Role Overview
The SAP Test Director leads the end‑to‑end testing strategy, governance, and execution across large‑scale SAP programs, including S/4HANA transformations, upgrades, rollouts, and AMS engagements. The role ensures delivery quality, risk mitigation, and business readiness across complex, integrated SAP landscapes.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own SAP testing strategy, governance framework, KPIs, and quality standards
- Act as the single point of accountability for testing across SAP programs
- Partner with Business, IT, System Integrators, PMOs, and vendors
- Lead all testing phases including SIT, UAT, regression, cutover, and hypercare validation
- Govern defect triage, prioritisation, and resolution processes
- Build and lead onshore/offshore test teams and manage vendor performance
- Drive enterprise‑scale test automation and tooling strategy
- Identify testing risks early and implement mitigation plans
- Ensure coverage across integration, data migration, security, performance, and compliance testing
Skills & Experience
Mandatory
- 12+ years of SAP Testing and QA experience
- Proven experience as SAP Test Director or Test Programme Lead
- Strong knowledge of S/4HANA and ECC, including FI/CO, MM, SD, HCM
- Experience delivering S/4HANA transformations or major upgrades
- Excellent stakeholder and executive communication skills
Desirable
- SAP Activate and Agile/Hybrid delivery experience
- Industry exposure (Banking, Utilities, Retail, Manufacturing, Public Sector)
- Large‑scale test automation leadership
- Tier‑1 System Integrator experience
Tools & Technologies
SAP S/4HANA / ECC | Tricentis Tosca / CBTA / Worksoft | SAP Solution Manager / Focused Build | ALM | Jira | Azure DevOps
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field | ISTQB/TMMi (preferred) | SAP certification (advantage)
Success Measures
- Reduced defect leakage
- On‑time test delivery
- Business UAT sign‑off
- Stable go‑live and hypercare outcomes
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