Testing Project Manager

Dubai Tax Free28 days agoFull-time External
Negotiable
Overview: Looking for Test Manager wit 12+ years of experience - ** Test Strategy and Planning**: - Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies and plans for projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements. - Define the scope, objectives, and timelines of testing activities. - ** Team Leadership and Management**: - Lead, mentor, and manage a team of test engineers, QA analysts, and automation testers. - Allocate resources effectively and ensure the team adheres to project schedules. - ** Test Execution and Monitoring**: - Oversee test execution, including functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT). - Ensure adherence to quality standards and timely defect resolution. - ** Test Automation**: - Collaborate with automation engineers to develop and maintain automated test scripts. - Promote and implement test automation strategies to improve efficiency and coverage. - ** Stakeholder Communication**: - Serve as the primary point of contact for testing-related activities, providing regular updates to stakeholders and senior management. - Present detailed test reports, metrics, and insights to support decision-making. - ** Process Improvement**: - Continuously evaluate and enhance testing processes, tools, and methodologies. - Promote best practices in software quality assurance and testing. - ** Risk Management**: - Identify potential risks and provide mitigation strategies during the testing phase. - Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. • *Responsibilities**: - Single Point of Contact (SPOC) from the client’s end in terms of delivery, new engagements, change in schedule/ commercials etc - Project planning, tracking and status reporting - Administer the Project Change Control Procedure with senior management at client’s end - Attend project review / progress meeting, defect meeting and other meetings as and when required. - Test coordination and delivery - Participate in daily and weekly status meetings. - Submission of timely deliverables - Task allocation and monitoring - Co-ordinate and manage the project schedule - Timely escalation of risks, deviation in the schedule to the senior management at client’s end First Level of escalation for issues in project health, productivity, project progress etc., Qualifications: • *Required Skills and Qualifications** - Proven experience (10+ years) in software testing and quality assurance, with at least [10] years in a managerial role. - Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JIRA, TestNG, Postman). - Hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks. - Proficiency in Agile and DevOps practices. - Exceptional leadership, communication, and organizational skills. - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.