QA Lead

7 days ago

Cape Town, South Africa Parvana Strategic Sourcing Full time

**Client Details**:
Our client is a dynamic engineering services company that delivers enterprise asset management solutions. They provide smart asset management solutions, specialised management practices, and supporting software tools. They help a diverse client base to perform at their peak while balancing asset performance, cost and risk. Our client's headquarters are based in South Africa with a global footprint.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Signing-off on the final release readiness for product and component releases.

Establishing Quality Assurance discipline as an integral component of the Software Development Lifecycle.

Mentorship and team enablement approach.

Defect management.

Testing effectiveness measurement.

Test Scope determination.

Acting as the primary contact for all matters related to QA

Setting the product quality strategy and plan, and then measure and report on the effective execution thereof

Defining the key measures for software and product quality.

Developing, publishing and maintaining a QA roadmap of tooling and process improvement.

Planning, managing and measuring the Quality Assurance discipline.

Identifying the correct tools and QA process, and ensuring cadence with the Development team’s Agile practices.

Preparing and reviewing test plans.

Monitoring all QA activity, test results, defect rates and areas of improvement.

Reviewing the quality process and driving further efficiencies and improvements.

Utilising all quality and testing tools optimally, including balancing automation versus manual testing.

Demonstrating the value that quality processes add through a metric-driven approach.

Champion the value and benefits of quality to the business and other senior managers.

Keeping up to date on knowledge of latest QA techniques and trends.

Working with the QA team to develop personal development and training plans and providing opportunities for learning.

Mentoring and coaching to QA team members, ensuring the success of the team’s manual and automation testing.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
Relevant Tertiary Qualification would be preferential

QA related Test management certification i.e. ISTQB Testing Management

**Relevant Skills / Experience**:
7 years’ experience in the Full Software Quality Assurance Lifecycle.

2 years’ experience in a Management / Team Leadership role - Building and managing QA teams.

Demonstrable experience in manual and automated QA, ideally in a continuous delivery environment.

Experience of modern QA automation and monitoring tools.

Functional and non-functional testing experience.

Microsoft.Net experience preferred.

Strong communication skills, dealing with all levels of management and peers within an organisation.

Experience working with teams following an Agile methodology.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.

Strong technical skills - comfortable testing software without a user interface, e.g. an API.

Comfortable writing and debugging code.

Someone with a passion for Technology and Testing Experience leading QA Teams.

DevOps experience.

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