Product / Quality Assurance Manager at 234Code

Major Responsibilities

• Translate product roadmap items and business requirements into detailed requirements for development by technical teams.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly and at all levels of the stack (Frontend, backend, middleware, APIs)
• Communicate clearly with client stakeholders, who could be CIOs of major enterprise companies, to ensure deliverability along the project’s specifications
• Excel at removing ambiguity from projects, setting up clear measures of success and carrying out decisive experiments
• Define and maintain product/feature specs with inputs from all stakeholders.
• Write user stories, as well as business cases and specifications for client design and development requirements
• Ensure requirements are fully understood and that implementation plans match expectations.
• Define success criteria for testing and product acceptance.
• Identify blockers that will impact timeline, scope, cost or other project variables and escalate to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Drive delivery of products and features.
• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
• Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
• Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
• Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
• Conduct software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments.
• Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.
• Install, maintain, and guide use of software testing programs.

Job Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or any related field will be an advantage but not compulsory

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of recent product management experience

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional projects. Experience in project delivery for clients, highly preferred
• Excellent communication skills and intuition for communication strategy at every level -- within teams, with clients, with internal stakeholders, and other audiences
• Demonstrated ability to gather user requirements and build a compelling and executable product vision
• Ability to build confidence with stakeholders by maintaining an understandable roadmap
• Detail-oriented with superior organizational skills to balance multiple projects and beat deadlines
• Ability to Code Automated Tests using one or more automation tools including UFT/QTP, Katalone, Microsoft Coded UI, Ruby, Cucumber, Watir, Selenium etc.
• Knowledge of various types of software applications (i.e., Packaged Software, Web Applications, Windows-based applications, Web Services, Mobile applications etc.…)
• Ability to work with various QA/Testing tools and technologies – i.e., Azure DevOps or TFS, SOAP UI, HP ALM, JIRA etc.
• Ability to create Test Plans
• Understanding of SQL Scripts and being able to write SQL to work with various Databases.
• Ability to develop Standards and Procedures to Determine Product Quality and Release Readiness
• Ability to discover Bugs Within Software.