Tricentis Testing Lead – SAP S/4HANA

Location: UAE
Contract: Freelance / Contract
Start: ASAP
Duration: Long-term
Project: SAP S/4HANA Transformation

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Tricentis Testing Lead to join a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation programme in the UAE.

The successful candidate will take ownership of the testing strategy and delivery across the programme, with a particular focus on Tricentis Tosca automation, SAP testing and end-to-end business process validation.

This is a hands-on leadership role, working closely with the SAP programme team, functional workstreams, business stakeholders and systems integration partner.

Key Responsibilities

Own and lead the overall SAP testing strategy and approach across the S/4HANA programme.
Lead the implementation and use of Tricentis Tosca for automated testing.
Define and manage SIT, UAT, regression and end-to-end testing cycles.
Develop automation strategies covering SAP S/4HANA and integrated applications.
Work closely with SAP functional leads to identify and prioritise automation opportunities.
Manage test planning, execution, defect management and reporting.
Coordinate testing activities across multiple workstreams, teams and locations.
Establish testing standards, governance, processes and quality controls.
Work with the SI and business teams to ensure testing milestones are achieved.
Support test data and environment planning.
Provide regular reporting on testing progress, risks, defects and overall readiness.
Lead and mentor testing and automation resources.

Experience Required

Strong experience leading testing on SAP S/4HANA programmes.
Significant hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca.
Proven experience developing and implementing test automation frameworks.
Experience across large-scale SAP transformation or rollout programmes.
Strong understanding of SAP end-to-end business processes and integration testing.
Experience across SIT, UAT, regression and end-to-end testing.
Experience working with SI partners and large, complex programme teams.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Previous experience leading distributed testing teams.

Desirable

Tricentis Tosca certification.
Experience integrating Tosca with Azure DevOps, Jenkins or other CI/CD tools.
Experience testing SAP integrations, APIs and non-SAP applications.
Experience on large transformation programmes within the Middle East / GCC.
Previous UAE or wider GCC project experience.

Ideal Background

The ideal candidate will be someone who has already worked on large SAP S/4HANA transformations, understands the complexities of testing integrated SAP landscapes and can combine Tosca technical expertise with the leadership required to run a programme-wide testing function.

Trictentis Testing Lead