Role 1 - Senior Quality Engineering Test Lead - Oracle Fusion Transformation
Location: Atlanta, GA
Engagement Type: Contract, full-time (40 hrs/week)
Start: Immediate
Expected Duration: Approx. 24+ months through program completion and stabilization, subject to extension
Travel: Minimal; occasional as required by program events
Job Summary
The Senior Quality Engineering (QE) Test Lead is the accountable owner of test strategy and execution quality across the entire Oracle Fusion program, including ERP, SCM, and HCM. This role spans the Client?s internal QE team, offshore delivery pods, and testing performed by the System Integrator. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in testing full-lifecycle Oracle Fusion or comparable Tier-1 ERP/HCM implementations, understands common pitfalls in these programs, and proactively defines the test strategy before configuration begins. This individual will communicate effectively with executive leadership regarding release readiness.
Responsibilities
Strategy and Governance
- Own the Program Master Test Strategy and release-level test plans covering functional, integration, data conversion, security/SoD, regression, performance, UAT, parallel payroll, and cutover testing.
- Define entry and exit criteria for every validation gate and defend them under schedule pressure.
- Manage the defect lifecycle, including severity definitions, triage cadence, SLAs, escalation, and root-cause analysis.
- Report test status and quality risk to program and executive governance forums, including honest assessments when necessary.
Team and SI Leadership
- Lead and mentor a blended onshore/offshore team of 12?15, including QE consultants, offshore pods, test data managers, automation engineers, and performance testers.
- Own the testing RACI with the System Integrator, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations and Client standards.
- Manage test estimation and the QE resource plan by release, including offshore mix and ramp timing.
- Chair test readiness reviews and provide go/no-go quality recommendations.
Coverage, Traceability, and Compliance
- Establish and enforce traceability from business process design through test cases, defects, and controls.
- Ensure coverage across a large interface estate, enterprise data conversion, and SOX-relevant controls, with audit-ready evidence.
- Collaborate with process owners and workstream leads to ensure scenarios reflect real operating conditions.
- Manage the test-side view of payroll cutover risk, including parallel run design and reconciliation criteria.
Tooling and Sustained Capability
- Select, configure, and govern the test management and defect toolchain, setting standards for authoring and evidence capture.
- Define the automation strategy and ROI case, designed to support Oracle?s quarterly update regression cycle.
- Help shape the QE function that will sustain the platform post-program.
Mandatory Skills
- 15+ years in Quality Assurance and Control.
- 10+ years leading testing on large enterprise ERP or HCM implementations, with accountability for Test Strategy and outcomes.
- Hands-on ownership of testing for at least one complete ORACLE FUSION implementation (ERP and/or HCM) from design through go-live and stabilization.
- Proven experience managing a System Integrator?s testing deliverables from the client side.
- Expert-level knowledge of Test Management Tools (Jira/Xray, Zephyr, qTest, ALM, Azure DevOps, Oracle Test Manager, or equivalent).
Preferred Skills
- PeopleSoft experience.
- Experience in a complex, regulated, or 24/7 operational environment.
- Program experience that included a Payroll implementation, particularly with collective bargaining agreements.
- Experience establishing a sustained regression capability for cloud quarterly updates.
Qualifications
- Legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
- Credible with VP and executive audiences, including delivering unwelcome quality assessments backed by evidence.