
SAP Test Programme Manager
- Auckland
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Do you have a passion for leadership, driving organisational change, developing people to maximise their potential, and helping clients unlock business value through the promise of quality technology?
- Do you thrive working in a dynamic environment with a team of talented people who take pride in delivering great results?
- Do you take pride in sharing ideas and experiences, and collaboratively solving problems while making an impact that matters?
- Build and maintain strong and lasting relationships with clients and vendors through delivery excellence, market eminence, and exceptional thought-leadership.
- Monitor and manage tasks, budgets, and risks across the practice.
- Coach, mentor, and develop high-performing teams through change and continuous improvement.
- Develop high-quality collateral to help clients and senior stakeholders interpret metrics and measures, provide recommendations, and articulate risks and value based on metrics.
- Be empowered to lead client and stakeholder sessions to understand complex challenges, support project team members, and manage stakeholders towards project and programme goals.
- Integrate Deloitte and industry Quality Engineering frameworks to deliver a high standard of quality/testing practices as a part of core capability management.
- Think critically and solve business use case challenges in Testing to provide fit for purpose solutions.
- Strong desire to maintain a high level of continuous learning in the latest processes and methodologies available in market.
- Manage QE resources in the global delivery network
- Delivery excellence and advisory on client engagements in the form testing process optimisations
- You are an experienced Quality Engineering, Software Quality Assurance, or Test Engineering leader and have operated in a similar role to build and grow a Quality/Testing capability.
- You have 5+ years of experience in a QA/QE/Testing leadership capacity and 10+ years of experience in the software testing profession.
- You have extensive experience in managing test programmes or portfolios of work with complex test requirements and expectations.
- You have hands-on experience in leading/managing teams across various testing activities, including manual and automated testing.
- You have excellent test strategy, test planning, and consulting skills.
- You possess exceptional stakeholder engagement and management skills.
- You are experienced with commercial principles and business development.
- You are an excellent and competent communicator - both written and verbal - and can confidently speak to clients and colleagues from Executives to Engineers on the various aspects of quality/testing and engagement delivery models.
- You are experienced with project management methodologies in Waterfall, Agile, and V-Model delivery models.
- You have strong experience with administrating testing toolsets that support the delivery of testing services.
- You have strong experience with both functional and non-functional testing principles and practices, including integration, UAT, performance, API, and database testing.
- You are experienced running test cycles using Agile methodology and tools.
- You're experienced at attracting, developing, retaining, and motivating top software testing talent and automation engineers.
- Experience with end-to-end SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC) & Employee Central Payroll (ECP) implementations is highly desirable
- Experience with SuccessFactors Learning & Development, Onboarding and Recruitment is highly desireable
- Experience with SAP HR/HCM and driving end to end Test Strategies and execution to ensure seamless transition to S/4 Hana systems for clients
- Experience in managaging end-to-end testing lifecycles, unit, integration, system, UAT, Regression, Parallel Payroll testing
- Experience with API / integration testing
- Experience with test environment management
- Expertise in test management tools (HP ALM / QC / JIRA, Solution Manager, etc)
- Deep understanding of HR business processes and compliance / regulatory requirements (Holidays Act)
- A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Project Management, or another related field, or equivalent work experience
- Flexible work arrangements - work in a way that suits you, us and our clients best
- Subsidised professional qualifications and paid professional memberships
- Subsidised health insurance
- Income protection insurance
- 22 days annual leave
- Social events, social sports teams, and monthly firm drinks
- A focus on wellness and well-being
- Community focused volunteer days
- A focus on the environment and sustainability
- Plus much more