Manager – Quality Assurance at Beacon Power Services

How You’ll Make an Impact

• We’re looking for a Manager – Quality Assurance with a proactive and problem-solving mindset to lead and elevate quality practices across our software delivery lifecycle. In this role, you will own product quality end-to-end, ensuring every release meets high standards for reliability, performance, and user experience.
• In this role, you will drive test strategy, oversee execution, and partner closely with Software Engineering, Product Management, and DevOps Engineering to embed quality at every stage of development. Beyond execution, you will champion a shift-left culture, improving testability, accelerating feedback loops, and strengthening overall product robustness.

What You’ll Do

Quality Assurance

• Define and implement QA strategy, standards, and testing frameworks (UI, API, performance)
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Review requirements early to improve clarity and testability
• Lead end-to-end testing across functional, regression, integration, performance, and UAT
• Ensure features meet acceptance criteria before release
• Own defect lifecycle, including logging, prioritization, tracking, and resolution
• Partner with Engineering and Product Management to triage issues and drive root-cause analysis
• Conduct risk assessments and investigate production issues to prevent recurrence
• Define and maintain QA documentation and reporting (test plans, cases, defect reports, metrics)
• Define and enforce release quality gates (smoke, sanity, regression)
• Track and communicate quality metrics, risks, and release readiness
• Improve release processes to reduce defects and increase stability

Managerial Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team with clear goals, KPIs, and accountability standards
• Manage team capacity, resource allocation, and delivery planning within approved budgets
• Participate in annual planning and forecasting processes
• Own hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and individual development plans
• Ensure operational discipline, timely delivery, and quality standards
• Identify and escalate resource or budget risks impacting delivery
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement

What We’re Looking For

Professional & Technical Strengths

• Proven experience in software quality assurance across the SDLC in Agile environments
• Strong expertise in test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured, Pytest, TestNG)
• Proficiency in API testing and RESTful services (e.g., Postman, Swagger)
• Experience with performance and load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6)
• Strong programming/scripting skills (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript)
• Solid understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and QA integration within them
• Working knowledge of databases and SQL for data validation and test setup
• Deep understanding of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and best practices (TDD/BDD, shift-left, test strategy)
• Experience with bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, Bugzilla, TestRail)
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities

Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths

• Ability to collaborate with multicultural and geographically distributed teams
• High degree of autonomy and accountability (we operate within a hybrid work environment)
• Strong attention to detail with a structured and methodical approach
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, with the curiosity to investigate root causes rather than surface-level symptoms
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document bugs clearly and convey test outcomes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive and self-driven, comfortable working in fast-moving environments where things evolve quickly

Nice to Have

• Experience working in cloud-based environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Experience in energy, metering technology, utilities, infrastructure, or cleantech sectors
• Exposure to grid management systems, SCADA, or enterprise utility software
• Fluency in French