Description
Quality Manager wanted for our international end client in The Hague!
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Rate: 59 euros per hour
You will:
Undertake quality assurance activities on various allocated projects.
Perform Quality Assurance tasks such as reviewing and reporting with respect to:
1) project management products and processes covering: initiation, planning, risk and issue management, and project closure;
2) facilitation of specialist products, review and assurance.
Review on a monthly basis the project highlight report and create in addition the quality assurance highlight report, subsequently submit this report to the project board within the set deadlines.
Perform coaching and bi-laterals with the assigned Project Manager.
Provide contribution to the Quality Status on the assigned project for monthly reporting at Vice President level.
Contribute to the revision and improvement of existing quality procedures and artefacts on a quarterly basis.
During project intake, you will:
create a quality mandate to be agreed with Project Board.
review the project brief and create a quality assurance start-up report
create a QA monthly highlight report.
During project initiation, you will:
review and report on the Quality status of Project Initiation Document including product descriptions, cost/budget, stage plans, risks, architecture conformity approval and resources resulting in a quality assurance initiation report
create a QA monthly highlight report.
Deliver a stage gate review and report.
During project execution, you will:
provide updates to the quality register
review the detailed plan, the product descriptions, risk/issue/change management
deliver quality assurance stage gate review reports
deliver interim health check reports
During project closure, you will:
review the stage end report, Handover documentation, release of budget and resources, stakeholder approvals and closure of the Issue and risk logs
Create a Quality Assurance Project closure report.
You will also:
Produce Interim health check Quality reports
Work with the Project manager, but report and make necessary recommendations to the Project Board.
Contribute to the revision and improvement of existing quality procedures and artefacts on an ongoing basis, providing input for a Quarterly review.
Skills you will bring:
Very good Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and related quality standards (such as ISO 9000 series).
Excellent knowledge of standard Project Management Methodologies (eg PRINCE 2).
Excellent knowledge of software development methodologies.
Very good knowledge about IT Governance Frameworks (eg CobiT ).
Working knowledge of related industry quality standards (ISO, IEEE, ISTQB (ISEB), ideally with qualifications.
You will have specific experience with:
- Project Management. (3-5 years - minimum)
- Project planning tools (eg MS Project).
- Configuration Management and Version Control.
Familiar with enterprise desktop applications: IBM Lotus Notes, MS Office
Fluent in spoken and written English. Experience in technical documentation creation.
Desirable:
Working knowledge of Scrum software development approach is an advantage.
Knowledge of the OGC P3M3 Maturity model is an advantage.
Knowledge of the Software development maturity models (eg CMM or CMMi) is an advantage.
Additional Knowledge about Intellectual Property and application software is an advantage.
Test management tools (eg HP Quality Center).
Automation tools (eg HP Quicktest Professional and HP LoadRunner)
Is this you? Please send us your English CV including a short motivation!