ERP Test Lead (Oracle)

Quick Facts

• Role: ERP Test Lead (Oracle)

• Focus: End-to-end testing coordination and governance for a public sector ERP transformation programme

• Key areas: Test strategy, SIT/UAT/Data Migration, defect triage, reporting, and Go-Live readiness

Description

Lead and coordinate end-to-end testing activities for a large-scale public sector ERP transformation. You will plan and govern testing across multiple public sector bodies, ensuring business processes, data migration, reporting, and new functionality are validated before Go-Live. This is a senior coordination role requiring strong ERP test management, stakeholder coordination, defect management, and test governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and govern the Integrated Test Strategy and Test Plan

• Define testing approach, scope, schedules, and dependencies

• Establish and manage test entry/exit criteria and support formal test readiness and sign-off

• Create and maintain test scenarios, test scripts, and traceability matrices

• Ensure test coverage aligns with Functional Design Documents and Target Operating Models

• Coordinate test evidence management and UAT pack preparation

• Coordinate Solution Validation planning and testing readiness assessments

• Coordinate Solution Exposure, Data Validation, Solution Validation, and UAT activities

• Manage day-to-day testing execution and coordinate business testers and schedules

• Lead defect triage, prioritisation, remediation tracking, and retesting

• Administer JIRA-based test and defect management processes

• Produce test execution dashboards and readiness reporting for programme governance

• Monitor progress, risks, dependencies, and blockers; support MDC, UAT, and Go-Live readiness assessments

• Work with programme workstream leads and stakeholders to resolve issues effectively

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in ERP Test Management or Test Lead roles

• Strong experience leading and coordinating complex testing in large transformation programmes

• Experience managing SIT, UAT, and Data Migration testing

• Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test scripts

• Strong defect management, defect triage, and remediation tracking experience

• Experience using JIRA (or equivalent) for test and defect management

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Experience with governance, programme reporting, and senior stakeholders

• Ability to coordinate multiple business teams and testing workstreams simultaneously

• Oracle experience (Oracle ERP / Oracle EBS / Oracle Fusion) highly preferred

Benefits

• Primarily remote role (Nearshore Test Lead from Poland)

• Occasional travel to Dublin for key programme activities (~80–90% remote; about once per month during the planning phase)