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Practice Manager, QA Manager, Service Delivery, Stakeholder Management, Remote
Practice Manager / QA Manager requiredto work for a fast growing business based in Central London. However, this will be practically remote there will be some travel to the Central London offices, and as it is a global role, there will be some global travel from time to time. However, ALL travel and accommodation expenses will be paid.Please read in full before applying
Also, before we go any furtheras this has global coverage, there may be some early / late calls. You must be prepared for this. There will be give and take with times, along with some flexibility if things are becoming quite taxing. However, we want someone dedicated and definitely not someone who wants a hardened 9am 5pm kind of position! Also, if you are close to being immediately available as possible, this would definitely be a bonus.
The key areas of knowledge and experience should be focused on:
Domain Knowledge (Quality Assurance, Quality Control & Testing Frameworks, Tools, Techniques)
Resource Management (Capacity & Capability with Partners and where needed Internal)
Stakeholder Engagement (Execs to Delivery, incl. internal clients full stack incl. planning, monitoring & reporting)
Pre-Sales (presenting, scoping, estimating, solutioning, resourcing)
Delivery (Driving Team Outcomes incl. Partners, Ensuring Quality Delivery and Meeting Stakeholder Expectations)
Governance, Leadership & Management (Budgets, Delivering the Quality Strategy, Overseeing Teams and Ensuring outcomes)
In addition, our client will be looking for the following in your experience:
You MUST have managed or Lead QA Teams of significance (including 3rdparties) size and scale is extremely important in your experience
This is exposure to / leadership of circa 70 people via in-house and outsourced people you MUST have managed similar numbers, or you will not be considered by our client
You will have clear examples of how to get the best out of 3rdparties and experience of what buttons to press in order to maximise results
You will have a strong network of 3rdparty teams, in case the existing vendor(s) need to be replaced
Good, strong, solid and proven people management and leadership skills
Ideally you will have been a Tester or QA Assistant earlier in your career, so you understand what day to day life looks like in an over-arching QA world
SOLID senior Business Stakeholder Management skills
Proven resilience, along with a hardened approach to getting things done
No problem with global calls and global travel at short notice
In depth understanding of quality control procedures and relevant standards e.g., ISO9001.
Knowledge of QA methodologies and tools (e.g. test automation, bug tracking)
Demonstrated experience in delivery of quality management framework and systems, and ability in the creation and development of Quality Strategies, Policies and Test Plans
Professional certification in quality management desired, but not mandatory
Effectively demonstrates an ability to build temporary teams for auditing, testing, validation and improvement programs (Inc. generation of business cases for change initiatives).
This is a great opportunity and salary is dependent upon experience. Apply now for more details.
