SAP S/4HANA UAT Test Lead

SAP S/4HANA UAT Test Lead

Posted 4 days ago by Standard 8 Recruitment Ltd

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£500 Per day
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Onsite
Guildford, Surrey
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Summary: The UAT Lead for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud will oversee the end-to-end User Acceptance Testing process, ensuring the system functions effectively in real-world scenarios. This role requires strong leadership in managing testing schedules, stakeholder alignment, and defect resolution while maintaining structured documentation and reporting. The position is primarily onsite in Guildford and demands a proactive approach to testing amidst a complex rollout. Candidates must have proven experience in leading UAT for ERP programs, particularly within SAP environments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own UAT end to end, ensuring the system works in real-world scenarios.
  • Bring structure and clarity to the testing process, working directly with business users.
  • Shape testing scenarios and scripts that reflect daily operations.
  • Run UAT, manage schedules, and keep stakeholders aligned.
  • Handle defect management, prioritizing and driving resolution with the system integrator.
  • Own reporting, documentation, and the path to sign-off, ensuring audit readiness.
  • Identify and communicate risks proactively.

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience leading UAT on ERP programs, ideally SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
  • Strong understanding of UAT processes, defect management, and test governance.
  • Comfortable with tools like Excel, Project, and standard test platforms.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
  • Clear communication skills to keep stakeholders aligned.
  • Calm under pressure with the ability to challenge discrepancies.
  • Degree or similar background helpful, but not essential.

Salary (Rate): £500/day

City: Guildford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

UAT Lead (SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud)

Guildford, 4 days onsite

Contract, Inside IR35

MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR SC CLEARANCE checks

This is a live SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud rollout, already moving, already complex, and at the point where testing either gives the business confidence, or quietly exposes the cracks. They need someone who can take control of that process properly, not just coordinate it.

You’ll own UAT end to end. The expectation is simple, when the business signs off, it’s because you’ve made sure the system actually works in the real world, not just in a test script.

You’ll be the one bringing structure, clarity, and a bit of realism to how testing is approached. Working directly with business users, you’ll shape scenarios and scripts that reflect how things genuinely operate day to day. You’ll make sure integrations, edge cases, security, and access controls are properly covered, and that test data is usable rather than an afterthought.

Day to day, you’ll run UAT, keep things moving, and manage the schedule alongside the wider programme. You’ll get the right people involved at the right time, keep stakeholders aligned, and deal with defects properly, not just logging them, but challenging them, prioritising them, and driving resolution with the system integrator.

You’ll also own reporting, documentation, and the path to sign-off, keeping everything structured, audit-ready, and transparent, while calling out risks before they become problems.

What they’re looking for

  • Proven experience leading UAT on ERP programmes, ideally SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
  • Someone who has owned UAT end to end, not just supported it
  • Comfortable working with business users, project teams, and system integrators
  • Confident enough to challenge when things don’t stack up
  • Strong organisation without slowing delivery down
  • Clear communicator who can keep stakeholders aligned
  • Calm under pressure when timelines tighten and defects build up

Skills and background

  • Experience within SAP environments, ideally S/4HANA Public Cloud
  • Strong understanding of UAT processes, defect management, and test governance
  • Comfortable with tools like Excel, Project, and standard test platforms
  • Able to manage competing priorities without losing control of delivery
  • Degree or similar background helpful, but not essential

The reality of the role

This is an onsite-heavy role, expect to be in Guildford most of the week. You’ll be working across multiple business functions with different priorities and there will be pressure as testing ramps up.

You’ll need to bring structure without becoming a blocker. Easier said than done, which is exactly why they’re being selective.

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