Purpose of the job

• This is a 12 month contract for Consultancy services reporting into the Regional Technology Director EMEA and based within the Microsoft Dynamics Implementation Team. This role is to be a Test Lead for Phase 2 of the MSD implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for ensuring all test scripts are fit for purpose and contain the right amount of contextual relevance
• You will plan and manage the execution and delivery of the Systems Integration Testing, to cover all integrations relating to phase 2 of the MSD implementation
• You will plan the training of all users, alongside the project team and will monitor attendance and completion of test scripts, prior to performing UAT
• You will plan the User Acceptance Testing to cover all appropriate users and legal entities/Regions, coordinating across time zones to deliver timely and accurate UAT 
• You will ensure that all UAT scripts are completed 
• You will collect feedback from all users, where difficulties were encountered and feed back to the project team manager 
• You will raise issues for defects in Devops as appropriate and ensure timely resolution of these with SA Global and the project team 
• You will ensure the project team actively engages in resolving Devops tickets in a timely manner and escalate any issues accordingly 
• You will plan appropriate retesting 
• You will recommend and gain approval for appropriate exit criteria for UAT 
• You will be responsible for facilitating the successful completion of UAT in line with agreed exit criteria. 

Other Activities 

• Attend regular project workstream team meetings 
• Support other team members with tasks and knowledge, as required 
• Build collaborative working relationships with other teams 
• Ensure any risks and issues are communicated timely to the programme manager.
• Highly experienced Test Lead with previous systems implementation experience
• Highly organised individual, able to prioritise multiple tasks and deliver to deadlines
• Meticulous attention to detail, quality and accuracy
• Credible and collaborative, relationship builder
• MSD experience is highly advantageous but not essential.