Key Responsibilities
1. Strategy & Governance
- Define enterprise test strategy aligned to product architecture and release cadence.
- Establish governance : naming conventions, folder structures, reviews, Definition of Ready / Done.
- Create policies for test data, environments, security / compliance (PII, secrets, audit).
- Maintain test roadmap and quarterly OKRs; run TCoE steering forum.
2. Test Architecture & Frameworks
Standardize frameworks for UI, API, mobile, and data validation.Drive model-based automation and separation of concerns.Implement reusable design patterns to reduce brittleness.3. Tooling & Automation
Own toolchain lifecycle : Tosca, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, JMeter, LoadRunner, qTest, Azure Test Plans.Integrate automation with CI / CD (Azure DevOps / Jenkins / GitLab).Set standards for tagging, parallelization, retries, and quarantine management.4. Data & Environment Strategy
Implement Test Data Management (TDM / TDS), masking, synthetic data generation.Define environment matrix, health checks, service virtualization.Establish SLAs for environment availability and data freshness.5. Quality Metrics & Reporting
Publish dashboards : pass rate, execution time, automation coverage, flaky index, defect leakage.Standardize failure taxonomy and root-cause tracking.Provide monthly executive summaries and release readiness reports.6. Delivery & Execution
Define scheduling patterns : PR smoke, nightly component, weekly regression / E2E.Coordinate cross-team E2E orchestration for release candidates.Optimize suites; prune test debt; enforce SLA for stabilization.7. People & Enablement
Run enablement programs : onboarding, certifications, playbooks.Mentor automation engineers; drive code reviews and communities of practice.Build sourcing model and competency matrix.8. Risk & Compliance
Maintain risk register for environment, data, skills, and pipeline health.Ensure compliance (SOX / GDPR / PCI) and auditability.Skills
Mandatory Skills : SAP TESTING