ERP Quality Assurance Lead

The Morganfield Group; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel reimbursement

Phased commitment with phase-starts

C2C or W2 engagement

No agencies or third-party submissions

U.S. work authorization required

Job summary

The Morganfield Group is assembling a dedicated ERP transformation governance team for a multi-year program in the United States. The role centers on independent strategy, business case development, and evidence-based governance for ERP vendor and SI selection, program governance, and readiness assurance.

You will establish quality gates, ensure evidence-driven decisions, and coordinate across HR/payroll, finance, budgets and assets, supporting mock cutovers and acceptance decisions with

Qualifications

• ERP QA/test leadership including end-to-end UAT ownership and governance.
• Experience coordinating QA across HR/payroll, finance, budget and assets systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish independent quality gates and evidence-based acceptance criteria across multiple test cycles.
• Lead requirements traceability and integration/test strategies with accountable owners.
• Coordinate payroll comparisons and conversion reconciliation across modules.
• Manage defect severity, retesting and evidence reviews across vendors.

Skills

ERP QA leadership

UAT ownership

Education

ISTQB or equivalent

Job description

TMG is assembling the key-personnel team for a prospective multi-year ERP transformation at a U.S. county government: HR, payroll, benefits, finance, budget, procurement and capital assets, moving off a legacy platform. TMG's proposed role is independent: strategy and business case, requirements, ERP vendor and systems-integrator selection, program governance, business readiness and assurance. The selected vendor and SI build, configure, convert and unit-test. Final responsibilities follow the approved statement of work.

The role

Establish independent quality gates and the evidence that business processes, converted data and production readiness meet agreed acceptance criteria, across two integrated test cycles, a regression cycle, three payroll comparison cycles and three mock cutovers. The client keeps acceptance authority; you make sure its decision rests on evidence.

What you will do

• Build requirements traceability and the integration, regression, performance, security and UAT strategies, each with accountable owners.
• Coordinate end-to-end HR/payroll, finance, budget and asset scenarios, including payroll comparisons and conversion reconciliation.
• Manage defect severity, retesting, release criteria and independent evidence review across providers.
• Support mock cutovers, go/no-go recommendations and stabilization-exit evidence.
• Keep assurance separate from implementation self-approval and from the client's release decision.

Commitment and terms

• Mobilizes in Phase 3 (planned late 2027) at 0.30 FTE; 0.75 FTE through build; full-time through end-to-end testing, UAT, mock cutovers and go-live; 0.50 FTE in stabilization.
• This is contract consulting, contingent on contract award, client approval and a mutually agreed engagement. Staffing is phased and start dates are staggered from early 2027; continuous full-time work is not assumed.
• Work is remote for analysis and documentation, with occasional travel to Greensboro, North Carolina, for workshops, design sessions, test starts, rehearsals and cutover. Travel frequency is agreed before you accept.

About The Morganfield Group

The Morganfield Group helps organizations lead complex transformations: enterprise modernization, M&A integration and the recovery of critical programs. Founded in 2013, the firm pairs executive advisory with hands-on delivery leadership, serving executive teams, private-equity operating partners and portfolio companies facing significant change, delivery risk or gaps in transformation leadership. Engagements range from diagnostics and advisory to interim leadership and full program management.

Requirements

• ERP QA/test leadership: test strategy, traceability and end-to-end UAT you owned, with business-owner acceptance.
• Payroll and conversion evidence review, objective defect and reconciliation criteria, and a contested release-readiness decision you supported with evidence.
• ISTQB or similar credentials welcome; public-sector relevance strongly preferred.

How we evaluate

• For each role we compare two relevant projects where available: type and scale, your own authority and deliverables, phases completed, decisions you made and measurable results. Verified delivery evidence, sound independent judgment and practical lifecycle-cost reductions count for more than titles or certification lists.
• Every application is read by a person; there are no automatic cut-offs on years, degrees or certifications.

Independence and consent

You will be asked to disclose current ERP vendor or SI affiliations, referral fees or other financial interests that could bear on independent advice. We assess the actual conflict rather than screening out everyone with prior SI experience. Before any shortlisted candidate is named in a client proposal, TMG obtains explicit written permission and confirms role, availability and commitment. Applying does not authorize proposal inclusion. References are requested separately, with your permission.

Benefits

• Consulting rate agreed individually by role and phase.
• Client-site travel reimbursed at cost under the engagement's pre-approved travel terms.
• Phased commitment with written confirmation of start date, hours by phase and competing commitments.
• Engaged as a TMG employee or TMG subcontractor (individual) under a standard subcontract, confidentiality undertaking and insurance requirements.
• C2C or W2.
• Individual consultants only; no agencies or third-party submissions.
• U.S. work authorization required; no visa sponsorship for this engagement.