As Test Manager you tailor test methodologies, define test strategies, make master and level test plans and lead test teams.
- You report to all levels of management on quality and progress and advise them with regard to go life and process improvements. As SPOC for the test team you use your excellent communication skills to negotiate with other stakeholders to set up optimal circumstances for your team to work in and you report on your team’s activities to project and line management.
- Your excellent knowledge of test automation, methodology and a wide range of test techniques, allows you to train and coach your team and our customers in the application of the test process.
- You tailors testmethodologies to the needs of his projects and negotiates with other stakeholders to them approved. You work closely with the project manager and other stakeholders to solve problems related to or discovered by testing.
- You promote good testing practices throughout the organisation, specifically towards middle and higher management.
- You have more than 6 years of experience in software testing.
- You have an advanced testing certificate (ISTQB advanced) or are willing to obtain one.
KEY ACTIVITIES
- You assist line management when they make test policies.
- You create test strategies and master test plans for products or large projects.
- You introduce or improve structured test methodologies and make sure they get institutionalised.
- You perform test process assessments.
- You will make level test plans and then monitor and control their execution.
- You will set up measurement systems on the test process, collect measurements, analyse them and compile them into test reports.
- You facilitate the work of your team by creating the right preconditions, among others through negotiation with different stakeholders.
- You coach and motivate your team.
- You promote good testing practices throughout the organisation.
- You are the reference person with regard to test processes and methodology for your colleagues.
COMPETENCES
- You are a good and assertive communicator who can talk both with technical teams, the customer and management in a diplomatic way. You are used to giving presentations.
- You report in a structured way adapted to your public.
- You are a team player, but also able to work independently.
- You critically investigate the information you handle and are able to effectively challenge dubious data based on objective observations and effective communication.
- You are able to work in rapidly changing environments and under adverse circumstances (e.g. very strict deadlines, moving objectives, unforeseen obstacles …) without undue stress.
- You are quality minded and have an eye for detail.
- You are excellent at giving training and coaching people.
- You are an agile learner. You proactively search for information and acquire new skills by interaction with colleagues or by self-study.
- You show initiative by e.g. making proposals, improving processes, tackling additional tasks without waiting to be asked.
- You are able to work independently.
- You have managed teams; you share knowledge and assist others when needed.
- You look beyond your current task and take into account consideration issues important for higher management levels or even the community.
- You are able to abstract knowledge into models and to apply models and abstract concepts in his day-to-day activities.
- You are a technical thinker.
- You are focused on creating win-win situations and on solving problems. You consistently suggest solutions when you encounter problems or challenges.
- You easily adapt to new working environments, projects, technologies, limitations, customer expectations, etc.
- You know your own strengths and weaknesses.
- You are able to find solutions to most technical or human problems either directly or by finding the people who have the skills or knowledge needed.
- You good at preventing or defusing conflicts.
- You are an expert in creating test strategies and a master test plans for a projects or products using a risk based approach.
- Based on a test strategy and the test basis, you regularly create detailed test plans including a work breakdown structure, estimations, preconditions and a schedule. You can integrate these plans in the project or operational planning.
- You are able to manage the handling of defects and to set up a formal procedure for doing so; you can coach or manage a change control board; you can set up defect management procedures.
- The V-model has no secrets for you. You adapt it to the development process as needed.
- You have created and institutionalized document review procedures.
- You have developed and maintained test cases/suites using various test techniques, including usability techniques. You have executes tests and reported on the results (including anomalies) using test tools.
- You have a solid grasp of technical testing (performance, infrastructure, load and stress ...) as well as functional and usability testing.
- You understand several comprehensive test methodologies and regularly tailor them to the needs of projects and organisations.
- You can perform audits of the testing process on a project or organisations, based on a formal assessment approach or methodology, and are able to lead the improvement effort in larger organisations.
- You know how to schedule project related tasks covering multiple components and/or subsystems across multiple teams. You have used tools like e.g. MS Project to do this.
- You can explain the configuration management processes, evaluate the way they are practiced and coach teams in improving current practices.
- You are good at setting up and operating measurement systems using the GQM approach.
- You have a solid grasp of process areas related to testing (e.g. project management, requirements management, release management ...) and several models and frameworks describing these processes. (CMMI, ITIL ...).
LANGUAGES
- You are fluent in English and at least one local language (Dutch or French, both preferred)
WE OFFER :
• A very challenging and fascinating job in a young and dynamic company with a great growth potential.
• The opportunity to work on a high level within the field of Software Engineering.
• Working in lots of different business sectors (banking, telecom, insurance, government, distribution,…) making the job interesting.
• Extra legal packet
• Cronos Benefits
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