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Job_Description":" Deliverables Well be relying on you to Ingrain quality as a core discipline into every aspect of the technology Responsible for leading and directing the Quality Engineering Research leadership team Direct the development of the Quality Engineering strategy, methodology, discipline and framework. Driving and improving the QER team in areas of automated testing and agile testing. Accountable for the overall design, implementation and improvement of testing strategies and tools with focus on test automation, continuous integration, and delivery. Define and execute standards, methods, and procedures to determine product release readiness by playing the role of customer advocate. Advance metrics and goal setting to provide visibility and understanding of development effectiveness from a quality perspective. Shift Left Testing: Collaborate closely with engineering teams to deliver software releases with and ever-increasing level of quality. Work across technology, support teams to prioritize assignments and manage risks/issues to ensure successful delivery with high quality. Ensure product teams are informed with the perspective of the customer. Overall QE resource management Build, nurture and empower QER team by focusing on quality with expertise in software testing, test automation, agile processes, CI/CD, and DevOps, among other things In partnership with other key stake holders, recruit, retain and develop great talent to be an asset to the QE team. Competencies With the below core skills... Leadership Demonstrate sound judgement based on facts and the context. Take ownership of testing deliverables and quality of the testing done. Strategic Thinking Instead of thinking quality as afterthought, need an enterprise level view and a coherent picture of end to end with a forward planning for effective delivery of quality products. Manage Risks Proactive about managing risks Technical Testing Skills Ability to understand the system architecture of the application under test. Ability to explore multiple ways to test through UI, API and the backend. Ability to automate and conduct performance testing. Achieving Results Be aware of key business objectives and ensure these are applied appropriately to all business activities. Building Relationships Able to develop effective relationships with all IDP staff and be recognised as providing a supporting role. Customer Focus (internal external) Able to anticipate and understand customer expectations and ensure customer requirements are met and expectations appropriately managed. Able to build professional relationships with customers and focus on solving their problems. Communication Good communication skills suitable for the liaison with departmental staff and senior management. Demonstrate good communication, both orally and in writing, with colleagues, clients and customers including producing reports, preparing, organising and delivering presentations using appropriate tools and techniques. Planning and Organising Good at determining a course of action by breaking it down into smaller steps and by planning and resourcing each of these, making allowance for potential problems. Teamwork Able to contribute effectively towards the objectives of a team, and be able to share knowledge, ideas and information. Aware of the needs, objectives and constraints of those in other disciplines and functions. Relationship Internal -Executive leadership team -Program Team members -Technology Architectures -Engineering Teams -Security Teams -Cloud Infrastructure Specialists, Technical Support and Service Desk -Product Owners and Business Stakeholders -IT, Legal, HR, Finance, Marketing as required External -Vendors and Consultants -Partner Organisations -External Customers Personal Specification Essential Requirements -Minimum of 15 Years of experience with experience leading a testing team -Expertise in Test Automation framework development and execution -Ability to automate and identify the right scope for automation on the UI, API and data layers. -Expertise on all facets of test automation - Unit, API, Integration, functional, Performance and manual exploratory testing -Able to show experience of working in Agile Projects involving API Testing. -Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English -Must have strong interpersonal skills and desire to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment -Collaboration Facilitation: Ability to establish strong relationships with stakeholders both internal and external to the organisation and at various levels -Must have the ability to work autonomously, be self-motivated and a strong team player -You relish opportunities to learn new technologies and approaches -A sense of urgency and fundamental commitment to quality -High attention to detail and a work ethic which encourages accuracy Desirable Requirements -Holds a BachelorDegree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related fields -An understanding of the Education and/or Language Testing sectors -Related industry certification -Prior experience or a background in software testing -Prior experience or background using Agile methodologies -Involvement in a digital transformation or multi-system integration projects ","
