08/10/2026 updated
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Test Manager | Release & Delivery Governance | Certified Scrum Master
Bucharest, Romania
Only remote
Architect's Diploma (Master Level - EQF 7)About me
Senior Test Manager and QA professional with 12+ years across enterprise software, web, mobile and APIs. Experienced in test strategy, QA governance, multi-team delivery, defect and risk management, UAT and release coordination. Based in Romania, available for remote contracts.
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Test Strategy and QA Governance
Definition of risk-based test strategies, coverage models, readiness criteria and quality gates across multi-platform SaaS and enterprise software products. Establishment of audit-friendly evidence, QA playbooks and continuous improvement processes for release and go/no-go decisions.
Multi-Team Test Delivery and Defect Governance
Coordination of test execution across multiple squads and platforms (web, desktop, mobile, API), including UAT support, defect triage, prioritisation, escalation and root-cause analysis. Proven track record of improving schedule adherence and reducing rollbacks through structured defect governance.
AI-Assisted Quality Management
Application of AI agents and agentic workflows for coverage analysis, risk identification, defect clustering, test reporting and QA playbook development. Evaluation of AI-supported outputs through benchmarking, source verification, traceability checks and human-in-the-loop validation.
Scrum Master and Agile Delivery
Facilitation of Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning and ways-of-working improvements for distributed teams. Certified Scrum Master with experience coaching multiple teams in Agile delivery environments.
Quality Metrics and Stakeholder Reporting
Creation of KPI dashboards, test status reports and trend analyses using Jira, Confluence, TestRail and Power BI. Delivery of decision-ready reporting for stakeholders across multiple squads and leadership levels.
Test Automation and CI/CD Integration
Experience with automation frameworks including Cypress, Playwright, Selenium and REST Assured. Integration of quality signals into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD, with monitoring via Datadog and Kibana.
API and Data Testing
Hands-on experience with REST and SOAP API testing using Postman, Newman and Swagger/OpenAPI. SQL and MySQL-based data validation across web, desktop and mobile products.
People Management and Team Leadership
Direct management of QA engineering teams including coaching, mentoring, performance reviews, salary input, promotion support and development planning. Experience hiring and building QA teams in distributed setups.
Release Calendar and Change Management Automation
Design and implementation of automated release calendars covering large numbers of squads using Jira, Power BI and ServiceNow. Establishment of standard ways of working to capture release dates, ownership and deliverables consistently.
Definition of risk-based test strategies, coverage models, readiness criteria and quality gates across multi-platform SaaS and enterprise software products. Establishment of audit-friendly evidence, QA playbooks and continuous improvement processes for release and go/no-go decisions.
Multi-Team Test Delivery and Defect Governance
Coordination of test execution across multiple squads and platforms (web, desktop, mobile, API), including UAT support, defect triage, prioritisation, escalation and root-cause analysis. Proven track record of improving schedule adherence and reducing rollbacks through structured defect governance.
AI-Assisted Quality Management
Application of AI agents and agentic workflows for coverage analysis, risk identification, defect clustering, test reporting and QA playbook development. Evaluation of AI-supported outputs through benchmarking, source verification, traceability checks and human-in-the-loop validation.
Scrum Master and Agile Delivery
Facilitation of Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning and ways-of-working improvements for distributed teams. Certified Scrum Master with experience coaching multiple teams in Agile delivery environments.
Quality Metrics and Stakeholder Reporting
Creation of KPI dashboards, test status reports and trend analyses using Jira, Confluence, TestRail and Power BI. Delivery of decision-ready reporting for stakeholders across multiple squads and leadership levels.
Test Automation and CI/CD Integration
Experience with automation frameworks including Cypress, Playwright, Selenium and REST Assured. Integration of quality signals into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD, with monitoring via Datadog and Kibana.
API and Data Testing
Hands-on experience with REST and SOAP API testing using Postman, Newman and Swagger/OpenAPI. SQL and MySQL-based data validation across web, desktop and mobile products.
People Management and Team Leadership
Direct management of QA engineering teams including coaching, mentoring, performance reviews, salary input, promotion support and development planning. Experience hiring and building QA teams in distributed setups.
Release Calendar and Change Management Automation
Design and implementation of automated release calendars covering large numbers of squads using Jira, Power BI and ServiceNow. Establishment of standard ways of working to capture release dates, ownership and deliverables consistently.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2018
Languages
EnglishFluentFrenchBasic knowledgeRomanianNative speaker
Project history
Independent consultancy across test strategy, QA governance, release readiness and multi-team test delivery. Defines risk-based test approaches, coordinates testing across teams and environments, uses AI agents and agentic workflows for coverage analysis and defect clustering, evaluates AI-supported outputs, facilitates Agile planning and Scrum ceremonies, and publishes practical frameworks and articles on test management and AI-assisted QA.
Quality and release manager for a multi-platform financial and trading product (desktop, web, mobile) with significant scale and integration surface area. Owned release readiness and quality governance across 5 squads, defined readiness criteria and quality gates, maintained Jira/Confluence dashboards and TestRail evidence, ran defect governance across squads, used automation and production signals to support release decisions, and acted as Scrum Master for 2 teams.
Led QA strategy and delivery for UBS.com banking and asset management software (Adobe AEM and Adobe Campaign). Owned QA strategy and end-to-end test planning, managed test execution and reporting in Jira and Zephyr, coordinated test environment readiness and cross-team dependencies, supported UAT activities with business stakeholders, built QA playbooks adopted by 50+ engineers, and directly managed 10 QA engineers.