QA Test Manager

Role Summary The QA Test Manager is responsible for testing products to reveal quality and risk related information with the intent of informing a decision. This is a time-critical role, a QA Manager must triage a situation quickly, and be able to split their time across many tasks at once when required. This role requires the skills and temperament needed to work in a very flexible, agile, self-managed fashion, on often intense projects.

What you will do

· Learn quickly and make effective contributions to projects in a short time span.

· Define test approach & resource plans

· Influence cross-solutions testing

· Define, prioritize, and lead the development of effective tests/checks across the team.

· Encourage and embody teamwork at all levels.

Essential Job Functions

· Preference for experience with IBM OMS, OMOC, SalesForce Commerce Cloud, POS

· Ability to define the testing approach and strategy across a program or multiple projects.

· Ability to act as a subject matter expert and provide coaching to team members on prioritization and estimation of all testing activities.

· Ability to evaluate emerging test design/strategies/practices.

· Demonstrates exemplary teamwork and maintains the respect of others. Diffuses tense situations and manages conflicts appropriately.

· Demonstrates a strong drive and intellectual curiosity to investigate complex technical issues

· Ability to collaborate effectively with all team members and with cross-functional teams

· Ability to negotiate priorities and assure that testing issues are discussed and resolved.

· Ability to review test coverage and propose solutions to increase test effectiveness.

· Ability to diagnose complex issues and suggest testing strategies.

· Demonstrates a core passion to coach and mentor others on testing.

· Ability to coach other testers to create a test strategy or use a test tool.

· Ability to coach and propagate valuable testing practices within the team.

· Utilizes a variety of testing tools and is able to instruct others on their use.

· Ability to switch context quickly and easily.

· Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Systems or other related disciplines.

· At least 8 years software testing experience.

· 2 or more years of testing management or leading experience.

· Extensive experience in managing complex projects.

· Extensive testing background of retail applications.

· Extensive experience in developing test plans, test strategies, test scenarios, test cases.

· Hands-on experience with Agile project management solutions and testing tools.

· Experience with relational and non-relational databases.

· Familiarity with Cloud based applications.

· Experience with Continuous Integration build/deploy technologies and tools.

Required Skills

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills :

Background Check :Yes

Drug Screen :Yes

Notes

Selling points for candidate :

Project Verification Info

Exclusive to Apex :No

Face to face interview required :No

Candidate must be local :No

Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No

Interview times set : :No

Type of project :Testing

Master Job Title :QA/SW Tester

Branch Code :New York City