Principal Specialist, ERP S4 HANA Project Management Test Lead

Role Description

The Test Lead will develop test strategies, test readiness evaluations, test plans, and test cases to align with program requirements. You will drive teams to execute test activities with various team members and stakeholders, track test progress, track defects and escalate issues. This position will involve developing strategic test approaches, which may include implementation of third-party solutions or tools. The Test Lead will be expected to document and adhere to test management processes and best practices to ensure all tasks, activities, and resources are aligned to meet the overall program and organizational goals.

• Develop comprehensive test strategies and plans.
• Oversee the creation of test cases (automated and manual).
• Coordinate unit, integration, regression and UAT testing phases.
• Define test scope, objectives, and success criteria in collaboration with functional and technical teams.
• Manage test environments, data preparation, and test execution schedules.
• Lead defect triage meetings, ensuring timely resolution and retesting.
• Ensure compliance with SAP best practices and organizational QA standards.
• Provide status reports and metrics to stakeholders and project leadership.
• Collaborate with business users, consultants, and offshore teams to ensure test coverage and readiness.
• Drive test progress to adhere to overall project timeline.
• Resource management and allocation, understanding test team workload, potential resource constraints, and ensure optimal resource utilization throughout the lifecycle of the test phase.
• Proactive risk management: identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor potential risks with real-time alerts for critical issues.
• Communicate expectations and instill accountability in test team members.
• Resolve conflicts, promote work sharing, and motivate teams toward common goals.
• Manage multiple test activities, tasks and resources through effective organization prioritization, and time management practices to meet program objectives.
• Additional responsibilities include documentation, stakeholder communication, and identifying areas for improvement to enhance quality and efficiency of testing activities.
• Ability to travel ~ 25%-50% to other major RTX US sites (ex. Farmington, Richardson, Cedar Rapids, and Charlotte).

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience OR in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with test management tools such as qTest, ALM or similar tools.
• Experience in cross-functional testing coordination across different workstreams, including management of onsite-offshore testing teams and alignment of deliverables.
• Prior involvement in SAP upgrade or implementation projects.
• Experience with multiple methodologies including waterfall and agile Scrum methodology.

Requirements

• Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in a matrix and team environment with ability to collaborate across lines of business process and digital.
• Effectively manage multiple activities concurrently.
• Work productively in a fast-paced, demanding environment (virtually as well as in-person).
• Guide and influence at multiple levels of the organization to include executive leadership.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
• And more!