Test Manager at Tezza Business Solutions Ltd

Reference: JOB/15-02

Job Description

• The Test Manager role has oversight of all testing activities including estimating and resource planning at the program and portfolio level.
• The role also collaborates with Project Management, Application development and multiple test teams in the planning and execution of projects.
• The Test Manager is responsible for the analysis, design, planning and execution of testing for projects and initiatives.
• The role demonstrates extensive knowledge of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and techniques for creating a high value and technically-driven Test Team that is strong, independent, formal and unbiased.
• The Test Manager conforms to Tezza Business Solutions’s testing practices and standards

Level of Scope:

• Assignments will be strategic and tactical in nature

Responsibilities/Duties

• Provide day to day leadership and direction to test teams during all test cycles
• Ensures cross functional training and self-development of test resources across projects.
• This role will publish appropriate dashboards and metrics to project teams, and coordinate across all functional teams for quality and test deliverables.
• This role will also provide continuous improvement of project test standards, guidelines and governance and participate in global test initiatives and governance.
• Overseeing execution of assigned client-specific software testing projects, tools and techniques
• Manages risk/impact analyses for the projects
• Responsible for estimation of testing effort including the creation and management of test schedule and escalation if deviation are foreseen or occur
• Responsible for the creation of project test plans and test cases
• This role will execute test cases and record defects where and when necessary
• Work with the developers to understand the technical requirement/design being built in a project
• Work with the business analyst to understand the business rules and requirements for a project
• Trace Test Cases back to requirement to verify coverage
• Validate Test Preparation of environments and verify all teams are aligned with what needs to occur to build/prepare the test environments
• Coordinate, Track and report regularly on execution of all test phases
• Coordinate defect triage meetings for all test phases
• Assist external testing resources in adopting Tezza standards and processes
• Verify defects are effectively recorded, communicated and understood
• Ensure warranty/support related changes are incorporated into all existing testwares
• Ensure re-use of existing testing documentation for new projects/releases
• Mentor and provide guidance to testers
• Analyze and ensure test results and changes/defect are reflected in the test case and test cases are updated appropriately based on resolution
• Identify and recommend process improvements as necessary
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or related areas
• 5 - 8 years of test related experience including 2 - 4 years in a test leadership role.
• Capable of overseeing and coordinating a group of testers (and other project participants when working within the capacity of a Test Project Manager) on any given project.
• Will have accountability for multiple projects or a single large project.
• The ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification or similar certification is desirable