Senior SAP Test Manager, SIT & UAT

Cognizant

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Foster City, CA
Salary
$81,000–$130,000 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
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Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

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TL;DR · Senior SAP Test Manager, SIT & UAT

The Senior SAP Test Manager – SIT & UAT joins the program delivery team to define and govern enterprise testing standards for a complex SAP transformation program. This role involves leading System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing by establishing methodologies, quality standards, and readiness criteria across various delivery models. Key responsibilities include governing test design, requirements-to-test traceability, defect lifecycles, and reporting metrics like KPIs and dashboards. The successful candidate will coordinate UAT activities with business stakeholders, coach users on end-to-end process validation, and partner with delivery teams to improve automation suitability. Required expertise includes software testing, quality engineering, and SAP application delivery. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with enterprise test management and defect-tracking tools, specifically OpenText Application Lifecycle Management and Jira, to manage complex integrated technology programs.

What you'll do

  • Define and govern SIT and UAT strategies, methodologies, quality standards, and readiness criteria.
  • Lead SIT readiness reviews and provide evidence-based recommendations for release-readiness and sign-off decisions.
  • Govern test design standards, requirements-to-test traceability, risk-based testing, and regression suite selection.
  • Establish and manage the defect lifecycle, including triage, root cause analysis, and service-level expectations.
  • Define and maintain SIT and UAT metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting standards.
  • Coordinate UAT activities and coach business users to validate end-to-end business processes.
  • Partner with delivery teams to improve automation suitability and sustainable regression coverage.
  • Use trend analysis and lessons learned to drive measurable improvements in testing practices and governance.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, UAT, business process testing, or SAP application delivery.
  • Significant experience in enterprise testing, quality engineering, SIT leadership, or test governance for complex technology programs.
  • Strong knowledge of test strategy, planning, requirements traceability, risk-based testing, regression management, and defect management.
  • Experience establishing and governing SIT and UAT standards, readiness checkpoints, governance metrics, KPIs, and leadership reporting.
  • Experience using enterprise test management and defect-tracking tools, preferably OpenText ALM and Jira.
  • Ability to interpret quality data, identify risk signals, and communicate clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, decision-framing, communication, and risk-escalation skills.
  • Experience governing testing for large-scale SAP transformations and coordinating business-led UAT activities (preferred).

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