Oracle ERP Test Lead

Position: Oracle ERP Test Lead

Location: Remote

Automotive or Manufacturing background is required

Job Overview

The Oracle ERP Test Lead is responsible for leading end-to-end testing activities across Oracle ERP implementations, upgrades, migrations, and integrations. This role oversees test strategy, planning, execution, defect management, and quality assurance across Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and/or Oracle E-Business Suite environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall testing strategy and test management for Oracle ERP implementations, upgrades, and transformation programs.
• Develop comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and execution schedules.
• Coordinate testing across Oracle Financials, SCM, Procurement, Manufacturing, HCM, Projects, and other integrated modules.
• Lead System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Regression Testing, End-to-End Testing, Smoke Testing, and Performance Testing.
• Validate Oracle ERP business processes, configurations, workflows, reports, interfaces, integrations, and data flows.
• Coordinate with functional consultants, technical teams, business stakeholders, developers, integration teams, and external vendors.
• Manage test environments, test data, testing dependencies, and readiness activities.
• Review and validate test cases to ensure adequate coverage of business requirements and solution designs.
• Lead defect identification, triage, prioritization, root-cause analysis, resolution tracking, and closure.
• Monitor testing progress, quality metrics, defect trends, risks, issues, and overall test readiness.
• Establish entry and exit criteria for each testing phase and provide go/no-go recommendations.
• Coordinate UAT activities with business users and ensure successful completion and sign-off.
• Validate integrations between Oracle ERP and third-party applications, legacy systems, middleware, banking platforms, tax systems, and reporting solutions.
• Support data migration testing, reconciliation, conversion validation, and post-migration verification.
• Ensure testing coverage for Oracle quarterly updates, patches, enhancements, and production releases.
• Lead regression testing and impact analysis for Oracle ERP changes and new functionality.
• Prepare testing status reports, dashboards, defect reports, executive summaries, and quality metrics.
• Support cutover, deployment, hypercare, and post-production validation activities.
• Establish testing standards, methodologies, templates, and quality assurance processes across the Oracle ERP program.
• Identify testing risks and recommend mitigation strategies to ensure successful project delivery.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in ERP testing, with significant experience testing Oracle ERP solutions.
• Strong experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and/or Oracle E-Business Suite.
• Hands-on experience leading SIT, UAT, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Strong understanding of Oracle ERP business processes and cross-module integrations.
• Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Experience with defect management and test management tools such as Jira, ALM, Quality Center, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience coordinating testing across large-scale ERP transformation programs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience working with distributed teams, business users, system integrators, and technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle Cloud implementation, Oracle EBS upgrades, or ERP modernization programs.
• Experience with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), APIs, web services, and third-party integrations.
• Experience with Oracle data migration and reconciliation testing.
• Knowledge of automated testing tools and frameworks for Oracle applications.
• Experience supporting Oracle quarterly release testing.
• Oracle certifications in relevant functional or technical areas are preferred.
• Experience in large enterprise, public-sector, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, or supply-chain environments is a plus.