Unify Test Lead

The Role

An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees.

We’re looking for a dynamic and experienced Unify Test Lead - SAP S4 HANA, to join our team and drive the successful delivery of all testing phases. In this critical role, you will work closely with Global and Local IT teams, Function Leads, Business Testers, and Business Partners to ensure that testing is executed seamlessly, on time, and within budget — all while maintaining the highest standards of quality. This is a fixed term contract opportunity, immediate start and end date - January 2026. Role reports to the Programme Manager Australasia. Norwest Sydney based role with flexible work from home.

Enjoy the opportunity and play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of one of the most important IT transformations within the company. You’ll have the opportunity to lead complex testing initiatives and collaborate with a diverse team of professionals across the globe. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are driven by the challenge of delivering excellence, this role is for you!

Principle Accountabilities

• Lead and manage end-to-end testing for the Unify SAP S4 Hana transformation project, ensuring all testing phases are executed flawlessly.
• Define and drive the testing strategy across all areas, including SIT, UAT, Performance, Security, and Automation Testing, to ensure robust test coverage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Global & Local IT, Tower Leads, and Business Partners, to ensure that all testing efforts align with project timelines and goals.
• Proactively identify and resolve testing challenges, ensuring risks are mitigated and issues are escalated and addressed quickly.
• Ensure seamless execution of testing, meeting entry and exit criteria for each phase, and maintaining alignment with overall deployment plans.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders, ensuring transparency, progress tracking, and high-level visibility of testing efforts.

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience in leading testing for large-scale, complex SAP S4 Hana programmes or similar IT transformations.
• Strong expertise in managing multiple test phases (SIT, UAT, Performance, Security) and implementing automation tools to streamline processes.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage diverse teams and collaborate across functions.
• Excellent problem-solving and risk management abilities, with a focus on delivering results and mitigating project risks.
• A passion for quality, delivering excellent results, and driving continuous improvement in testing processes.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits
• Hybrid/flexible working opportunities, role is Sydney based.
• Opportunity to lead critical testing phases within a high-impact programme.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment, with opportunities for career growth.
• Inspiring place to work and collaborate with purpose.

Here at Imperial, we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

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