This is a contract Business Analyst / QA role based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with a duration of 6+ months. You will work as part of the Eligibility Beta product team, serving as a subject matter expert and senior member of the IT organization. You will lead QA team members, mentor colleagues including offshore staff, and partner continuously with the BA/QA Practice community, regression and automation teams, and stakeholders to deliver business value solutions.
Responsibilities
- Gather business requirements
- Lead and mentor QA team members, including offshore team members within your product team
- Design, develop, and execute test strategy, test cases, scripts, plans, and procedures (manual and automated)
- Establish and evolve QA best practices, ensuring that the team uses proven best practices
- Advocate for data collection to build and publish key QA KPIs (Key Performance Indicator) metrics
- Promote usage of tools, automation, and develop new processes to ensure quality goals are in alignment with stakeholder needs
- Execute testing deliverables for the product team
- Act as key point of contact for coordinating QA activities across various product teams and representing your team outside of IT
- Meet deadlines and work with an agile mindset
- Advocate for test coverage within the team from anyone who can help
- Demonstrate strong commitment to delivering business value through critical thinking and dedicated effort
- Create and support a collaborative culture with a team-oriented mindset
- Work collaboratively within your product team, automation team, QA Practice community, IT department, and with vendor partners
Qualifications
- Required
- Advanced working knowledge and skill in the professional field with ability to function as a subject matter expert for other staff
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field with 7+ years of work experience beyond the degree