Senior Technical Specialist

In this role you lead the end-to-end test effort for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementations. You drive the test strategy, planning, execution and governance across all workstreams to ensure a fit-for-purpose and release-ready solution aligned with SAP Activate. You collaborate with programme leadership to manage risks, defects and release readiness, spanning SIT, E2E, UAT, performance and cutover. You work in a senior delivery capacity within a SAP Public Cloud transformation context to shape quality and outcomes.

• Define and own the overall Test Strategy, Master Test Plan and Test Governance Framework aligned to SAP Activate (Explore Realize Deploy Run)
• Establish test scope, criteria, environments, tooling, roles and RACI across all test phases (SIT, E2E, UAT, Regression, Performance, Cutover Rehearsals, Hypercare)
• Align testing with Fit-to-Standard, RICEFW, integration landscape and data migration scope
• Define release-based testing waves in line with the delivery plan
• Manage full test lifecycle: design, data provisioning, execution, defect triage, retest and sign-off
• Coordinate SIT across SAP Public Cloud, SAP BTP integrations, iFlows, APIs, IDocs and third-party systems
• Drive E2E testing aligned to Signavio process levels (L1–L4)
• Facilitate UAT with business stakeholders including readiness, walkthroughs, execution, and sign-off
• Oversee Performance, Security and Regression testing cycles with automated regression
• Manage Cutover mock runs and post go-live Hypercare defect management
• Own the test toolchain: SAP Cloud ALM, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft, Solution Manager (if hybrid), Jira/Azure DevOps for defects
• Drive test automation strategy for regression around quarterly SAP Public Cloud releases
• Ensure traceability from Business Process to Test Case to Defect to Requirement in SAP Cloud ALM
• Chair the Test Governance forum; report status, defect trends, risks and burn-down to Programme SteerCo
• Manage entry/exit gate reviews for each test phase

• Experience with SAP Activate and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud transformations
• Strong test governance and end-to-end test lifecycle management
• Proficiency with SAP Cloud ALM, SAP BTP integrations, and test tooling (Tosca, Worksoft, Jira/Azure DevOps)
• Ability to coordinate SIT, E2E, UAT, performance, cutover testing and hypercare
• Stakeholder management and ability to drive sign-off and release readiness

• stakeholder management
• leadership
• clear communication
• SAP Cloud ALM
• Tricentis Tosca
• Worksoft