[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Tata Consultancy Services jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/tata-consultancy-services/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Tata Consultancy Services · Melbourne # SAP Test Director Melbourne Director Executive & Management Last seen on Tata Consultancy Services’s official careers site on August 1, 2026; it may have closed since. [Apply on Tata Consultancy Services’s careers site →](https://ibegin.tcsapps.com/candidate/jobs/412107J) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Tata Consultancy Services](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/tata-consultancy-services/) / SAP Test Director ## Job description ### Key Responsibilities - Test Strategy & Governance - Define and own the overall SAP test strategy, approach, and roadmap across the program lifecycle. - Establish test governance frameworks, standards, entry/exit criteria, defect management, and quality metrics. - Ensure testing aligns with SAP Activate, enterprise SDLC, and regulatory/compliance requirements. - Provide executive-level reporting on test progress, quality risks, and release readiness. - End-to-End SAP Testing Leadership ### Lead testing across all phases, including - Unit & Functional Testing - System Integration Testing (SIT) - End-to-End Process Testing - User Acceptance Testing (UAT) - Regression Testing - Cutover & Production Readiness Testing - Ensure end-to-end business process validation across SAP modules and integrated systems. - Validate data migration, interfaces, security roles, workflows, and reporting as part of integrated testing. - SAP S/4HANA Program Delivery - Provide testing leadership for: - Greenfield, brownfield, or hybrid S/4HANA programs o ECC to S/4HANA conversions and selective data transitions - Ensure fit-to-standard testing approaches with appropriate coverage for SAP best practices. - Coordinate testing across SAP core, SAP BTP, and non-SAP systems. - UAT & Business Engagement - Own and drive UAT planning and execution, ensuring business readiness and acceptance. - Work with business SMEs to: - Define test scenarios and acceptance criteria - Prepare test data and environments - Manage UAT execution and defect triage - Ensure UAT outcomes support go/no-go decisions. - Defect & Quality Management - Establish defect management processes, severity models, and resolution SLAs. - Lead defect triage forums with functional, technical, and integration teams. - Ensure root cause analysis is performed for critical and recurring defects. - Drive quality improvements and prevent defect leakage into production. - Test Automation & Tooling - Define the test automation strategy for SAP (where applicable). - Oversee use of SAP and third-party tools such as: o SAP Solution Manager / Cloud ALM o Test automation tools (e.g. Tricentis, Worksoft, similar) - Balance manual vs automated testing based on risk, value, and program maturity. - Environment, Data & Release Readiness - Coordinate test environment planning, refresh cycles, and data availability. - Ensure test data supports realistic business scenarios and compliance needs. ### Lead production readiness assessments, including - Open defect position - Regression coverage - Business sign-off - Cutover rehearsal outcomes ________________________________________ Required ### Core Experience - 15+ years of testing experience with 5+ years in Test Director level. - Extensive experience leading testing for large SAP programs, ideally SAP S/4HANA. - Proven experience managing testing across multiple workstreams, vendors, and geographies. SAP Knowledge ### Strong understanding of SAP landscapes, including - o SAP S/4HANA (Finance and/or Logistics) o SAP ECC (legacy environments) o SAP Fiori, security roles, and authorisations ### End-to-end process knowledge across key SAP streams - Finance (RTR) - Procure-to-Pay (P2P) - Order-to-Cash (O2C) - Plan-to-Produce (as applicable) Integration & Data Testing ### Experience testing - o SAP-to-SAP and SAP-to-non-SAP integrations - Interfaces (APIs, IDocs, middleware) - Data migration and reconciliation - Understanding of reporting and analytics validation. ________________________________________ Leadership & Stakeholder Skills - Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills. - Ability to influence senior business and IT leaders on quality and risk decisions. - Calm, structured approach to managing high-pressure go-live timelines. - Proven capability to lead large, multi-vendor test teams. ________________________________________ Qualifications (Preferred) - Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience. ### Certifications (desirable) - o ISTQB (Advanced / Test Manager) o SAP S/4HANA (any module) o SAP Activate or Agile/SAFe certifications