Description
QA Manager/Test Manager wanted for a growing retailer based in Central London. The client is seeing online and multi-channel growth and is looking to re-platform to a brand new E-commerce product.As a QA Manager/Test Manager, you will ideally have experience working on transactional/E-commerce projects, from the inception to deployment, and will be well versed in the full Software Testing Lifecycle.
You will be testing a number of complex front and backend systems, providing a key QA/test strategy which will involve Manual and Automation testing; advising on the tools and methods best suited for the E-commerce platform.
Working in an agile environment, you will be leading a team to support the testing of the brand new E-commerce site. The ideal candidate will have experience in Automation and Manual testing, defining test plans, creating test scripts and performing test executions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define a suitable test strategy for the brand new E-commerce platform, defining what tools and methods are best suited for the project
- Define test plans, test specifications, test suites, and test cases, as well as utilise automated tools for unit, functional and integration testing.
- Agree testing scope, requirements, test entry and exit criteria for each release
- Manage testing execution, including co-ordination of appropriately skilled resource and mobilisation of teams to resolve testing issues as needed
- Test a number of complex front and backend systems
- Managing a small team of testers: including mentoring, reviews, support and guidance
- Liaising with business stake holders, development teams, business analysts and project managers
- Produce reports and documentation to keep stakeholders and management up to date
- Contribute to the overall web E-commerce based product, suggesting improvements to the product and overall development and testing process
Essential Skills:
- Automation Testing Experience with tools such as Selenium WebDriver or similar
- Experience in the full Software Testing Life Cycle
- E-commerce experience, ideally ATG, WebSphere Commerce, Hybris, Demandware platforms or working on high transactional sites/applications
- Strong background in manual testing with a multitude of tools and technologies
- Ability to review and input to User Stories, ensuring they are well defined prior to test planning and scripting
- Ability to identify positive and negative test scenarios to ensure code has been written to cover all based
- commercial experience in Agile, TDD, BDD, Continuous integration and Continuous delivery methods
- Extensive experience in testing web applications, services, websites and strong knowledge of compatibility for various browsers on desktops, tablets and mobile
- Designing test strategies, plans and processes, methodologies and supporting documentation for functional and non-functional areas
- Project management tools such as JIRA for Defect Management and Test Cases