The Quality Assurance Lead will be responsible for establishing, managing, and leading
end-to-end Quality Assurance (QA) practices
across a large-scale SAP landscape. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the successful
upgrade from SAP ECC to S/4HANA
, including additional system enhancements. The successful candidate will provide QA delivery leadership, governance, and assurance across all project phases, ensuring adherence to quality standards and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• 
  Lead the
  set-up, preparation, and execution of Quality Assurance
  activities across SAP projects.

• 
  Define and implement
  QA frameworks, standards, and methodologies
  aligned to SAP best practices.

• 
  Conduct and facilitate
  quality gate reviews
  at key project milestones.

• 
  Provide
  QA delivery leadership
  , ensuring quality objectives are met throughout the project lifecycle.

• 
  Review project deliverables to ensure compliance with agreed quality, scope, and performance standards.

• 
  Identify risks, defects, and quality gaps, and drive corrective actions.

• 
  Collaborate closely with technical, functional, and business stakeholders.

• 
  Support governance and reporting structures to provide visibility into quality status and outcomes.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• 
  8+ years’ experience
  in Quality Assurance roles, with senior-level responsibility.

• 
  Bachelor’s degree
  or relevant
  SAP-related qualification
  .

• 
  Proven experience establishing and managing
  QA frameworks and quality gates
  .

• 
  Strong experience providing
  QA leadership
  on complex SAP delivery projects.

• 
  Solid understanding of SAP project life cycles and delivery methodologies.

Preferred Requirements

• 
  Experience with
  SAP ECC to S/4HANA upgrades
  .

• 
  Public Sector experience
  .

• 
  Candidates based in
  Cape Town
  .

• 
  Experience working on large-scale, enterprise SAP programmes.

Certifications & Documentation

In addition to CVs, candidates must provide:

• 
  Copies or details of
  relevant qualifications and certifications
  , as outlined in the provided template.

Key Competencies

• 
  Quality governance and assurance leadership

• 
  Risk identification and mitigation

• 
  Strong stakeholder engagement and communication

• 
  Analytical thinking and attention to detail

• 
  Ability to operate in complex, multi-stream delivery environments