Senior Manager, Testing – Cutover

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global testing strategy for complex SAP S/4
  
  HANA releases, non‑SAP ERP implementations, and transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment to program objectives, milestones, and go‑live readiness.
• Lead global, cross‑functional teams across business, IT, quality, compliance, data, security, and deployment to drive integrated test planning, execution, issue resolution, and release readiness across ERP and Dev Ops work streams.
• Establish and govern enterprise‑wide testing standards, methodologies, and controls, including scope management, entry and exit criteria, traceability, defect management, phase‑gate approvals, and auditable evidence.
• Own end‑to‑end test planning and execution across integration, end‑to‑end, business simulation, system integration, user acceptance, regression, and non‑functional testing.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and oversee the implementation and maintenance of test automation frameworks.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage across SAP S/4
  
  HANA, non‑SAP ERP platforms, connected systems, interfaces, data migration, reporting, and cross‑system business processes.
• Build and develop a high‑performing global testing organization by defining the operating model, resource needs, and ways of working to support multiple releases.
• Drive test automation and quality engineering strategies to improve speed, coverage, repeatability, and control across business‑critical processes.
• Leverage AI‑enabled tools, automation, and analytics to improve test design, scripting, defect triage, root‑cause analysis, risk identification, trend monitoring, and KPI‑based decision‑making.
• Partner with technology and functional teams to implement scalable testing tools, automation frameworks, and reporting solutions that enhance efficiency, traceability, and auditability.
• Establish testing KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting to provide clear visibility into readiness, defect trends, risk exposure, coverage, automation effectiveness, and release status.
• Identify and manage testing risks, issues, dependencies, and change impacts, escalating critical decisions and remediation actions as needed.
• Ensure testing activities and deliverables comply with SDLC, validation, quality, and regulatory requirements, supported by complete documentation and auditable evidence.
• Partner with cutover, deployment, and business readiness leaders to ensure testing outcomes support operational readiness, transition planning, and successful go‑live execution.
• Drive continuous improvement by standardizing best practices, incorporating lessons learned, and advancing automation, AI‑enabled insights, and quality engineering across future releases.

• 8-10 years of experience leading testing, validation, release, or deployment activities within large‑scale ERP or enterprise transformation programs, including significant SAP environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading end‑to‑end testing for complex SAP S/4
  
  HANA releases, non‑SAP ERP implementations, or major enhancements across multiple work streams, regions, and integrated systems.
• Proven experience defining and governing global testing strategies, methodologies, controls, and entry/exit criteria across integration, end‑to‑end, business simulation, user acceptance, regression, and non‑functional testing.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, test lifecycle management, defect management, release governance, and stage‑gate readiness practices in large, matrixed programs.
• Demonstrated leadership of global, cross‑functional teams across business, IT, quality, compliance, security, data, and deployment functions.
• Experience managing testing across integrated business processes, interfaces, data migration, reporting, and connected applications.
• Hands‑on experience implementing or scaling test management, defect tracking, workflow, and reporting processes using enterprise tools such as Jira and related testing platforms.
• Demonstrated experience driving test automation strategy and adoption, including automated scripting, regression coverage, and repeatable execution aligned to business‑critical processes.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI‑enabled tools,…