European Test Manager

Do you want to expand your business career path and work in a fast-paced startup environment? If you are not afraid of challenges - apply now! We are looking for a person who will join us as a European Test
Manager!

Requirements:

• 5+ years as a Testing Manager
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and/or relevant work experience
• Deep understanding of IT testing principles / best practices
• Expert knowledge of the Atlassian toolset – Jira, Confluence
• Proven track record in working on global cross-functional enterprise-level Retail Technology projects
• Experience working with 3rd Party Onshore & Offshore development partners
• Knowledge of SDLC, application integration principles, standards, and methods
• Knowledge of Agile methodology, principles, standards and methods
• Expert knowledge of the MS Office Suite – Project, Visio, Word, Excel
• Ability to direct and manage teams – identifying project tasks, setting priorities, assigning and monitoring work
• Ability to interact with and manage both local and virtual project teams

Nice to have:

• Industry Certification – ITIL, CSM, PMP, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and define the European testing roadmap, strategy, and approach
• Coordinate with the regional product managers and internal development / 3rd Party technical teams, across all types of testing initiatives and phases
• Execute and report upon testing status for each testing phase, representing internal development and 3rd party development and testing progress
• Facilitate testing execution, drive phase gate definitions, and ensure phase gates are met (Entry-Exit) between test activities
• Prepare overall weekly Europe Test Summary Status Report for all types of testing initiatives and phases (Product, Integration, End to End, Performance, Penetration / Security, User Acceptance)
• Gather the European team's approvals and provide input for the "Go / No Go" decision for testing and deployment
• Confirm release management and version control maintenance occurs for each testing environment. ie: Knowledge of release contents including defect fixes, coordinate delivery to the proper environment, manage deployments during correct deployment windows, supervise environment maintenance
• Own and distribute communications related to environments/releases (outages, maintenance, deployment, releases) where appropriate
• Confirm that all testing environments are ready and stable and that there are no testing equipment/environment blockers
• Communicate testing information to all stakeholders (program leadership, 3rd Party partners, test leads, development teams, and testers) so they can plan their re-tests (provide deployment notice/release notes/hotfixes - includes bug fixes, CRs, etc.)
• Ensure testing updates are actively managed in Jira (environment deployment status, testing progress, etc)
• Ensure program testing artifacts, such as the Testing Environment Diagram & Data Diagrams are developed and maintained

Get to know DevsData

We are a technology consulting company and a recruitment agency, delivering software solutions to clients from Europe and the US. We work 100% remotely, in an international team. We employ people with experience in international corporations as well as the ones from the best technical and business universities.
Find out more: https://devsdata.com