Integrated Test Manager - Warehouse Automation / ASRS

Integrated Test Manager – Warehouse Automation / ASRS

Location: Spartanburg, SC
Work Arrangement: 5 Days Onsite
Job Type: Full-Time / Contract
Experience: 5–6+ years relevant Test Management experience

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Integrated Test Manager / Test PMO Lead to lead testing strategy, governance, execution, and go-live readiness for a large-scale warehouse automation and ASRS implementation .

This role will coordinate testing across ASRS, conveyors, sortation, WMS, WCS, PLC controls, material handling equipment, warehouse systems, and business operations .

The ideal candidate has a strong background in Test Management, QA, Business Analysis, PMO, or Release Management and hands-on experience testing warehouse automation / ASRS / MHE systems .

Important: Hands-on warehouse automation, ASRS, MHE, PLC, conveyor, or sortation testing experience is required. WMS QA experience alone is not sufficient.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the integrated test strategy, master test plan, testing methodology, governance, quality gates, and readiness criteria.

• Lead the complete testing lifecycle, including:

  • Functional Integration Testing (FIT)

  • System Integration Testing (SIT)

  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

  • Day-in-the-Life (DIAL)

  • Regression Testing

  • Performance/Throughput Testing

  • Cutover

  • Go-Live

  • Hypercare

• Develop and manage integrated test schedules across automation equipment, WMS/WCS, PLC controls, interfaces, and host systems.

• Coordinate testing across warehouse operations, engineering, IT, business SMEs, system integrators, automation vendors, and technology partners.

• Develop test scenarios, scripts, test data, environments, regression coverage, and business process validation.

• Establish test readiness gates, acceptance criteria, entry/exit criteria, and go-live readiness requirements.

• Ensure testing validates real-world warehouse operational processes.

• Lead defect management and triage, including prioritization, root-cause analysis, retesting, escalation, and closure.

• Coordinate end-to-end integration testing across:

  • ASRS

  • Conveyors

  • Sortation

  • WMS

  • WCS

  • PLC controls

  • Material Handling Equipment (MHE)

  • Inventory systems

  • Interfaces and host systems

• Coordinate equipment functional, rate, throughput, performance, and availability testing with automation and engineering teams.

• Drive cutover and go-live readiness, including risks, dependencies, contingency plans, rollback strategies, business continuity, and executive sign-offs.

• Support command center operations and hypercare stabilization during go-live.

• Maintain PMO governance through test dashboards, RAID logs, defect metrics, milestone tracking, readiness assessments, and executive reporting.

• Communicate testing status, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and readiness to senior leadership.

Required Qualifications

• 5–6+ years of relevant Test Management / QA / Test PMO experience.

• Experience managing large-scale, multi-phase testing programs .

• Hands-on experience with warehouse automation / ASRS / MHE testing — REQUIRED .

• Experience with one or more of:

  • AS/RS

  • Automated material handling systems

  • Conveyors

  • Sortation systems

  • PLC controls

  • Warehouse Control Systems (WCS)

• Strong experience with SIT, UAT, and FIT ; experience with cutover, go-live, and hypercare is highly preferred.

• Experience with test planning, execution, defect management, test reporting, and quality governance.

• Working knowledge of WMS/WCS integration and warehouse automation systems .

• Understanding of distribution center and warehouse operations.

• Experience coordinating system integrators, automation vendors, technology partners, and business stakeholders.

• Strong PMO, risk management, governance, and executive reporting experience.

• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools .

• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

• Ability to work 5 days onsite in Spartanburg, SC .