Integrated Test Manager​/Test PMO Lead – Warehouse Automation & ASRS

Position:
Integrated Test Manager / Test PMO Lead – Warehouse Automation & ASRS

Location:

Spartanburg, South Carolina Duration:
Permanent/ FTE Must Have
-Test PMO leadership + warehouse automation + WMS/WCS/PLC/ASRS/conveyors/sortation integration +SIT/UAT through cutover + go-live/cutover cited Job Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Integrated Test Manager / Test PMO Lead to oversee the end-to-end testing strategy, governance, execution, and go-live readiness for a large-scale warehouse automation, ASRS, and distribution systems implementation. This role will act as the central testing and readiness lead, coordinating across multiple teams and stakeholders to ensure integrated systems are fully tested, business processes are validated, and the site is ready for production deployment.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Test Management, PMO, and Release Management, along with a practical understanding of warehouse automation, ASRS, WMS, WCS, PLC controls, material handling systems, and distribution center operations.

• Own and establish the Integrated Test Strategy, including the master test plan, testing methodology, governance framework, entry/exit criteria, quality gates, and readiness criteria.
• Lead the end-to-end testing lifecycle, including Functional Integration Testing (FIT), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Day-in-the-Life (DIAL), regression, performance testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
• Develop and maintain integrated test schedules, coordinating dependencies across ASRS, conveyors, sortation, automation equipment, WMS, WCS, PLC controls, host systems, interfaces, and supporting technologies.
• Coordinate cross-functional testing activities across warehouse operations, engineering, IT, business teams, system integrators, automation vendors, and technology partners.
• Establish and monitor test readiness gates and acceptance criteria, ensuring clear distinction between equipment commissioning evidence, integrated testing, business acceptance, and final acceptance.
• Oversee test preparation activities including test scenarios, test scripts, test data, environments, regression coverage, business process validation, and operational readiness.
• Lead defect governance and triage, including defect prioritization, root-cause analysis, retesting, resolution tracking, escalation, and closure.
• Ensure end-to-end integration validation across WMS/WCS, PLC controls, ASRS, conveyors, sortation, inventory management, interfaces, host systems, and warehouse operational workflows.
• Coordinate equipment functional, rate/performance, and availability testing in collaboration with automation and engineering teams.
• Drive go-live and release readiness, validating exit criteria, open risks, contingency plans, rollback strategies, business continuity plans, and required executive sign-offs.
• Lead cutover planning and execution, including deployment readiness, command center operations, stakeholder communications, issue management, and hypercare stabilization.
• Establish and maintain PMO governance through test dashboards, RAID logs, defect metrics, test execution status, milestone tracking, readiness assessments, and executive reporting.
• Provide clear and timely communication to senior leadership regarding testing progress, risks, dependencies, issues, decisions, and overall go-live readiness.

• 8 plus years of experience in Test Management, Test PMO, Program/Project Management, Release Management, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience managing large-scale, multi-phase testing programs, including FIT, SIT, UAT, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, test…