Senior ERP/CRM Test Lead

MCS Group; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Healthcare

25 days annual leave

Job summary

MCS Group is partnering with a leading organisation in Belfast undertaking a major Workday transformation. They are seeking an experienced ERP / Workday Test Lead to own the end-to-end testing lifecycle and ensure readiness for go-live.

The role involves coordinating between the programme team, systems integrator, Workday and business stakeholders to provide independent assurance over solution quality, risk and deployment readiness. Hybrid working from Belfast is offered.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Test Lead or Test Manager.
• Experience leading testing across a multi-module enterprise-system deployment.
• Strong UAT, defect-management and quality-assurance experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Programme Test Strategy and Test Plan.
• Establish testing standards, governance, controls and reporting.
• Define entry and exit criteria for each testing phase.
• Plan and coordinate testing across a multi-module deployment.
• Manage test-script preparation, execution, schedules and resources.
• Coordinate business participation and support users through UAT.
• Facilitate test-planning, defect-triage and readiness workshops.
• Establish and manage the programme defect process.
• Monitor testing progress, risks, defects and quality metrics.
• Ensure business processes are fully represented within test scenarios.
• Support dress rehearsals, cutover and deployment planning.
• Provide formal testing sign-off and go-live readiness recommendations.

Skills

Test leadership

Multi-module testing

UAT management

Stakeholder management

Defect management

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Tools

Workday

Job description

ERP / Workday Test Lead

Belfast | Hybrid | 15-Month FTC | Up to £65,000
MCS Group is delighted to be partnering with a leading organisation as it undertakes a major enterprise-wide Workday transformation.

We are seeking an experienced ERP / Workday Test Lead to take end-to-end ownership of the programme testing lifecycle. You will ensure that business processes, integrations, data migration, security and reporting are fully validated and that the organisation is ready for a successful go-live.
Acting as the central point of coordination between the programme team, systems integrator, Workday, business stakeholders and third-party suppliers, you will provide independent assurance over solution quality, programme risk and deployment readiness.

The role

You will:

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  Develop and maintain the Programme Test Strategy and Test Plan.
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  Establish testing standards, governance, controls and reporting.
• 
  Define entry and exit criteria for each testing phase.
• 
  Plan and coordinate testing across a multi-module deployment.
• 
  Manage test-script preparation, execution, schedules and resources.
• 
  Coordinate business participation and support users through UAT.
• 
  Facilitate test-planning, defect-triage and readiness workshops.
• 
  Establish and manage the programme defect process.
• 
  Monitor testing progress, risks, defects and quality metrics.
• 
  Ensure business processes are fully represented within test scenarios.
• 
  Support dress rehearsals, cutover and deployment planning.
• 
  Provide formal testing sign-off and go-live readiness recommendations.

What you'll need

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  Previous experience as a Test Lead or Test Manager.
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  Experience leading testing across a multi-module enterprise-system deployment.
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  Strong understanding of Finance and Procurement modules or processes.
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  Experience developing test strategies and programme test plans.
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  Strong UAT, defect-management and quality-assurance experience.
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  The ability to coordinate business users, technical teams and external partners.
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  Excellent stakeholder-management, reporting and communication skills.
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  Experience assessing risk and readiness ahead of go-live.

Previous experience leading an ERP testing programme is highly desirable. Workday knowledge or experience supporting a Workday deployment would be particularly advantageous, although strong candidates from other ERP platforms will also be considered.

What's on offer

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  Salary up to £65,000.
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  15-month fixed-term contract.
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  Hybrid working from Belfast.
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  Annual bonus and healthcare.
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  25 days' annual leave plus 11 public holidays.
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  Excellent learning, development and wellbeing benefits.
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  The opportunity to lead testing across a significant enterprise transformation.