Skills Mandatory
1) Define Test Strategy and Test Approach for projects
2) Ensure Application Quality through process compliance.
3) Strong functional testing knowledge.
4) Customer interfacing
5)Mentor & nurture testing team
Act as a test manager / test architect, owning the testing activities for one or more projects running on web and mobile platforms.
Define custom test strategy based on the business and system requirements to improve the product quality through best practices like early testing, continuous testing etc. so that the project timelines can be met without compromising on quality.
Responsible for certifying the product quality from a functional, performance and security testing context.
Perform test planning, team coordination as well as ensuring testing process compliance through different monitoring measures.
Work in close liaison with the project manager and the customer for communications related to the testing activities.
Work with the testing team to lay out the approach so that the stories are tested as soon as the development is complete, so that only minimal defects get leaked to the test environment.
Monitor the project from process and quality standpoint and alert the project manager about the deviations/risks at the earliest.
Participate in customer calls, the requirement gathering exercises, sprint planning / grooming sessions, sprint review etc. as needed.
Guide and mentor, the testing team in implementing best practices in different areas of testing including System testing, Regression testing (including automation), Performance Testing, Security Testing etc.
Track the teams performance systematically through quality metrics and take measures to improve it.
Contribute to generate documentation showcasing the team's capabilities in winning new opportunities