Data Testing Lead CGEMJP

Experis Austria; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 123,000 - 151,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Experis Austria seeks a Data Testing Lead to drive BAT activities in SAP ECC PP, QM, and PS. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage defects, and report progress to stakeholders. The role requires hybrid delivery with four days on-site in Brighton and a contract to 30/06/2027.

You will lead a Senior Consultant and a Consultant, ensuring timely delivery, risk mitigation, and alignment with business objectives during the BAT phase.

Qualifications

• Experience leading BAT/UAT testing in SAP environments.
• Strong defect management and reporting skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate BAT activities across SAP ECC PP, QM and PS modules.
• Act as primary point of contact for business stakeholders during BAT.
• Monitor testing progress and drive mitigation actions.
• Prepare regular status updates and executive presentations.
• Coordinate defect management with functional/technical teams.
• Support go-live readiness and sign-off activities.
• Supervise a Senior Consultant and a Consultant to align priorities.
• Review testing evidence for governance and audit compliance.

Skills

SAP ECC PP

UAT

Defect Management

Stakeholder Management

Test Coordination & Governance

Client Relationship Management

Executive Reporting & Presentation

Cutover support

Job description

Role Title: Data Testing Lead

Duration: contract to run until 30/06/2027

Location: Brighton. Hybrid, 4 days per week onsite

Rate: up to 598 p/d Umbrella inside IR35

Clearance required: UK/EU Passport holder

Role purpose / summary

• Lead and coordinate Business Acceptance Tests (UAT although the client refers to BAT) activities across SAP ECC PP (mainly module), QM and PS (supportive modules), ensuring successful execution of predefined test scenarios/scripts.
• Act as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders, key users and process owners throughout the BAT phase.
• Support business users during cutover and test execution, providing guidance, resolving issues and ensuring timely completion of testing activities.
• Monitor daily testing progress against plan, identifying risks, dependencies and potential delays, and proactively driving mitigation actions.
• Prepare and deliver regular status updates and executive presentations, clearly communicating testing progress, key findings, defect trends and overall deployment readiness.
• Facilitate daily and weekly meetings with client stakeholders to review execution status, discuss open issues and agree on next steps.
• Coordinate defect management activities, including issue logging, prioritization, tracking and validation of fixes in collaboration with functional and technical teams.
• Support defect triage sessions, ensuring accurate impact assessment and timely resolution of business-critical issues.
• Produce and maintain BAT reporting dashboards, including test execution status, pass/fail rates, open defects, risks and readiness indicators.
• Coordinate and supervise the activities of a Senior Consultant and a Consultant, ensuring alignment of priorities, quality of deliverables and adherence to project timelines.
• Review testing evidence and documentation to ensure compliance with project governance and audit requirements.
• Build strong working relationships with client stakeholders, fostering collaboration and maintaining confidence throughout the testing lifecycle.
• Support go-live readiness assessments by consolidating testing results, outstanding issues, risks and business sign-off status.
• Contribute to continuous system improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities and working closely with the solution architect and technical teams to develop and implement the solution.
• Operate within a hybrid delivery model, working on-site at the client's UK premises four days per week to support testing execution, stakeholder management and project governance activities.

Skills:

• SAP ECC PP
• Business Acceptance Tests (UAT)
• Defect Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Test Coordination & Governance
• Client Relationship Management
• Executive Reporting & Presentation Skills
• Cutover support

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!