Oracle Cloud Testing and Cutover Lead

Summary: The role of Testing and Cutover Lead involves overseeing test planning, execution, and cutover activities for an Oracle Cloud ERP/EPM implementation. The candidate should possess extensive hands-on experience with large-scale Oracle Cloud programs and demonstrate strong collaboration skills in a dynamic environment. Key responsibilities include managing test strategies, coordinating testing phases, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. The position offers flexibility in working arrangements, either remotely or from San Francisco, California.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and revise test strategy documents, SIT plans, and UAT approaches.
• Define and manage the end-to-end test strategy, including SIT, UAT, Regression, and Parallel Testing.
• Develop and manage test scenarios and scripts with full traceability to requirements.
• Ensure testing tool setup and develop and maintain detailed test plans, scenarios, scripts, and traceability using tools like Azure DevOps (ADO), JIRA, and ALM.
• Partner with System Integrators counterparts and business to coordinate and oversee all testing phases (unit, system, integration, user acceptance) through testing cycles.
• Identify and prepare test data and participants, configure test environments, prepare/train participants and manage execution.
• Manage defect triage, resolution, and final reporting of test outcomes.
• Manage SIT and UAT cycles, including environment prep, data conversion extracts/loads/validations.
• Monitor test progress and coordinate issue resolution across technical and functional teams.
• Remediate integration and UAT issues; ensure stakeholder engagement and business participation.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects.
• Partner with SI counterparts to develop and maintain a comprehensive Deployment and Cutover Plan, detailing all tasks, dependencies, owners, and timelines.
• Identify and coordinate cutover activities across Business, IT, PMO, and third-party teams.
• Lead cutover dress rehearsals and dry runs; refine the cutover plan based on outcomes and lessons learned.
• Define and document contingency plans in collaboration with Pattern workstream leads.
• Work closely with stakeholders to validate cutover readiness and ensure alignment across functional, technical, and data teams.
• Execute and facilitate real-time communication, issue resolution, and escalation management throughout the cutover window.
• Provide regular status updates and reporting to leadership during test execution and cutover periods.
• Support post-go-live stabilization and hypercare planning to ensure a smooth transition to operations.
• Communicate testing and cutover status, risks, and issues to stakeholders regularly.
• Prepare dashboards, defect metrics, and test summary reports for leadership.
• Support transition-to-support and hypercare readiness post go-live.
• Prepare and manage audit readiness for testing documentation for IT controls.

Key Skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud ERP/EPM implementations.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience in test strategy development and execution.
• Proficiency in testing tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), JIRA, and ALM.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in defect management and reporting.
• Knowledge of deployment and cutover planning processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: San Francisco

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT