Job description
Job Summary:
The Odoo Functional Testing & Release Officer is responsible for independently validating that implemented Odoo solutions comply with approved Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs) and are ready for production deployment. The role serves as a quality gate prior to client delivery and go-live, ensuring functional completeness, business process integrity, and release readiness. This position operates independently from requirements definition and solution design to maintain objectivity and safeguard delivery quality.
Key Responsibilities:
A. Functional Testing & Validation
- Review approved FRDs and acceptance criteria prior to testing activities
- Validate that all documented requirements are correctly implemented in Odoo
- Perform end-to-end functional testing across relevant modules
- Verify business workflows, approvals, data accuracy, and reporting outputs
- Ensure edge cases and exception scenarios are properly handled
B. User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Prepare detailed UAT scenarios and test cases based on FRDs
- Lead or coordinate UAT sessions with internal teams and client key users
- Validate test results and confirm alignment with business expectations
- Distinguish between defects, configuration issues, and enhancement requests
- Track, retest, and confirm closure of reported issues
C. Quality Assurance & Release Control
- Assess overall functional completeness and readiness for go-live
- Validate data migration results and operational readiness (where applicable)
- Identify functional risks, dependencies, and unresolved gaps
- Provide formal release readiness recommendations
- Act as a quality gate prior to production deployment or client handover
D. Defect Management & Follow-Up
- Log functional defects with clear reproduction steps and impact assessment
- Collaborate with functional and technical teams to clarify reported issues
- Validate fixes and confirm compliance with original requirements
- Ensure no regression issues are introduced before release approval
E. Documentation & Reporting
- Maintain testing documentation, test results, and validation evidence
- Prepare functional QA reports and release readiness summaries
- Document recurring quality issues and improvement recommendations
- Support auditability and traceability between FRDs and delivered features
F. Governance & Continuous Improvement
- Enforce quality standards and delivery governance
- Provide feedback on recurring gaps in requirements interpretation or delivery
Skills
Qualifications, Skills & Requirements:
- 3–5+ years experience in ERP functional testing, UAT, or quality assurance roles
- Hands-on experience testing Odoo ERP implementations (v17+ preferred)
- Strong exposure to business process validation (Sales, Purchase, Inventory, Accounting, HR, Projects, etc.)
- Experience working with FRDs, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios
- Odoo Functional Certification is a strong advantage (not mandatory)
- Experience in consulting or system-integration environments preferred
- Functional & ERP Knowledge
- Strong understanding of end-to-end ERP business processes
- Ability to interpret FRDs and translate them into test scenarios
- Understanding of Odoo module interactions and data flows
- Ability to detect functional gaps, misconfigurations, and incomplete implementations
- Testing & Quality Assurance
- Functional testing and UAT execution
- Test scenario and test case creation
- Test access rights, security breach ability
- Defect identification, classification, and validation
- Release readiness assessment and go/no-go decision support
- Analytical & Documentation Skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Structured testing and issue reporting
- Clear documentation of findings, risks, and recommendations
- Communication & Professional Judgment
- Ability to challenge deliverables objectively and professionally
- Clear communication with consultants, developers, and management
- Confidence to block releases when quality standards are not met
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Preferred candidate
Nationality
Egypt; Jordan; Lebanon; Palestine; Syria
