We are looking for an experienced SAP Testing Lead to support the end-to-end testing lifecycle for an SAP S/4HANA and SuccessFactors North rollout based on an established global template.
The Testing Lead will be responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, monitoring, and reporting testing activities across assigned SAP workstreams, while ensuring adequate coverage for global-template processes, localization, statutory and compliance requirements for roll out, integrations, data migration, security, custom developments, and end-to-end business scenarios.
The Testing Lead will work closely with, Functional Leads, Integration Lead, Development team, Data Migration team, Security team, Cutover Manager, business process owners, and offshore/onshore delivery teams to ensure the solution is fully validated and ready for Go-Live.
Experience
- 12+ years of experience in software/SAP testing, with a minimum of 5 years of SAP implementation and/or rollout testing experience.
- Experience in at least 4 end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations or global rollouts.
- Experience in at 2 SAP SuccessFactors implementation or rollout.
- Experience in at least 2 large-scale SAP testing programs.
- Strong hands-on experience in SAP testing across functional, integration, data, security, and end-to-end business processes.
- Experience working with global templates and country/entity-specific localization.
- Experience with testing integrations between SAP and third-party systems.
- Experience with data migration validation and reconciliation.
- Experience with cutover validation and Go-Live readiness.
- Experience working with distributed offshore/onshore project teams.
Testing Expertise
Strong experience in:
- Test planning
- SIT
- UAT
- Integration testing
- End-to-end testing
- Data migration testing
- Security testing
- Cutover testing
- Production validation
- Test execution tracking
- Test reporting
- Go-Live readiness
Support testing across applicable S/4HANA and SuccessFactors processes in scope.
Ensure test scenarios validate complete business processes rather than only individual transactions.
SAP Joule Testing
- Support the Testing Manager in establishing testing coverage for Joule Base Activation across all entities.
- Validate:
- Joule accessibility
- User roles
- Role-based permissions
- Business context
- User navigation
- Coordinate functional validation with business process owners.
- Track and manage Joule-related defects.
- Coordinate testing of interfaces between SAP and third-party applications.
- S/4HANA
- SuccessFactors
- Support testing of data migrated into S/4HANA and SuccessFactors.
- Validate:
- Transactional data
- Employee data
- Organizational data
- Opening balances
- Support mock migration testing and validation cycles.
- Track migration defects and ensure resolution before production cutover.
Test Data Management
- Coordinate test data requirements with Functional and Data Migration teams.
- Ensure appropriate data is available for:
- SIT
- UAT
- Integration testing
- Security testing
- Identify gaps in test data early.
- Ensure testing is executed against agreed and approved test cases, scenarios and scripts
- Own defect management for assigned testing workstreams.
- Participate in defect triage sessions.
- Coordinate defect resolution and retesting.
- Monitor:
- Aging
- Severity
- Reopened defects
- Retest status
- Coordinate assigned SIT activities from test preparation through closure.
- Support SIT entry-readiness assessments.
- Coordinate UAT test execution with business users and super users.
- Track business-user completion and defects.
- Support collection of UAT sign-off and evidence.
- Support the Cutover Manager with testing-related cutover activities.
- Prepare Go-Live validation
- Coordinate:
- Production validation
- Data validation
- Business-critical process validation
- Interface validation
- Security validation
- Participate in mock cutover and rehearsal activities.
- Track post-deployment testing results.
- Provide testing status and outstanding defect information for Go-Live readiness assessments.
Maintain and report on:
- Test plan
- Test cases
- Requirements traceability
- SIT/UAT progress
- Test completion metrics
- Risks and issues
- Go-Live testing readiness
Provide regular status reporting to the Project Manager covering:
- Planned vs. executed tests
- Critical blockers
- Risks
- Overall test progress
- Ensure approved requirements are appropriately mapped to test scenarios and test cases.
- Maintain traceability between:
Required Qualifications
SAP Testing Experience
- 12+ years of SAP/testing experience.
- Minimum 5+ years of SAP implementation or rollout testing experience.
- Experience in multiple S/4HANA implementation or rollout projects.