SAP QEA Program Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions is currently seeking a highly skilled SAP QEA Program Manager who will be responsible to work closely with customer SMEs/Leads for in-person conversations on solution and should need to be technically savvy to understand the directions from the customer.

Are you ready to be a change-maker? At Cognizant, we believe those who challenge the way they work today will lead the way tomorrow!

Ability to work independently and remotely, with willingness travel for client engagements as needed.

• Create Strategy & Plan Documents per project needs.
• Ensure compliance and validations thru GxP is strictly adhered without any deviations and zero tolerance.
• Prepare estimation of effort and delivery timelines for the identified scope.
• Prepare delivery plans, roadmap and deliverables across the timeline etc.,
• Provide points of view and thought leadership during the discussion
• Closely work Client to understand business process and identify potential test scenarios.
• Help with approaches, options and solution for any pain points the customer may have
• Work with the delivery team to build joint solution, as needed
• Front end all the customer communication
• Work with infrastructure teams to ensure all required setup is in place for Environment to be up and running all the time.
• Closely track the application and environment downtimes and plan day-to-day operations accordingly.
• Share timely reports showing overall test progress, productivity, value adds etc.
• Support in building robust regression test repository.
• Publish Test Catalogue at regular intervals to bring awareness across the board.
• Perform maintenance and support of Regression Repository as needed.
• Support organizational initiatives to building new capabilities.
• Help training internal associates on various functional areas to equip them in support their respective automation projects/initiatives.
• Support RFPs in terms of capability presentations, effort estimations, resourcing etc.,

• 18+ years of SAP QA experience including but not limited to Applications involving both GUI and Web Ui based applications, both on SAP ECC and S/4 HANA.
• Strong hands-on experience on SAP functional areas involving E2E Business Process.
• 5+ years of experience in Life Science domain related to processes and customers.
• Extensive experience on compliance related activities across GxP and various Validations.
• Should have worked on multiple projects in SAP ECC / S/4 HANA covering implementations such as Greenfield, Brownfield, Migration, Carveout projects.
• Good understanding in atleast 2 of the SAP functional E2E business flows such as FICO / PTP / SCM / OTC along with exposure to 4+ functional modules.
• Knowledge of Automation Tools – Tosca/Worksoft/UFT etc.,
• Building business cases to support implementation of solutions.
• Extensively worked and hands-on experience in Configurations and Testing across SDLC/STLC.
• Extensive experience in developing Test Strategy, Test Plan documents.
• Remediation of existing Test scripts and convert them from ECC to S/4 Hana.
• Preferred to have overall Project Management and Program Management Skills.
• Knowledge of other automation tools for functional and performance testing.

• Experience of ERPs other than SAP – eg: Oracle, CRM, BPM etc.,
• Extensively worked on Compliance and Validations thru GxP for Life Science Accounts/Projects
• SAP S/4 Hana Certifications preferred
• Test Automation tools such as TOSCA/WorkSoft/UFT etc.

Home office setup (network, phone, etc.) Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

If you are comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you.

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