Quality Assurance Manager - 6 month FTC
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Job Type | Fixed-Term Contract |
Location | Mayfair |
Area | West End, UK |
Sector | Information Technology - Management |
Salary | 70000 |
Currency | GBP |
Start Date | ASAP - 3 months notice period |
Advertiser | Business Services |
Job Ref | 36894 |
Job Views | 196 |
- Description
- Quality Assurance Manager
6 month FTC
£70k per annum
As the Quality Assurance Manager, you will perform the role of scrutinising project and development outputs to ensure that all requirements are met. You will be responsible for identifying issues and non-conformities, facilitating prioritisation, and approving any rework/corrective action through re-testing.
You'll work closely with the Business Analyst and Project Management functions within the PMO, together with the Technical Development, Business Support teams, and testing communities within the business to provide confidence that the end product is fit for purpose. Their approval is a necessary part of the project lifecycle.
Duties and responsibilities
- Devise procedures to test, report and manage project quality issues across the lifecycle
- Work with Senior Management within IT and the Business to agree sign off thresholds at appropriate stages
- Create test scripts and plans for assigned projects and work
- Co-ordinate, guide and lead testing communities and Subject matter experts within the business on test procedures and plans
- Liaise with the IT development and support teams, as well as relevant suppliers, to clearly identify and replicate issues. Provide timely retest results back
- Facilitate proactive solutions by collecting and analysing test data and investigate issues for root cause
- Document and communicate test results and statistics to a different levels of audience on a regular basis
- Facilitate relevant triage meetings and presentations to report issues and results
- Working with the Business Analysis function to ensure solutions meet the firm’s needs and requirements
- Escalate relevant key issues and risks in a timely manner to the Senior Management team.
- Manage any testing tools and testing reporting tools
Skills
- Proven experience of quality assurance manager or relevant role
- Thorough knowledge of quality assurance and testing methodologies and standards
- BCS Testing Certification or equivalent
- Excellent numerical skills and understanding of data analysis /statistical methods
- Excellent attention to detail essential
- ITIL foundation, Prince II (Agile), desirable
- Strong administration and organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload
- A high standard of written and oral communication with attention to detail
- Experience of working within the legal services sector is highly desirable
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office and test reporting tools
- Database interrogation skills (SQL /TSQL)