Senior Test Manager / QA Lead

Private medical care Co-financing for the sports card Constant support of dedicated consultant Employee referral program

Daily tasks

• Responsibilities:
• Lead the overall QA and testing activities within the Agile Release Train
• Plan, coordinate and manage functional and non-functional testing across approximately 4–6 Scrum teams
• Drive integration, system integration and end-to-end testing across the initiative
• Ensure that all required testing types and levels are properly planned, executed, monitored and reported in accordance with internal processes
• Define and continuously improve the overall test approach, strategy, processes and tooling
• Coordinate QA activities in alignment with release and deployment plans
• Ensure availability and readiness of test environments and appropriate test data
• Ensure that sufficient test evidence is available before changes are approved for production
• Identify QA risks, dependencies, impediments and testing challenges and drive appropriate solutions
• Contribute to release readiness assessments and provide relevant quality metrics for release sign-offs
• Monitor testing progress and communicate QA status, risks and improvement initiatives to key IT and business stakeholders
• Work closely with ART Leadership, Product Management, Business, Architects, Release Management and Scrum Teams to align testing priorities
• Act as a trusted QA partner for ART Leadership and support continuous maturity of testing practices within the area
• Drive continuous improvement and introduce QA and testing best practices across the initiative
• Identify testing skill gaps and coach team members to improve QA capabilities and delivery quality
• Increase test automation coverage and related KPIs across design, development, maintenance and operations
• Escalate quality risks, dependencies and impediments when required

Requirements

Requirements: Minimum 5 years of professional experience in a QA leadership, Test Manager or similar role  Proven experience leading QA activities for multiple teams in large and complex initiatives  Experience within the financial sector, preferably within Mortgage, Lending or Home Finance  Strong experience with functional and non-functional testing  Strong experience with system testing, system integration testing, end-to-end testing and user acceptance testing  Experience with test automation and managing automated testing initiatives  Experience with test environment and test data management  Strong knowledge of test management tools and QA reporting  Experience preparing test dashboards, quality metrics, management reports and presentations  Proven track record of acting as a key QA/Test Lead throughout the full lifecycle of large projects  Experience coaching and developing QA teams and improving testing processes  Understanding of legacy systems and their impact on modern testing environments  Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills  Proactive approach, strong ownership and ability to drive QA activities independently  Fluency in English (both written and spoken) 

Nice to have: Strong experience with non-functional testing  Experience driving improvements in automated test coverage

Must have: QA, Testing, System integration, Test automation, User acceptance testing, Automated testing, Data management, Stakeholder management, Java