SAP Test Lead

Sapear Inc; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapear Inc. seeks an experienced SAP Test Lead to own end-to-end testing for a large SAP implementation. The role requires coordinating business, technical, vendor, and consulting teams across SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing.

Responsibilities include defining strategy, planning, test execution, defect management, and reporting progress to executives. Onsite presence in Tampa, FL, four days a week is expected, with a focus on go-live readiness and stabilization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP and/or enterprise application testing experience.
• Experience as SAP Test Lead, Test Manager, or QA Lead on large implementations.
• Strong SAP testing methodologies and lifecycle knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the SAP testing strategy, test plan, schedule, scope, and execution approach.
• Lead SIT, UAT, regression, end-to-end, and performance testing activities.
• Coordinate testing across SAP modules, interfaces, data conversions, and downstream/upstream applications.
• Define test scenarios, test cases, scripts, entry/exit criteria, and traceability to business requirements.
• Manage testing dependencies across functional, technical, integration, data, and business teams.
• Lead defect triage, prioritization, remediation, retesting, and closure.
• Partner with SAP leads, developers, integration teams, business SMEs, and vendors.
• Track testing progress, defects, risks, issues, and readiness metrics; report to leadership.
• Coordinate test data preparation and environments for each cycle.
• Drive UAT planning and execution with business stakeholders.

Skills

SAP testing leadership

End-to-end testing

SIT/UAT testing

Defect management

Test strategy

Cross-team coordination

Performance testing

Data migration testing

Education

PMP certification

SAP S/4HANA certification

Tools

SAP Cloud ALM

SAP Solution Manager

Tricentis Tosca

Worksoft

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Position : SAP Test Lead (Contract)

Location : Tampa Florida 4 Days a week onsite

Candidates must have Utility Experience

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced SAP Test Lead to lead end-to-end testing activities for a large-scale SAP implementation and transformation program. This role will own test strategy, planning, coordination, execution, defect management, and reporting across SAP functional areas and integrated enterprise applications. The ideal candidate combines strong SAP knowledge with hands‑on test leadership experience and the ability to coordinate business, technical, vendor, and consulting teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the overall SAP testing strategy, test plan, schedule, scope, and execution approach.
• Lead System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression, end-to-end, and performance testing activities.
• Coordinate testing across SAP modules, interfaces, integrations, data conversions, and downstream/upstream applications.
• Define test scenarios, test cases, scripts, entry/exit criteria, and traceability to business requirements.
• Manage testing dependencies across functional, technical, integration, data, and business teams.
• Lead defect triage, prioritization, tracking, remediation, retesting, and closure.
• Partner with SAP functional leads, developers, integration teams, business SMEs, project leadership, and third‑party consulting partners.
• Track testing progress, defects, risks, issues, and readiness metrics; provide clear reporting to program and executive leadership.
• Coordinate test data preparation and ensure appropriate environments are available for each testing cycle.
• Drive UAT planning and execution with business stakeholders, including tester readiness, scheduling, training, and sign-off.
• Identify testing risks and dependencies early and develop appropriate mitigation plans.
• Ensure testing activities align with program governance, quality standards, change management, and release schedules.
• Support cutover, go‑live readiness, production validation, and post- implementation stabilization.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP and/or enterprise application testing experience, including significant experience leading complex testing programs.
• Demonstrated experience as an SAP Test Lead, Test Manager, or QA Lead on large-scale SAP implementations or transformations.
• Strong understanding of SAP testing methodologies and the complete implementation lifecycle.
• Experience leading SIT, UAT, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Strong knowledge of defect management, test execution, requirements traceability, and quality metrics.
• Experience coordinating testing across SAP and non‑SAP integrations in complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, dependencies and deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business leaders and external consulting partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations or migrations.
• Utility industry experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with tools such as SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, Tricentis
• Tosca, Worksoft, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar testing/defect management platforms.
• Familiarity with SAP data migration, interfaces, APIs, middleware and integration testing.
• Experience supporting large enterprise programs involving multiple systems integrators or consulting partners.
• SAP, Agile, PMP, or testing/QA certifications are a plus.

Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be a hands‑on test leader who can establish structure across a complex SAP program, hold multiple teams accountable for testing deliverables, identify risks before they affect the schedule, and provide leadership with a clear view of quality, defects, testing progress and go‑live readiness.

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