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As a Testing Leader at Apple, you will play a crucial role in taking our QA function to the next level by driving technology adoption, automation excellence, and innovative testing practices. You will be a strategic thinker and technologist who can disrupt the status quo, introduce modern testing approaches, and foster collaboration within the team. **Responsibilities:** - **Technology Leadership:** Evaluate, introduce, and implement modern testing tools, frameworks, and best practices such as AI/ML in testing, cloud-based testing, and continuous testing. - **Automation Strategy:** Define and execute a robust test automation strategy across functional, regression, performance, and security testing. - **Innovation Mindset:** Bring a disruptive thought process to problem-solving while ensuring team alignment and adoption. Ability to consider alternative viewpoints and adapt the approach when required. - **Team Development:** Mentor and upskill the testing team in cutting-edge technologies and methodologies. - **Collaboration:** Communicate and coordinate with international teams. Partner with development, product, and DevOps teams to embed quality early in the lifecycle (Shift-Left Testing). - **Quality Metrics:** Define measurable KPIs for quality, test effectiveness, automation coverage, and continuous improvement. - **Scalability:** Build testing processes and platforms that can scale with product growth and evolving technology needs. - **Delivery:** Work closely with internal organizations, project teams, and clients to develop project schedules, execute test plans and cases, and deliver high-quality products. - **Enhance Quality Assurance processes, environments, tools, and frameworks.** - **Champion Apple's dedication to providing an extraordinary user experience and drive the team to work towards this shared goal.** - **Uphold Apple's ethical and moral standards while working with internal and external partners.** - **Form the team on the foundation of excellence, professional growth, inclusivity, and respect.** **Minimum Qualifications:** - 15+ years of relevant experience with at least 8 years" experience managing stakeholders and large complex testing programs. - Experience in SAP Testing with a good understanding of Supply Chain Processes. - Experience in testing/test management of S/4 Hana Implementations. - Experience in product quality and uncovering hard-to-find scenarios and bugs. - Background in setting up and leading QA teams. - Experience in QA for highly scalable, distributed, and high-performance platforms. - Experience in functional & performance testing. - Excellent knowledge of QA automation methodologies, processes, and tools. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Masters or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering from a premier school. - Minimum 12-15 years of Work experience in a similar role preferred. - Experience in developing test plans, test cases, and performing testing. - Familiar with technologies like Worksoft, Tosca, Java, SQL, Scala, Databases, NoSQL, Web Services (Rest & soap). - Familiar with using tools to measure system and performance metrics. - Extremely detail-oriented, committed to the highest quality of work you're doing. - Experience in presenting executive-level briefs for business reviews, forecast delivery schedules, and risk mitigations. - Ability to communicate effectively with peers, senior leadership, and globally dispersed partners. - Deep inquisitive mind and ability to bring in change. Please submit your CV for consideration.,
