Test Manager

Job Description
Key focus on Test Strategy & Planning for large enterprise application upgrade projects.

Test Manager
ONSITE 5 DAYS

Key Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Planning
Define the overall testing strategy, approach, and test governance framework.
Develop test plans, test schedules, resource plans, and quality objectives.
Establish test entry and exit criteria for releases.
Ensure alignment of testing activities with project timelines and business goals.
Test Execution Management
Manage functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing activities.
Monitor test execution progress and ensure adequate test coverage.
Coordinate defect identification, triage, prioritization, and resolution.
Track quality metrics and provide release readiness assessments.
Team Leadership
Lead and mentor QA Engineers, Test Analysts, Automation Engineers, and Test Leads.
Allocate resources and manage testing workloads.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the testing organization.
Stakeholder Management
Collaborate with Project Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Business Stakeholders.
Communicate testing status, risks, quality metrics, and recommendations.
Present go/no-go recommendations for production releases based on quality indicators.
Quality Governance & Reporting
Establish QA processes, standards, and best practices.
Ensure compliance with organizational quality frameworks.
Develop dashboards and KPI reporting for stakeholders.
Monitor metrics such as:
Test coverage
Defect density
Defect leakage
Automation coverage
Pass/fail rates
Release readiness
Mean time to defect resolution
Automation & Continuous Testing
Drive test automation strategies and framework adoption.
Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Support shift-left testing and Agile/DevOps practices.

Priority (A, B, C, RFP )
fp B