10/01/2026 updated
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Senior Test Manager & Quality Engineering Leader
Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom
Worldwide
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, The University of Nottingham, 2008About me
Experienced testing and quality engineering lead with 18+ years of experience leading and delivering testing and quality across a broad range of industry, technology and applications.
Testing (Software)Test AutomationAutomated Testing FrameworkPerformance EngineeringMicrosoft Power BISAP HANATest DesignTest ManagementTest Management ToolsTesting StrategiesTestingLifecycle ManagementQuality StrategyTesting (Hardware)Reporting Tools
QA Strategy & Governance
Expertise in designing and delivering program-wide testing strategies, including SAP S/4HANA migrations, enterprise transformation, end-to-end testing lifecycle management, and stakeholder, team, budget, and test data management.
Performance & Automation Testing
Extensive experience in performance, automation, functional, and non-functional testing using frameworks such as Waterfall, Agile, CI/CD Pipeline, Shift-Left, and integration testing across large-scale enterprise environments.
Tools & Technologies
Proficiency with a wide range of testing and reporting tools including Open Text LoadRunner, JMeter, Oracle, PostMan, Jira, DevOps, PowerBI, SAP CALM, Signavio, HP ALM/QC, Java, C/C++, VB, Tricentis Tosca/STA, Neoload, and MicroFocus APM.
Test Data Management
Delivery of integrated testing tool chains and test data management initiatives for large-scale enterprise deployments, ensuring data integrity and coverage across complex environments.
API & Network Testing
Knowledge and application of API testing, automated application monitoring, and network virtualisation as part of comprehensive testing strategies.
PowerBI Reporting & Analytics
Utilisation of advanced data analytics through PowerBI to deliver executive quality dashboards and status reporting for enterprise clients.
SAP S/4HANA Testing
Leadership of testing strategy for SAP S/4HANA global transformations, coordinating governance and delivery for thousands of users across multiple countries and complex integrations.
Budget & Resource Management
Management of budget planning, resource estimation, and timeline sequencing across end-to-end testing lifecycles in global enterprise programs.
Microsoft Power BI Data Analytics
Certified Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate, demonstrating formal qualification in data analytics and reporting.
Expertise in designing and delivering program-wide testing strategies, including SAP S/4HANA migrations, enterprise transformation, end-to-end testing lifecycle management, and stakeholder, team, budget, and test data management.
Performance & Automation Testing
Extensive experience in performance, automation, functional, and non-functional testing using frameworks such as Waterfall, Agile, CI/CD Pipeline, Shift-Left, and integration testing across large-scale enterprise environments.
Tools & Technologies
Proficiency with a wide range of testing and reporting tools including Open Text LoadRunner, JMeter, Oracle, PostMan, Jira, DevOps, PowerBI, SAP CALM, Signavio, HP ALM/QC, Java, C/C++, VB, Tricentis Tosca/STA, Neoload, and MicroFocus APM.
Test Data Management
Delivery of integrated testing tool chains and test data management initiatives for large-scale enterprise deployments, ensuring data integrity and coverage across complex environments.
API & Network Testing
Knowledge and application of API testing, automated application monitoring, and network virtualisation as part of comprehensive testing strategies.
PowerBI Reporting & Analytics
Utilisation of advanced data analytics through PowerBI to deliver executive quality dashboards and status reporting for enterprise clients.
SAP S/4HANA Testing
Leadership of testing strategy for SAP S/4HANA global transformations, coordinating governance and delivery for thousands of users across multiple countries and complex integrations.
Budget & Resource Management
Management of budget planning, resource estimation, and timeline sequencing across end-to-end testing lifecycles in global enterprise programs.
Microsoft Power BI Data Analytics
Certified Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate, demonstrating formal qualification in data analytics and reporting.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2016
Languages
EnglishNative speaker
Project history
Providing strategic advisory and project-based testing governance for enterprise clients executing business-critical ERP programs. Led and delivered testing strategy for an SAP S/4HANA global transformation coordinating governance and delivery for 7,000+ users across 13 countries including 700+ complex integrations. Directed and delivered the overall global test strategy, integrated testing tool chain, and test data management initiatives for large-scale enterprise deployments. Successfully delivered migration to a modern test automation approach, increasing regression test coverage from 19% to 40%. Designed and established performance testing framework and approach.
Delivered end-to-end testing services and quality governance across multiple KPMG global member firms. Managed budget planning, resource estimation, and timeline sequencing across the end-to-end testing lifecycle. Mentored QA teams and coordinated with cross-functional stakeholders to align system validation processes with business expectations. Successfully delivered testing for each minor/major release across 10+ countries.
Provided strategic quality framework design and hands-on non-functional performance testing consultancy to global enterprise clients. End-to-end testing lifecycle, stakeholder, client, team and business management. Built a scalable, global non-functional testing framework simulating up to 10,000 user loads for platform validation. Optimised major enterprise systems, yielding a 60% performance improvement under heavy loads (average response time reduced to under 3 seconds). Built test coverage to over 200 performance KPIs and over 1,500 automated regression scripts.