ERP Test Manager (ASPIRE) — Roche

Full description

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The Position ERP Test Manager (ASPIRE)

Roche Digital Technology (RDT) is where innovation meets purpose. As a global team at the heart of Roche, we are a community of business-minded technologists committed to help shape tomorrow’s digital future of healthcare. Our mission is to power Roche through cutting-edge digital technologies, harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence, data, and scalable tech innovations. Driven by purpose and passion, we’re building a future where digital is a core strength across all of Roche, enabling smarter ways of working, unlocking human potential, and driving breakthroughs that truly matter for millions of patients around the world.

At Roche, we offer a hybrid work model that combines flexibility with in-person collaboration. For now, we require our employees to be in our offices on average two days per week . The specific office days may vary depending on business needs, such as workshops, conferences, town halls, team meetings, and other collaborative events.

The ERP Test Manager is the strategic architect and operational guardian of the ASPIRE Test Methodology. You are tasked with identifying operational "white space" and engineering new processes to fill those gaps. You will ensure the testing organization is compliant with Computer System Validation (CSV) and Quality standards while driving continuous evolution. As the primary defender of processes during audits and the lead architect for system upgrades, you balance regulatory rigor with operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

Scope / (Content Leadership): Provides expert-level leadership and strategic guidance for high-impact and/or complex quality assurance projects. Develops and implements Quality Engineering best practices across multiple initiatives, ensuring consistency, test traceability, and alignment with enterprise standards. Leads quality analysis efforts on significant projects, provides guidance to less experienced Quality Engineers, and contributes to strategic initiatives. Provides oversight, advisory, and quality assurance across strategic initiatives, ensuring testing purpose and scope alignment, test cohesion, traceability, and ultimate product value.

• Custodianship: Own the master version of the ASPIRE Test Methodology.
• Regulatory Alignment: Ensure every process update is "pre-validated" by aligning with CSV and Quality teams before rollout.
• Content Creation: Author high-quality technical documentation, including SOPs, Work Instructions, and User Guides.

Accountability/Problem Solving: Leads the analysis of complex and strategic software quality problems, defining the quality assurance scope and driving comprehensive root cause analysis for critical defects that may span organizational boundaries. Elicits and analyzes complex stakeholder quality needs with expertise, influencing business stakeholders to inform and make the right decisions regarding product quality and release readiness. Defines strategic testing solution scope, manages complexity, and drives consensus on quality standards and release criteria through persuasive communication. Recommends optimal quality assurance technologies and tools for business transformation, providing highly innovative solutions to unusually complex quality challenges.

• Milestone Management: Take full accountability for ensuring all test phases (e.g., SAT, UAT, RT) start on time according to the global release calendar.
• Progress Monitoring: Track real-time testing metrics, defect burn-