Head of QA Department (вакансія неактивна)

5+ years of hands-on QA Management experience across multiple projects, off-shore and in-house.
Be a strong leader with experience in implementing and shaping the company’s QA processes and strategies.
Have strong technical skills, both functional and non-functional, manual and automation, ideally in a continuous delivery environment.
Strong communication skills with all the key stakeholders to ensure QA vision is understood and implemented correctly.
Be an advocate of Test Automation, Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement and industry recognized Best Practices.
Excellent knowledge of Risk Management, Risk Identification and Risked Based Testing.
Experience managing testing departments (> 40 engineers, > 7-8 teams) or testing functions, managing large and complex projects, activities and processes.
Flexible with the ability to work under pressure.
Proactive, strong-minded, quick thinker and assertive.
Able to motivate a team, recognize good talent and bring out the best out of each.
A mature and professional individual who is self-motivated and enthusiastic.
Excellent communicator, influencing skills and negotiation skills to get management buy-in on ideas and concepts.
Able to communicate with all levels of management and peers within the organisation.
Providing leadership
Building and maintaining relationships.
The ability to prioritize work and tasks under pressure.
Ability to handle conflict effectively.
Ability to build, implement and direct quality assurance principles and maintain the quality of delivery.

Multinational working environment
A dynamic, professional, and friendly team
Competitive salary + comprehensive benefits package
Flexible corporate culture in a fun modern facility
Ongoing professional growth and development
Opportunities to attend specialized conferences, trainings and seminars

QA Strategy
Defining QA strategy, approach and execution in development projects.
Setting and maintaining of the quality standards across the organisation
Continuously improving the performance of QA department and QA processes

Operations
Allocation of engineers with the right skill sets to client projects, ensuring adequate project staffing
Ensuring the proper use of available tools to gain the maximum benefit of the QA effort.
Following-up the project delivery, QA activities and quality standards
Helping QA teams to identify and implement steps required to improve the process and results
Assisting teams in gathering and presenting testing metrics and testing activities to key stakeholders.
Be an escalation point for all matters related to testing and quality assurance

Teams, performance
Leading and directing the QA teams
Hiring all levels of QA Engineers, their onboarding and off-boarding
Leading semi-annual performance assessments, including goals setting, promotions and compensation reviews

Training, mentoring, knowledge
Providing leadership and technical expertise within Quality Assurance and Test Automation across the teams
Driving and improving the QA team in areas of Automated testing and Agile testing.
Managing training and continuous learning of QA staff employing short courses, conferences, certifications.

Company
Work with QA managers, Development managers and Project management to meet and exceed project and corporate quality goals.
Taking part in the company’s strategic initiatives, e.g. contribution in the setup of new locations, internal processes creation and improvements, adoption of best practices on the company’s level

We are looking for a strong QA Manager to drive and lead a team of 60+ QA engineers in a distributed environment