QUALITY ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

QUALITY ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION:

Mastery of craft with working knowledge of multiple disciplines/accounts of projects.

DESCRIPTION:

The Quality Assurance Director (QEAD) supports one or more QA Engineering teams on resource allocation process and technical aspects of testing activities. The individual in this position must be a quality enthusiast and strategically oriented. The QEAD must be comfortable with all technology involved in the teams work and be proficient with Test Management tools KPI implementations and other testing tools. The QEAD will proactively work on skills development for all QAA resources.

LANGUAGE LEVEL:

• C1: Advanced

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors Degree (i.e. BA BS etc.)

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

• 914

EXPERIENCE LEADING TEAMS:

• 5 years

KEY FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees and supports creating sustaining and improving the testing strategy across multiple clients.
• Participates in client requirements reviews provides support on requirement refinements and communicates QA needs through the static testing cycle.
• Manages and audits work traffic across high complexity projects by coordinating with senior team members providing and utilizing estimation efforts and tracking project priorities whilst.
• Guides and supports scheduling staffing and risk management for QA projects.
• Guides improves and resolves blockers for specialized QA teams in complex types of testing such as security functional mobile API and others.
• Guides the implementation of new technologies tools and strategies through formal business cases considering budget tech availability complexity and other applicable factors.
• Creates and participates in pitches about automation initiatives for potential clients delivering robust concise and business focus cases for QA utilizations and methodologies.
• Acts as a technical guide for the QA population and fosters process improvement initiatives and adherence to best practices.
• Leads the formulation and adoption of QA and operational standards best practices organizational policies processes and strategic plans.
• Carries out management responsibilities following the organizations policies and applicable laws; this includes interviewing hiring and training employees; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints.
• Ability to effectively share relevant information about peoples performance propose and take action toward each case.
• Contributes to the assessment analysis planning design and delivery of training and quality solutions collaborating with L&D and stakeholders.

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and lead to conclusion QA Automation efforts for different clients and services.
• Proactively propose improvements for raising the bar at a company level.
• Work and propose actions on the overall team performance and KPIs.
• Participate in crossfunctional teams.
• Provide recommendations and strategies for best process and career growth.
• Participate in technical evaluations for promotions and merits.
• Carries out management responsibilities following the organizations policies and applicable laws; this includes interviewing hiring recommendations and onboarding & training employees; appraising performance; rewarding and collaborating with Directors on creating employee performance improvement plans; and addressing complaints.
• Actively engages in the PGD strategic plan.
• Contributes to the assessment analysis planning design and delivery of training and quality solutions collaborating with L&D and stakeholders.
• Participate in the Performance program as a Performance manager.
• Represent the craft in meetings with existing and potential clients.
• Lead efforts around teams metrics: improvements for gathering processes tools and relevant reports for management peers and assist in planning and identification of performance issues.

MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Software Engineering Web Development degree or equivalent experience
• 12 years of QA Engineering experience.
• 5 years of QA Leadership experience.
• Experience in software development and or web development methodologies and frameworks.
• Expert in creating Test Plans test cases status and team metrics reports.
• Expert in the following QA approaches: smoke regression integration UAT etc.
• Expert experience in multiple types of testing such as functional nonfunctional compatibility responsive ADA security API web services load testing creative etc.
• ISTQB Foundation level certification is a must.

GOOD TO HAVE SKILLS /KNOWLEDGE:

• ISTQB Test Manager and/or Advanced Test Automation level certified is preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS (MAXIMUM 10)

• Expertise in Automation tools (Selenium IDE Java Ruby Cucumber)
• Gerkins syntax Jira/ATM TestRail excel bulk
• Application testing for Native Web and Hybrid apps
• Defect analysis and solving across major market OS.
• Load Testing tools such as jMeter SoapUI
• Proficiency with Front and Back end Technologies
• Expertise in Web Services testing (Restful SOAP)
• Expertise in Agile Project lifecycles