Testing Lead

Client of YALLO Retail; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Not disclosed in Dubai, Testing Lead role overseeing SAP and legacy estate testing and its integration layer. Onsite engagement with delivery teams and SI partners is required to ensure quality and timely go-live readiness.

The role demands strong test leadership across multiple systems, robust defect governance, and clear reporting to programme stakeholders. Experience in retail tech is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Eight years+ in software testing with 4+ years leading large multi-system programmes.
• Proven ownership of system integration testing and UAT across integrated landscapes.
• Strong integration testing background including APIs and middleware.
• Experience in retail or consumer tech landscapes (POS, OMS, e-commerce).
• Experience managing testing delivered by SI or offshore vendors.
• Hands-on with a test management tool (QTest advantageous).
• Experience defining phase exit criteria and sign-off recommendations.
• Desirable: SAP alongside non-SAP integration experience.
• Middle East region experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and own test strategy and plan across legacy and SAP integrations.
• Oversee daily test execution, blockers, and re-planning as needed.
• Govern defect lifecycle from triage to closure with partners.
• Produce governance reports with clear delay causes.
• Enforce entry/exit criteria and sign-off readiness per phase.
• Coordinate business testers through UAT onboarding and progress tracking.
• Interface with test tooling and end-to-end SAP/legacy flows.

Skills

Test leadership

System integration

User acceptance testing

QTest

APIs

Vendor management

Quality governance

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

QTest

Job description

Job Title

Testing Lead

Location

Dubai UAE Onsite

Job type

Contract

Job Description

Its a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East The Technology amp Data function is delivering Transform a multi-release programme covering SAP and the group s omnichannel estate spanning Finance HR and Payroll and Omnichannel Logistics and Retail Delivery follows a release-per-country and per-scope approach so successive go-lives run back to back Delivery is run with a system integrator and specialist testing partners alongside internal teams Overall test leadership for the SAP scope sits within the Transform programme This role owns testing on the Technology amp Data side the legacy estate and the integrations between the legacy systems and SAP The scope covers point of sale order management warehouse management digital commerce and customer platforms and the integration layer between them Test scenarios and defect resolution involve the system integrator and specialist testing vendors so the role carries real accountability for holding partners to quality and to committed dates Purpose of the role To own test strategy execution and quality gates across the Technology amp Data scope and to give the programme an evidence-based view of whether it is ready to go live The role is onsite by design the work depends on daily proximity to the delivery teams and to the system integrator

Key Responsibilities

• Test strategy and planning Own the test strategy and test plan across the legacy estate and legacy-to-SAP integrations Define scope coverage and the approach for each test phase including system integration testing and user acceptance testing Review the scenarios and test conditions produced by partners for completeness quality and business relevance and reject what does not meet the standard Confirm that environment data and prerequisite dependencies are in place before each phase starts and flag gaps early with a clear owner
• Execution and defect governance Run daily test execution progress against plan blockers and re-planning where execution slips Own defect governance end to end triage severity and priority assignment assignment to the responsible party and tracking to closure Hold the system integrator and testing vendors to agreed resolution timeframes and elevate with evidence when they are missed Produce daily and weekly test reporting for programme governance with an accurate attribution of the causes of any delay
• Quality gates and readiness Define and enforce entry and exit criteria for each test phase Provide a formal evidence-based sign-off recommendation at the end of each phase including any residual risk
• Coordinate business testers through user acceptance testing onboarding scheduling support and progress tracking Feed test outcomes and open defects into cutover and go no-go decision making
• Tooling and interfaces Administer the test management tool currently QTest including configuration structure and reliable reporting output Interface with the Transform Overall Testing Lead on end-to-end flows that cross SAP and the legacy estate ensuring no coverage gap between the two sides

Essential experience

• Eight years or more in software testing with at least four years leading test on large-scale multi-system programmes
• Proven ownership of system integration testing and user acceptance testing across integrated landscapes not single-application testing
• Strong integration testing background APIs middleware message flows and end-to-end transaction testing across multiple systems
• Experience of retail or consumer technology landscapes point of sale order management warehouse management e-commerce or customer platforms
• Demonstrable experience managing testing delivered by a system integrator or offshore vendor including challenging the quality of their deliverables
• Hands-on experience with a test management tool QTest is an advantage equivalent tools are acceptable
• Experience defining and enforcing phase exit criteria and making formal sign-off recommendations

Desirable

• Exposure to programmes running SAP alongside a non-SAP estate with integration between the two
• Experience of test automation strategy even where execution remains largely manual
• ISTQB certification or equivalent
• Prior experience in the Middle East region

Skills and behaviours

• Willing to hold a firm line on quality with partners professionally and with evidence
• Clear and factual reporting including when the message is unwelcome
• Comfortable working onsite alongside delivery teams and partner teams every day
• Clear written and verbal communication in English including to senior stakeholders

Eight years or more in software testing, with at least four years leading test on large-scale, multi-system programmes. Proven ownership of system integration testing and user acceptance testing across integrated landscapes not single-application testing. Strong integration testing background APIs middleware message flows and end-to-end transaction testing across multiple systems. Experience of retail or consumer technology landscapes point of sale order management warehouse management e-commerce or customer platforms. Demonstrable experience managing testing delivered by a system integrator or offshore vendor including challenging the quality of their deliverables. Hands-on experience with a test management tool QTest is an advantage equivalent tools are acceptable. Experience defining and enforcing phase exit criteria and making formal sign-off recommendations. Desirable Exposure to programmes running SAP alongside a non-SAP estate with integration between the two. Experience of test automation strategy even where execution remains largely manual. ISTQB certification or equivalent. Prior experience in the Middle East region. Skills and behaviours: Willing to hold a firm line on quality with partners professionally and with evidence. Clear and factual reporting, including when the message is unwelcome. Comfortable working onsite alongside delivery teams and partner teams every day. Clear written and verbal communication in English, including to senior stakeholders.