Test Lead at Tezza Business Solutions Ltd

Job Details

• The Test Lead role performs planning, monitoring, and control of the testing activities on small, medium to large scale projects.
• The role assures conformity to Tezza's and Clients' testing practices and standards across all project as well as coordinating cross portfolio interactions and dependencies.
•  This role working with Project Management (Test Managers or Project Managers), Application Development and multiple test teams, manages the analysis, design, planning and execution of testing for major corporate projects and initiatives.
• They lead, guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases, test procedures and test suites and thus they  must demonstrate knowledge of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and techniques to enable them manage daily workload of Test Analysts and give direction.

Level of Scope:

• Assignments will be tactical in nature

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