QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER with 3+ years experience as a manager of software testing professionals of 10 or more people. Individual will be accountable for leading a team of software testing professionals to ensure that they meet and exceed business needs. Person will be expected to provide career guidance, advice and mentorship to team members to ensure a high level of employee engagement. The candidate should have strong verbal and written communication skills and be prepared to make an immediate impact within our QA team. In addition to managing testing staff, the candidate will need to interface with managers and directors throughout the organization to build awareness of testing value.

Specific responsibilities will include:
• Leading and managing a team of about 20 software testing professionals who deliver business value
• Creating and fostering an environment of teamwork, open communications, ownership and accountability
• Managing team member's career paths, training agendas, work assignment and business results
• Motivating and providing guidance to team members on an ongoing basis
• Delivering software solutions on-time, on-budget and on-quality
• Coordinating work activities with other managers to ensure all interdependencies are considered and accounted for
• Ensuring SDLC artifact completion and HIPAA & Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Making decisions guided by facts and sound judgment
• Identifying and resolving operational issues using defined processes as required
• Primary contact for all QA requests/issues/questions
• Coordinate and supervise daily testing activities
• Define priorities across the team
• Manage resources and establish goals
• Review / Design / and sign off on standards
• Escalation point for any QA issues
• Ensure Test resources are secured for all testing efforts
• Assign resources to projects
• 'owner' of the test environments
• Create build/deployment schedules for testing cycles
• Review and provide input on all project level documentation.
• Develop detailed testing estimates and timelines
• Set team direction and strategy with QA Director
• Approve release content and schedule from a testing standpoint
• Coordinate overall testing activities with UAT, Vendors and Partners
• Provide overall release testing status
• Approve Releases for Production
• Generate and analyze metrics
• Interview QA candidates
• Implement improvements in test methods and strategies

REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Eight or more years of experience in software testing, including several years of hands on testing preferably in a complex distributed J2EE environment.
- Three or more years of experience as a manager of software testing professionals of 10 or more people
- Demonstrated leadership experience
- Familiarity with QA tools such as: Quality Center, PVCS, Requisite Pro
- Experience with automated regression testing is a plus/QTP/LoadRunner experience
- Ability to work independently within a quickly changing environment with strict deadlines
- Knowledge of SQL, XML, XML Schema, UNIX, JAVA technologies
-Strong analytical skills and Ability to multi-task
-Strong attention to detail
- Proven communication and documentation skills
- Excellent organizational and troubleshooting
- Knowledge of all aspects of the software development life cycle
- Strong listening, facilitation and negotiation skills
- Proven team building skills
- Hands-on management style, leading by example
- Ability to establish trust and credibility within and outside the team
- Proven success leading software testing teams and projects within complex application and organizational environments
- Demonstrated experience with structured and agile methodologies across all phases of the SDLC
- Familiarity with the health insurance industry and Medicare concepts desired
- Demonstrated success hiring, coaching, mentoring and evaluating software development professionals
- Experiences with career management (including training assessment, training planning & execution and career path/planning), performance appraisals and compensation management

Category:	Information Technology
Location:	Horsham, PA
County:	Montgomery County
ZIP Code:	19044
Pay Rate:	$90-$95k
Job Terms:	contract-to-hire
Company:	IT101, Inc.
Phone:	(215) 491-3210
Fax:	email only