Test Lead Role and Responsibilities:

• Devise the test objectives, organizational test policies, test strategies, and test plans in collaboration with the R&D team and other stakeholders.
• Estimate the testing to be done and negotiate with management to acquire the necessary resources.
• Plan, deploy and manage the testing effort within the context of each product release/delivery.
• Identify test automation opportunities, plan the effort, select the tools, and ensure the training of the team.
• Lead, guide, and monitor the analysis, design, implementation, and execution of the test cases, test procedures, and test suites.
• Ensure proper configuration management of the testware produced and traceability of the tests to the test basis.
• Make sure the test environment is put into place before test execution and managed during test execution.
• Schedule the tests for execution and then monitor, control, and report on the test progress, the product quality status, and the test results.
• Apply appropriate test measurements and metrics in the product and the test team.
• Periodically review test-suite and plan amendments in order to minimize the number of tests needing execution while maximizing coverage.
• Champion innovation by recognizing newly arising opportunities improving the time to run a test validation cycle.
• Collaborate with the R&D teams to create and refine user stories and acceptance criteria and ensure the acceptance tests reflect the desired functionality.
• Be an active contributor within the scrum, providing test input, supporting the scrum master and other scrum members and teams.
• Interact with product & project management and R&D teams to develop a strong understanding of the project and testing objectives.
• Coordinate between onshore & offshore teams.
• Work with and comply with our integrated quality and security management system and SDLC.
• Contribute to the creation and enhancement of SOP's, test documentation and reporting that meets the standards of our quality and information security management systems.
• Other relevant tasks may be assigned by management from time to time.

Management Role and Responsibilities:

• Build up and lead the Testing Team to the success of projects.
• Assist in hiring, training & development of new test team members.
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members on test automation best practices and standards.

Required Experience for the Role:

• 7+ years of work experience in a similar development and/or testing role is essential.
• Significant experience working with a variety of SDLC models.
• Strong experience working with Agile methodologies e.g. Kanban, SCRUM.
• Proven experience to drive testing effort in complex projects for SaaS and hybrid cloud.
• Strong experience in working in regulated environments and industries.
• Experience working with Quality Management Systems e.g. ISO27001 or QMS.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to coordinate efficiently with the client, product, offshore/onshore teams, and bridge communication gaps.
• Experience working with test automation frameworks and tools.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD best practices and principles, frameworks, and tools.
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management.
• Able to work with different teams, prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Must be flexible, independent, adaptable and self-motivated.
• Complete all mandatory company training and job-specific training required for the role, including ISMS, GLP, DocuSign, SDLC as applicable.

Additional Experience in the following would be Advantageous:

• Java, Spring Boot, Docker & Kubernetes.
• Web Services & RESTful APIs.
• AWS Services & MongoDB Atlas.
• DirectX Graphics / Imaging Development.
• Previous experience working in a regulated environment.

Education / Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems or another related field is essential.

Desired Characteristics:

• Can take the initiative and lead by example.
• Excellent communication and ability to work with a range of stakeholders inside and outside of the business.
• Experience working with multinational companies and teams.
• Can bridge the gap between user domain and technical audiences.
• Strong Innovative/creative thinking.
• Enthusiastic teamwork and process innovation-driven.
• Strong design and systems thinking skills.