Job Title - Lead Consultant - Portfolio Test Manager
Career Level - E
Location: Chennai
Global S/4HANA Programme
We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.
AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large scale transformation of the IT landscape by the replacement of current ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems with one global solution.
Our current technology is used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This programme provides the opportunity for real transformation and to shape the way of working globally for many years to come.
This programme requires the best. Whether it be the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. The programme seeks to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefits of its employees and patients.
We are now recruiting for a NON-SAP Remediation BTG Portfolio Test Manager. This is an exciting opportunity which will be at the centre of a significant SAP S/4 programme. Working with the different business and Application teams to support the transition to the new technology solution being defined by the S/4 programme. Our transformation journey will result in a significant change on the end-to-end business technology landscape this team will be responsible for making sure we manage the changes to the integrated application landscape.
Key Activities
BTG Engagement and Partnering
Partner with BTG System Owners and System Teams to identify early testing requirements - As an output from High level impact assessments
Review and partner with BTG System Owners and teams to understand impacts and remediation requirements (Application and Integration)
Partner with BTG App teams, wider AZIT test capabilities (SQ&T) and their OSPs, or external 3rd party organisations to ensure test resources are secured to deliver the testing requirements across the lifecycle.
Test scoping and planning.
Explore opportunities to implement Axial Non-SAP delivery principles.
Using the Axial Non-SAP estimating model, estimate test resource requirements from the BTGs to scope, plan, prepare and execute the testing.
Produce high level application test delivery plans (Schedules)
Ensure test support requirements are provisioned for, to support the Deployment System Integration and User Acceptance test phases.
Test Delivery oversight and Governance
Adopt governance and monitoring practices to ensure accuracy of data and test metrics collated through test management tools, ensuring the constituency and accuracy of the data.
Ensure test delivery aligns to any regulatory standards (GxP, SoX)
Communicate risks, issues and escalations to the NON-SAP Deployment Test Manager and NON-SAP Global Test Lead in a timely manner.
Track and monitor the delivery of Application (and integration) remediation testing (system, regression, Link testing) across the BTG Application Portfolio
Ensure alignment of Test delivery to NON-SAP Test approach and deployment requirements
Be a positive advocate of the Axial programme goals, objectives and deployment plans to wider AZ IT, business and peer groups.
Candidate Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential
At least 10 years experience in Test Management.
Experience across different BTG areas (Ops, EU, R&D and Commercial).
Experience of Managing multiple change items concurrently through their test delivery lifecycle
Extensive experience of collaborating and communicated with senior and external stakeholders.
Extensive experience of co-ordinating business resources in acceptance activities.
Experience of overseeing and governing a portfolio of test activities
Experience in work with multi-functional teams to deliver technology related business change projects/programmes.
Knowledge and experience of testing using integration stubs, harnesses, and point to point link testing.
Knowledge of accelerated test delivery principles.
Extensive experience of using JIRa and the JIRa x-Ray modules, as well as ALM
Extensive experience of automation tools like Leapwork and Selenium
Engagement, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
Experience of virtual collaboration to lead, shape and develop innovative solutions
Experience of working with third party suppliers/vendors
Desirable
Experience with BTG owned Applications
Experience designing and creating automatic dashboards (Power BI), tools to keep an up to date inventory list of the applications.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree required (or equivalent)
Languages:
Advanced English Language skills
Date Posted
Closing Date
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.