Testing and QA Lead - ERP Transformation

Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God’s commandments) for the Church’s religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders. The Testing and QA Lead for the global ERP digital transformation team will focus on leading the testing phase work across all releases, ensuring the quality and reliability of our ERP system. This is an advanced-professional, individual contributor role. This position is a fully-benefitted, timebound role. Responsibilities: Test Leadership and Resource Allocation:

• Lead the business effort in managing the testing phases across all releases.

Resource Allocation:

• Allocate test resources efficiently to various testing activities.

Test Planning and Management:

• Collaborate with functional, technical, and architecture teams to plan various tests, including system, user acceptance, and regression tests.
• Determine all testing tenant requirements and tools needed for effective testing.
• Oversee testers’ work throughout test plan development and execution to ensure testing meets or exceeds established goals and timelines.
• Work with the Solutions Manager, project management office analysts, and engineering managers to ensure the resolution and closure of defects during system implementation testing and user acceptance testing.
• Defect Management and Issue Resolution: Manage the development process to ensure proper defect tracking, including identification, fixing, re-testing, and migration of defects.
• Define and incorporate the defect tracking process into the overall development process if necessary.
• Documentation and Quality Assurance: Maintain comprehensive documentation of testing processes, results, and defect management. Ensure that all testing activities adhere to quality standards and best practices.

Training and Continuous Improvement:

• Provide training and support to team members and stakeholders on testing processes and tools.
• Identify opportunities for improving testing processes and implementing best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field
• 7 years of experience in software testing and quality assurance
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered
• Strong understanding of testing principles, methodologies, and tools
• Expertise in manual testing, with the ability to leverage automation tools and frameworks to build and maintain effective test suites
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in testing tools and software
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

• Preferred:
• Certification in Software Testing or related fields.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Experience in a large-scale ERP implementation
• Familiarity with defect tracking systems and best practices.

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings- giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances-our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom. Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.