BASIC FUNCTION:As part of M&T’s Quality Assurance Test Group within Central Technology, the Quality Assurance Test Manager would provide both short and long term strategic direction for the department ensuring direction is in line with the goals of the division and overall bank strategy. Responsible for managing QA Testing project relationships internally and externally to include both on & off shore.
RESPONSIBILITIES:The QA Test Group assists Central Technology in operating more efficiently through centralization of expertise, standardizing test processes, and managing the acquision and sharing of software licenses.The group works with the Project Management Office to define test roles and processes within project management and develop methodologies to ensure standardizations achieve efficiencies.Manage the day-to-day activities of Test Group ResourcesDevelop quality assurance testing strategy, as well as short and long term goalsEvaluate acquire, implement and supports test tools and test services to provide efficiencies through centralized subject matter expertise and productsManage test vendor relationships to reduce costsPerforms budgeting and other departmental administrative tasksExercise managerial authority over staff with respect to staffing, performance management, salary recommendations, employee development
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelors degree or above in CIS or related technical field or 4+ years experience in quality assurance and/or relevant project managementExperience in distributed and mainframe software development life cycle methodologies, application technologies and test processesStrong written and verbal communication skills to be able to present to target audienceMinimum of ten (10) years overall experience to include a minimum of five (5) years testing and at least three (3) years of project managementStrong knowledge of testing tools (Mercury, Winrunner, Loadrunner, Quality Center or Segue)
IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:Experience with managing offshore test teamsExperienced in defect tracking tools and test metrics reportingStrong understanding of Technology Application Architectures/LanguagesWorking knowledge of Technology Infrastructure & Information Security
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Monday, August 11, 2008