Test Lead at Tezza Business Solutions Ltd

Job Description

• Form a working relationship with the clients within which you have responsibility.
• Develop Test Plans for projects within your divisions and feed those into the project plans of the customer’s larger projects.
• Ensure suitable resources are scheduled to the testing projects to allow the testing of those projects to occur within the required time-frames.
• Work from Functional Specifications to ensure appropriate Test Scripts are prepared which cover the testing requirements of a project, and which will test the software to agreed guidelines.
• Manage testing resources to ensure accurate and precise execution of the Test Scripts and ensure documentary evidence is produced and recorded in the agreed format.
• Verify defects are effectively recorded, communicated and understood
• Ensure appropriate test environments are established and maintained.
• Develop a network of internal and external contacts to improve technical knowledge and improve communication channels.
• Produce appropriate documentation for reporting the progress of all software testing in a clear and concise format.
• Communicate effectively with the Test Managers, identifying and escalating issues in a timely manner, ensuring full details are obtained.
• Spend some of your time acting as a Software Tester, writing Test Scripts and executing those Test Scripts, either under your own direction or that of another Test Team Lead.
• Coordinate defect triage meetings for all test phases
• 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
• 4 - 6 years of test related experience including 2 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.
• Possess the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification or similar certification

Skills and Abilities:

• Builds relationships and fosters teamwork:  Achieves mutual objectives by informing and involving others in solving problems and implementing changes.
• Has ability to quickly master knowledge of ITG procedures and processes.
• Communicates effectively.  Conveys information and ideas both orally and in writing and listens and responds appropriately to others.
• Balances priorities.  Manages workload effectively in light of multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, prioritize and balance sometimes heavy workloads
• Having unquestionable integrity, result driven and detail oriented