Our Calgary based client is seeking an experienced SAP Tester Lead to join their project in September 2026 and will run for 1 year, with possibility of an extension. The ideal candidate should have 8 + years of experience in enterprise testing or quality leadership, including participation in at least one major ERP implementation or transformation, along with strong knowledge of test lifecycle management scope, planning, scheduling, resource coordination, execution governance, reporting, and sign-off support, as well as hands-on expertise with defect management triage, prioritization, ownership, retest planning, metrics, and trend analysis across multiple teams and vendors. This will be a hybrid role with the exact amount of on-site scheduled days to be confirmed.
Key responsibilities:
- 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.
- Ensure 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.
- 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.
- Lead SIT defect triage and prioritization with Tech Lead, functional leads, and vendors; confirm severity/priority and required turnaround.
- Accountable for UAT success and (where applicable) co responsible for execution with the Test Coordinator to ensure business validation of end to end processes.
- Ensure UAT scripts and scenarios reflect business outcomes, roles, and controls; coordinate environments, data, access, and tester readiness.
- Testing or delivery certifications (e.g., ISTQB, PMP, Agile/Scrum) are considered an asset.
