SIT Governance Lead – SAP

Cognizant

Foster City (CA)

Hybrid

USD 96,000 - 150,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant in Foster City, California seeks SIT Governance Lead - SAP to define and govern enterprise testing standards across SIT and UAT for a complex SAP transformation. You will collaborate with stakeholders, tech teams, SIs, MSPs, and partners to ensure readiness and quality.

You will lead readiness reviews, oversee defect lifecycle, establish metrics and reporting, and drive continuous improvement. This role offers hybrid work with three days in an office and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

18+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, User Acceptance Testing, business process testing, SAP application delivery, or related disciplines.
Significant experience in enterprise testing, SIT leadership, or test governance for complex, integrated technology programs.
Strong knowledge of test strategy, requirements traceability, risk-based testing, regression management, defect management, and release-readiness controls.
Experience establishing and governing SIT and UAT standards, readiness checkpoints, quality metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and leadership-level reporting.
Experience with enterprise test management and defect-tracking tools, preferably OpenText ALM and Jira, including repository structure and reporting governance.
Ability to interpret quality data, identify risk signals, challenge incomplete or inconsistent evidence, and communicate clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, decision-framing, communication, and escalation skills.
Experience working across business teams, technology groups, system integrators, managed service providers, and external partners.

Responsibilities

Define and govern SIT and UAT strategies, methodologies, quality standards, test planning practices, governance checkpoints, and readiness criteria across releases and delivery models.
Lead SIT readiness reviews, oversee the closure of conditions, actions, exceptions, and risks, and provide evidence-based quality recommendations for release-readiness and sign-off decisions.
Govern test design standards, requirements-to-test traceability, risk-based coverage, regression suite selection, reusable test assets, test evidence, and test management repository practices.
Define and govern the defect lifecycle, including logging, classification, severity, priority, triage, aging, service-level expectations, root cause analysis, duplicate and invalid defect handling, and deferral controls.
Establish testing metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting standards covering execution progress, test coverage, defects, aging, trends, automation, risks, and overall readiness.
Establish and govern the UAT approach, methodology, test planning standards, execution-readiness criteria, issue-resolution process, and business acceptance reporting.
Coordinate UAT activities across business stakeholders and coach business users to validate end-to-end business processes beyond individual functional requirements.
Partner with delivery teams to improve automation suitability and sustainable regression coverage while maintaining test quality, evidence, and requirements traceability.
Facilitate governance-level defect and quality reviews, escalating unresolved critical defects, overdue actions, decision gaps, and other material testing risks.
Use lessons learned, trend analysis, and recurring control gaps to drive measurable improvements in testing practices and governance effectiveness.

Skills

SIT leadership

Test governance

Test strategy

Requirements traceability

Risk-based testing

Defect management

Release-readiness controls

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Escalation skills

Tools

OpenText ALM

Jira

Job description

About The Role

As an SIT Governance Lead - SAP, you will make an impact by defining and governing enterprise testing standards across System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for a complex SAP transformation program. You will be a valued member of the program delivery team and work collaboratively with business stakeholders, technology teams, system integrators, managed service providers, and external partners.

You will provide evidence-based quality insights that support testing readiness, release decisions, business acceptance, and continuous improvement across the testing lifecycle.

In This Role, You Will

Define and govern enterprise SIT and UAT strategies, methodologies, quality standards, test planning practices, governance checkpoints, and readiness criteria across releases and delivery models.
Lead SIT readiness reviews, oversee the closure of conditions, actions, exceptions, and risks, and provide evidence-based quality recommendations for release-readiness and sign-off decisions.
Govern test design standards, requirements-to-test traceability, risk-based coverage, regression suite selection, reusable test assets, test evidence, and test management repository practices.
Define and govern the defect lifecycle, including logging, classification, severity, priority, triage, aging, service-level expectations, root cause analysis, duplicate and invalid defect handling, and deferral controls.
Establish testing metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting standards covering execution progress, test coverage, defects, aging, trends, automation, risks, and overall readiness.
Establish and govern the UAT approach, methodology, test planning standards, execution-readiness criteria, issue-resolution process, and business acceptance reporting.
Coordinate UAT activities across business stakeholders and coach business users to validate end-to-end business processes beyond individual functional requirements.
Partner with delivery teams to improve automation suitability and sustainable regression coverage while maintaining test quality, evidence, and requirements traceability.
Facilitate governance-level defect and quality reviews, escalating unresolved critical defects, overdue actions, decision gaps, and other material testing risks.
Use lessons learned, trend analysis, and recurring control gaps to drive measurable improvements in testing practices and governance effectiveness.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring three days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Foster City, California. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you are engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered

18+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, User Acceptance Testing, business process testing, SAP application delivery, or related disciplines.
Significant experience in enterprise testing, quality engineering, SIT leadership, or test governance for complex, integrated technology programs.
Strong knowledge oftest strategy, requirements traceability, risk-based testing, test design, regression management, defect management, and release-readiness controls.
Experience establishing and governing SIT and UAT standards, readiness checkpoints, quality metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and leadership-level reporting.
Experience with enterprise test management and defect-tracking tools, preferably OpenText Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Jira, including repository structure and reporting governance.
Ability to interpret quality data, identify risk signals, challenge incomplete or inconsistent evidence, and communicate clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, decision-framing, communication, and escalation skills.
Experience working across business teams, technology groups, system integrators, managed service providers, and external partners.

These will help you stand out

Experience governing testing for a large-scale SAP transformation involving complex integrations and end-to-end business processes.
Experience coordinating business-led testing activities across multiple functions and stakeholder groups.
Knowledge of test automation suitability, regression optimization, reusable test-asset management, and sustainable quality engineering practices.
Relevant certifications in software testing, quality engineering, Agile delivery, project management, or SAP technologies.
Experience presenting testing quality, readiness, defects, and risk insights to program governance and senior leadership forums.

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Salary And Other Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between $95,850 to $150,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

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