SAP S4 Hana Test Manager

Salary: £49,000 - 89,000 per year

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years experience leading ERP or SAP testing activities.
• Strong SAP functional knowledge, with the ability to undertake code reviews and triage defects.
• Proven experience as a Test Manager on large-scale SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of SAP testing methodologies and quality assurance frameworks.
• Experience defining and delivering enterprise-wide testing strategies.
• Experience managing testing across multiple workstreams and suppliers.
• Strong understanding of System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Data Migration Testing, End-to-End Process Testing, Defect Management, and Release & Deployment Readiness.
• Experience managing large business testing communities and stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication, governance, and reporting skills.
• SAP Activate methodology experience is preferred.
• Experience with SAP Solution Manager or SAP Cloud ALM is preferred.
• Experience with test automation tools such as Tricentis Tosca is preferred.
• Experience working with major Systems Integrators is preferred.
• Experience supporting complex SAP integration landscapes is preferred.
• Experience managing test teams of 20+ resources and coordinating 100+ business testers is preferred.
• Demonstrable SAP functional knowledge, including previous experience as a functional consultant or build manager, is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Exceptional planning, organisation, and coordination skills.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capability.
• Confidence engaging with Project Directors, Business Leads, and System Integrators.
• Ability to challenge effectively while maintaining collaborative relationships.
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and quality-driven approach.
• Comfort operating within complex, highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement our overall project testing strategy and governance framework.
• Establish our testing standards, tools, processes, and quality controls.
• Define test entry and exit criteria, success measures, and readiness assessments.
• Ensure our testing activities align with project milestones, deployment plans, and governance requirements.
• Report testing progress, risks, defects, and readiness status to project leadership and steering committees.
• Develop and maintain integrated test plans covering all project workstreams.
• Coordinate testing activities across business, functional, technical, and third-party delivery teams.
• Manage test schedules, resources, environments, and dependencies.
• Ensure adequate test coverage across business processes, interfaces, and controls.
• Oversee execution of all testing phases and ensure timely resolution of defects and issues.
• Lead testing activities across system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), business process validation, data migration testing, security and role testing, regression testing, performance testing, operational readiness testing, cutover and dress rehearsals, and go-live readiness assessments.
• Provide test leadership across SAP Finance, Governance, Risk & Compliance, and Procurement & Supply Chain capability areas.
• Lead end-to-end integration testing across SAP and non-SAP applications.
• Coordinate testing of interfaces, middleware, and third-party solutions.
• Ensure successful validation of data migration activities and reconciliation processes.
• Support defect triage and resolution across complex integrated landscapes.
• Establish and manage defect management processes.
• Lead defect review and prioritisation forums.
• Monitor quality metrics and testing KPIs.
• Assess business and project risks associated with testing outcomes.
• Provide recommendations regarding deployment and release readiness.
• Work closely with project leadership, business process owners, solution architects, system integrators, and deployment teams to provide governance, leadership, and assurance across all phases of testing.

Technologies:

• Cloud
• ERP
• Support
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP
• Security
• Tosca

More:

We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Test Manager to lead all testing and quality assurance activities across a major SAP S/4HANA transformation project. This role is inside IR35 and requires 2 to 3 days per week onsite. We require SC Clearance or previous SC, and the successful candidate must be British born. You will work closely with project leadership, business process owners, solution architects, system integrators, and deployment teams to provide governance, leadership, and assurance across all phases of testing. The role requires strong SAP functional expertise, hands-on leadership, and the ability to manage large testing communities across a complex, integrated SAP landscape.

last updated 33 week of 2026