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SAP – Test Lead Job Type: Contract Contract Duration: 12 months Location: Calgary
Your New Company The SAP Test Lead is accountable for defining and governing the end to end test strategy, plan, execution, and reporting for SAP S/4HANA and integrated solutions within the SAP Plus Program. The role ensures testing is risk-based, traceable to requirements, and executed with consistent quality across system, integration, data migration MOCK, regression, performance (as applicable), and user acceptance testing.
This role leads the test team and coordinates with System Integrator, Functional, Technical, Data and Analytics teams to ensure environments, test data, defect management, and go-live readiness are managed effectively, enabling a stable cutover and day-one operations.
Your New Role Top 3 outcomes Updated, Approved, and Executed Test and Quality Plan in support of the Integrated Master Test Plan covering SAP S/4HANA and all in-scope integrations Reduced delivery risk through measurable quality gates (coverage, pass rates, defect management, and readiness criteria) enabling confident progress to next stage and final go-live decisions Business adoption and operational readiness supported by successful UAT, rehearsal (cutover) validation, and transition-to-support validation What You Need to Do Define and maintain the end-to-end testing strategy, approach, scope, cycles, and deliverables across Sprint testing, SIT, UAT, and Regression. Set standards for traceability (requirements to test), test evidence, reporting, and quality metrics; ensure consistency across workstreams and vendors. Own the integrated test plan and testing governance cadence (status, risks/issues, decisions), aligned to program milestones and release plans. Set expectations and minimum standards for developer/BA unit testing (including evidence and defect logging) and ensure alignment across teams. Ensure unit test results, defects, and risks are communicated in a timely manner and rolled up into integrated quality reporting. Define (with PM and stakeholders) the test entrance/exit criteria for each phase and ensure criteria are measurable and evidenced. Provide governance input on readiness (environments, data, scope stability, access) and identify gaps/risks requiring resolution before progression. Own the SIT approach and outcomes, ensuring test scripts/scenarios, schedules, and resourcing enable end-to-end coverage of business processes and integrations. Own SIT reporting (progress, pass rates, coverage, defects, quality risks) and escalate issues impacting timelines or release readiness. Lead SIT defect triage and prioritization with Tech Lead, functional leads, and vendors; confirm severity/priority and required turnaround. Ensure clear ownership, timely resolution, and retest planning; track trends and systemic issues and drive root-cause focus where needed. Validate evidence of completion against exit criteria (including defect thresholds, coverage, and outstanding risk acceptance) and recommend go/no-go. Accountable for UAT success and (where applicable) co-responsible for execution with the Test Coordinator to ensure business validation of end-to-end processes. Manage UAT defect intake, triage, reporting, and escalation; ensure defects impacting adoption/readiness are resolved or formally risk-accepted. Ensure visibility of UAT defect burn-down and readiness risk to PM and business leadership. Provide UAT completion status, defect summaries, and residual risk assessment to the Business Lead to support formal UAT sign-off. Support regression execution planning, sequencing, and reporting to ensure repeatable validation of critical end-to-end processes across releases.
What You'll Need to Succeed: Expertise Proven experience leading end-to-end testing for large, integrated enterprise programs (SIT, UAT, Regression; performance testing support as applicable). Strong knowledge of test lifecycle management: scope, planning, scheduling, resource coordination, execution governance, reporting, and sign-off support. Hands-on expertise with defect management (triage, prioritization, ownership, retest planning, metrics, and trend analysis) across multiple teams and vendors.
SAP S/4HANA & Clean Core Awareness Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA solution components and common integration patterns (interfaces, middleware, data replication), sufficient to drive effective SIT/UAT coverage. Understanding of fit-to-standard and clean core principles and how extension choices (BTP/side-by-side, custom code, configuration) affect test scope, regression, and upgradeability. Familiarity with SAP delivery artifacts (process design, configuration rationale, transport strategy) and how they translate into test design and evidence.
Test Governance & Delivery Skills Demonstrated ability to establish test governance (cadence, RAID management, decisioning, quality metrics) and operate within stage-gate frameworks. Experience defining and managing entrance/exit criteria, quality gates, and evidence requirements aligned to program readiness and cutover milestones. Skilled in developing risk-based test coverage and ensuring traceability from requirements/processes to scenarios and outcomes. Comfort working with and holding accountable system integrators and vendors for test deliverables, execution discipline, and timely defect resolution.
Education & Experience University degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline (or equivalent experience). 8+ years experience in enterprise testing / quality leadership, including participation in at least one major ERP implementation or transformation. Testing or delivery certifications (e.g., ISTQB, PMP, Agile/Scrum) are considered an asset.
What You'll Get in Return: You will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals in a dynamic and supportive environment. Client is offering competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a significant impact on our clients' success.
What You Need to Do Now: If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
This posting is for an existing vacancy with the organization. AI may be used to screen, assess or select applicants for the position.
About Hays
We are leaders in specialist recruitment and workforce solutions, offering advisory services such as learning and skill development, career transitions and employer brand positioning.
As the Leadership Partner to our customers, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. We help you achieve your career goals and deliver your business needs by combining meaningful innovation with our global scale and insights.
Last year we helped over 280,000 people find their next career. Join the millions of people around the world that our specialist recruitment consultants provide with up-to-date information on career options, interesting insights and specific industry trends.
We help our customers define and implement strategies to create inclusive and equitable workplaces. Through harnessing and analysing data, we support business decision making and advise on how to access Talent Networks. We also assist in identifying attractive employer propositions by truly understanding a company’s identity, and support clients with all aspects of their Early Careers proposition, from strategic planning through to operational execution.
Hays is the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The c.12,800 people we employ around the world partner with clients and candidates to power the world of work. Every day our expert consultants help thousands of candidates find their next role, and they also help clients reshape workforces and deal with talent shortages. In the year to 30 June 2021, we placed 77,000 people in permanent jobs and 244,000 people into temporary roles. For more information about our global network, strategy and Group financial results, visit www.haysplc.com
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SAP – Test Lead Job Type: Contract Contract Duration: 12 months Location: Calgary
Your New Company The SAP Test Lead is accountable for defining and governing the end to end test strategy, plan, execution, and reporting for SAP S/4HANA and integrated solutions within the SAP Plus Program. The role ensures testing is risk-based, traceable to requirements, and executed with consistent quality across system, integration, data migration MOCK, regression, performance (as applicable), and user acceptance testing.
This role leads the test team and coordinates with System Integrator, Functional, Technical, Data and Analytics teams to ensure environments, test data, defect management, and go-live readiness are managed effectively, enabling a stable cutover and day-one operations.
Your New Role Top 3 outcomes Updated, Approved, and Executed Test and Quality Plan in support of the Integrated Master Test Plan covering SAP S/4HANA and all in-scope integrations Reduced delivery risk through measurable quality gates (coverage, pass rates, defect management, and readiness criteria) enabling confident progress to next stage and final go-live decisions Business adoption and operational readiness supported by successful UAT, rehearsal (cutover) validation, and transition-to-support validation What You Need to Do Define and maintain the end-to-end testing strategy, approach, scope, cycles, and deliverables across Sprint testing, SIT, UAT, and Regression. Set standards for traceability (requirements to test), test evidence, reporting, and quality metrics; ensure consistency across workstreams and vendors. Own the integrated test plan and testing governance cadence (status, risks/issues, decisions), aligned to program milestones and release plans. Set expectations and minimum standards for developer/BA unit testing (including evidence and defect logging) and ensure alignment across teams. Ensure unit test results, defects, and risks are communicated in a timely manner and rolled up into integrated quality reporting. Define (with PM and stakeholders) the test entrance/exit criteria for each phase and ensure criteria are measurable and evidenced. Provide governance input on readiness (environments, data, scope stability, access) and identify gaps/risks requiring resolution before progression. Own the SIT approach and outcomes, ensuring test scripts/scenarios, schedules, and resourcing enable end-to-end coverage of business processes and integrations. Own SIT reporting (progress, pass rates, coverage, defects, quality risks) and escalate issues impacting timelines or release readiness. Lead SIT defect triage and prioritization with Tech Lead, functional leads, and vendors; confirm severity/priority and required turnaround. Ensure clear ownership, timely resolution, and retest planning; track trends and systemic issues and drive root-cause focus where needed. Validate evidence of completion against exit criteria (including defect thresholds, coverage, and outstanding risk acceptance) and recommend go/no-go. Accountable for UAT success and (where applicable) co-responsible for execution with the Test Coordinator to ensure business validation of end-to-end processes. Manage UAT defect intake, triage, reporting, and escalation; ensure defects impacting adoption/readiness are resolved or formally risk-accepted. Ensure visibility of UAT defect burn-down and readiness risk to PM and business leadership. Provide UAT completion status, defect summaries, and residual risk assessment to the Business Lead to support formal UAT sign-off. Support regression execution planning, sequencing, and reporting to ensure repeatable validation of critical end-to-end processes across releases.
What You'll Need to Succeed: Expertise Proven experience leading end-to-end testing for large, integrated enterprise programs (SIT, UAT, Regression; performance testing support as applicable). Strong knowledge of test lifecycle management: scope, planning, scheduling, resource coordination, execution governance, reporting, and sign-off support. Hands-on expertise with defect management (triage, prioritization, ownership, retest planning, metrics, and trend analysis) across multiple teams and vendors.
SAP S/4HANA & Clean Core Awareness Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA solution components and common integration patterns (interfaces, middleware, data replication), sufficient to drive effective SIT/UAT coverage. Understanding of fit-to-standard and clean core principles and how extension choices (BTP/side-by-side, custom code, configuration) affect test scope, regression, and upgradeability. Familiarity with SAP delivery artifacts (process design, configuration rationale, transport strategy) and how they translate into test design and evidence.
Test Governance & Delivery Skills Demonstrated ability to establish test governance (cadence, RAID management, decisioning, quality metrics) and operate within stage-gate frameworks. Experience defining and managing entrance/exit criteria, quality gates, and evidence requirements aligned to program readiness and cutover milestones. Skilled in developing risk-based test coverage and ensuring traceability from requirements/processes to scenarios and outcomes. Comfort working with and holding accountable system integrators and vendors for test deliverables, execution discipline, and timely defect resolution.
Education & Experience University degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline (or equivalent experience). 8+ years experience in enterprise testing / quality leadership, including participation in at least one major ERP implementation or transformation. Testing or delivery certifications (e.g., ISTQB, PMP, Agile/Scrum) are considered an asset.
What You'll Get in Return: You will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals in a dynamic and supportive environment. Client is offering competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a significant impact on our clients' success.
What You Need to Do Now: If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
This posting is for an existing vacancy with the organization. AI may be used to screen, assess or select applicants for the position.
About Hays
We are leaders in specialist recruitment and workforce solutions, offering advisory services such as learning and skill development, career transitions and employer brand positioning.
As the Leadership Partner to our customers, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. We help you achieve your career goals and deliver your business needs by combining meaningful innovation with our global scale and insights.
Last year we helped over 280,000 people find their next career. Join the millions of people around the world that our specialist recruitment consultants provide with up-to-date information on career options, interesting insights and specific industry trends.
We help our customers define and implement strategies to create inclusive and equitable workplaces. Through harnessing and analysing data, we support business decision making and advise on how to access Talent Networks. We also assist in identifying attractive employer propositions by truly understanding a company’s identity, and support clients with all aspects of their Early Careers proposition, from strategic planning through to operational execution.
Hays is the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The c.12,800 people we employ around the world partner with clients and candidates to power the world of work. Every day our expert consultants help thousands of candidates find their next role, and they also help clients reshape workforces and deal with talent shortages. In the year to 30 June 2021, we placed 77,000 people in permanent jobs and 244,000 people into temporary roles. For more information about our global network, strategy and Group financial results, visit www.haysplc.com