Sr. Testing Manager

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Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience managing both manual and automated testing.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Good comprehension of test automation principles and application strategies, along with manual testing and excellent knowledge of software testing methodologies and procedures.
• Exceptional ability to negotiate stakeholder requirements and manage project demands.
• Experience with Web test development.
• Experience in Test Automation with a strong grasp of the feasibility of implementing automation solutions and the ability to articulate the strategic advantages of automated testing over manual methods.
• Being analytical and detail-oriented with an ability to give constructive feedback to testers.
• Strong time management, task delegation, and prioritization capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills, as the role entails talking with clients.
• Proven experience working with external clients.

Responsibilities:

• Working hand in hand with relevant client stakeholders to align and execute successful testing strategies, ensuring tight process integration and exceptional results.
• Be involved in daily scrum calls, sprint meetings, and release calls/meetings.
• Speak confidently about holistic testing strategies, including manual and automation testing flows.
• Ensuring the quality of a Test Run by following recommended approaches established within Testlio and accounting for client-side expectations.
• Defining the testing strategy for a single Run as well as for the project as a whole for the foreseeable future.
• Leading and coordinating Test Runs – identifying relevant scope, estimating needed work task efforts, verifying the testing environment, preparing relevant test plans/mindmaps/materials/guides and tools, building a team from our network of Test Leads and Testers following the unique criteria for the project, triaging reported issues, supporting testers, providing feedback and compiling meaningful end reports.
• Raising project and team-related risks, problems, and questions to the relevant stakeholders and taking the initiative to solve them.
• Reviewing and providing feedback to test plans and tests created by other testing managers.
• Identifying and solving technical challenges related to testing, such as simulating geographical locations, using network traffic monitoring tools, and so forth.
• Proactively defining priorities based on the work backlog.
• Understanding and working within the boundaries of the project’s success and financial metrics, such as margin, target utilization, NPS, and more.
• Monitoring project quality KPIs and taking appropriate actions to improve them.