Functional Tester

Righttalentrightnow; Dubai; On-site; AED 290,000 - 424,000; Part time

Job summary

Righttalentrightnow is seeking an experienced Test Lead for a Dubai-based contract role to govern and assure testing across external vendors. You will provide end-to-end visibility, enforce quality gates, and ensure traceability from requirements to test coverage.

The role requires 7+ years in software testing with 3+ years in QA governance, Arabic and English language proficiency, and experience in multi-vendor/government environments. SAP testing is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge in STLC and SDLC.
• 7+ years in software testing with at least 3+ years in Test Lead or QA governance roles.
• Experience with multi-vendor and government environments is preferred.
• Arabic and English language proficiency.
• Preferably SAP testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish and enforce testing governance, quality gates, and acceptance criteria.
• Review and approve test strategies, plans, and approaches from vendors.
• Ensure full traceability between requirements and test coverage.
• Perform independent verification after vendor testing.
• Govern defect management, RCA validation, and exceptional acceptance.
• Monitor vendor KPIs and quality metrics.
• Prepare and present testing status reports, dashboards, and risk summaries to management.
• Communicate testing progress, quality issues, and release readiness transparently and timely.
• Coordinate testing activities across Business, Technical teams, PMO, Release Management, and external vendors.
• Facilitate defect triage, quality review, and Go/No-Go meetings with documented actions.
• Act as primary QA communication focal point between organisation and vendors.
• Ensure alignment and shared understanding of testing scope, priorities, and risks.
• Review, design, and validate test scenarios in alignment with BRD, FSD and SRS.
• Create strategies, plans and test cases.
• Test execution share results and provide closure reports.

Skills

Test Management

Quality Assurance

Vendor Coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Job Location Dubai (Work From Office)

Job Type Contract

Job Description

The Test Lead is responsible for governing and assuring the quality of testing activities delivered by external development and testing vendors, ensuring alignment with the organisation standards, policies, and regulatory requirements. The role provides end-to-end visibility and control over testing activities and acts as the quality authority across stakeholders.

In addition to normal testing activities.

Responsibilities

• Establish and enforce testing governance, quality gates, and acceptance criteria.
• Review and approve test strategies, plans, and approaches from vendors.
• Ensure full traceability between requirements and test coverage.
• Perform independent verification after vendor testing.
• Govern defect management, RCA validation, and exceptional acceptance.
• Monitor vendor KPIs and quality metrics.
• Prepare and present clear testing status reports, quality dashboards, and risk summaries to management and stakeholders.
• Communicate testing progress, quality issues, and release readiness transparently and in a timely manner.
• Coordinate testing activities across Business, Technical teams, PMO, Release Management, and external vendors.
• Facilitate defect triage, quality review, and Go/No-Go meetings, ensuring decisions and actions are clearly documented.
• Act as the primary QA communication focal point between the organisation and development/testing vendors.
• Ensure alignment and shared understanding of testing scope, priorities, and risks across all stakeholders.
• Review, design, and validate functional, integration, regression, and UAT test scenarios in alignment with BRD, FSD and SRS
• Create strategies, plans and test cases.
• Test execution share results and provide closure reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent
• Strong knowledge in STLC and SDLC
• 7+ years in software testing with at least 3+ years in Test Lead or QA governance roles
• Experience with multi-vendor and government environments is preferred.
• Arabic and English language
• Preferably previous experience in SAP testing

Skills

• Test Management
• Quality Assurance
• Vendor Coordination