Trictentis Testing Lead

Next Ventures; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures seeks an experienced Tricentis Testing Lead to drive SAP S/4HANA transformation testing in the UAE. You will own the testing strategy and delivery across the programme, focusing on Tosca automation, SAP testing, and end-to-end validation.

This hands-on leadership role requires coordination with SAP teams, business stakeholders and SI partners, mentoring testing resources, and establishing governance and quality controls.

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading SAP S/4HANA testing programmes.
• Hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca for automation.
• Proven ability to develop and implement test automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the overall SAP testing strategy across the S/4HANA programme.
• Lead the implementation and use of Tricentis Tosca for automated testing.
• Define and manage SIT, UAT, regression and end-to-end testing cycles.
• Develop automation strategies covering SAP S/4HANA and integrated applications.
• Collaborate with SAP functional leads to prioritise automation opportunities.
• Manage test planning, execution, defect management and reporting.
• Coordinate testing activities across multiple workstreams and locations.
• Establish testing standards, governance, processes and quality controls.
• Support test data and environment planning.
• Provide regular reporting on testing progress, risks and readiness.
• Lead and mentor testing and automation resources.

Skills

Tricentis Tosca

SAP S/4HANA testing

Test automation framework

Leadership

Stakeholder management

SIT/UAT testing

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

Tricentis Testing Lead – SAP S/4HANA

Location: UAE
Contract: Freelance / Contract
Start: ASAP
Duration: Long-term
Project: SAP S/4HANA Transformation

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Tricentis Testing Lead to join a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation programme in the UAE.

The successful candidate will take ownership of the testing strategy and delivery across the programme, with a particular focus on Tricentis Tosca automation, SAP testing and end-to-end business process validation.

This is a hands-on leadership role, working closely with the SAP programme team, functional workstreams, business stakeholders and systems integration partner.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the overall SAP testing strategy and approach across the S/4HANA programme.
• Lead the implementation and use of Tricentis Tosca for automated testing.
• Define and manage SIT, UAT, regression and end-to-end testing cycles.
• Develop automation strategies covering SAP S/4HANA and integrated applications.
• Work closely with SAP functional leads to identify and prioritise automation opportunities.
• Manage test planning, execution, defect management and reporting.
• Coordinate testing activities across multiple workstreams, teams and locations.
• Establish testing standards, governance, processes and quality controls.
• Work with the SI and business teams to ensure testing milestones are achieved.
• Support test data and environment planning.
• Provide regular reporting on testing progress, risks, defects and overall readiness.
• Lead and mentor testing and automation resources.

Experience Required

• Strong experience leading testing on SAP S/4HANA programmes.
• Significant hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca.
• Proven experience developing and implementing test automation frameworks.
• Experience across large-scale SAP transformation or rollout programmes.
• Strong understanding of SAP end-to-end business processes and integration testing.
• Experience across SIT, UAT, regression and end-to-end testing.
• Experience working with SI partners and large, complex programme teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Previous experience leading distributed testing teams.

Desirable

• Tricentis Tosca certification.
• Experience integrating Tosca with Azure DevOps, Jenkins or other CI/CD tools.
• Experience testing SAP integrations, APIs and non-SAP applications.
• Experience on large transformation programmes within the Middle East / GCC.
• Previous UAE or wider GCC project experience.

Ideal Background

The ideal candidate will be someone who has already worked on large SAP S/4HANA transformations, understands the complexities of testing integrated SAP landscapes and can combine Tosca technical expertise with the leadership required to run a programme-wide testing function.