Key responsibilities
include:
· Plan, lead and deliver testing activities across
Corporate/Business Systems BAU testing and support related projects,
particularly SAP/ERP systems.
· Identify testing delivery requirements including scoping and
estimation for the allocated program/project.
· Test planning and preparation for BAU testing and associated minor
change projects.
· Lead and coordinate all phases of BAU testing, working closely
with technical, system support vendors and business teams.
· Oversee and quality assurance of vendor performed testing
activities/artefacts.
· Deliver required testing activities as per the agreed test
plans
· Provide advisory support and guidance to the BAU technical and
business teams
· Coordinate UAT phase and provide required support to the users in
UAT.
· Capture BAU testing metrics and provide test KPIs report
· Ensure testing artefacts and assets are baselined and maintained
in the centralised repository for reusability, auditing and compliance
purposes.
· Identify and recommend test process improvement actions.
Experience, skills, and qualifications:
· 8 years of testing experience with 3+ years test lead experience,
particularly within the SAP/ERP domain.
· Experience in leading and delivery of testing within BAU change
testing.
· Demonstrated experience in development of test strategies and
plans
· Proven
skills in test planning, estimation, resources forecasting and planning.
· Ability to effectively communicate, build relationships and
influence a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation including
external vendors.
· Experience in supporting and leading system, SIT and UAT
testing phases working closely with technical, vendor and business teams
· Test & defect management, coordination and reporting
experience.
· Ability to identify and manage test environments and data
requirements.
· Demonstrated experience in stakeholder communication and
reporting, including testing KPIs and status reporting.
· Skills and experience to review, evaluate and assess quality of
testing artefacts and outputs, and provide independent assessment and
recommendations.
· Experience in defining, collecting and reporting test metrics and
KPIs
· Ability to identify and manage dependencies, risks and issues, and
effectively manage and communicate them across both the internal and external
teams
· Experience in various testing methodologies such as V -model and
Agile
· Knowledge in System development lifecycle processes and the
industry testing standards – IEEE 1012/29119, TMMi.
· Experience and skills in testing tools, particularly with
Microfocus Application Life Cycle Management for test and defect
management
· Ability to effectively communicate, engage and build stakeholder
relationships
· Experience in development of action plans and providing
independent recommendations to improve overall testing process and
outcomes.
Tertiary qualification in
IT related discipline, preferably with formal training and certification in the
testing/test management.