We are hiring a QA Manager for an international retail technology company that is launching a new store platform across Europe. The platform combines payments, checkout, back-office operations and edge computing into a single connected system. It is being developed by in-house engineers together with external delivery partners, both onshore and offshore, and must pass integration, end-to-end, performance, security and acceptance testing before every go-live.
Requirements:
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5+ years of experience as a QA Lead/Manager
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Solid grasp of software testing principles and best practices
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Advanced working knowledge of Atlassian tools, including Jira and Confluence
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Proven track record on global, cross-functional, enterprise-scale retail technology projects
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Experience collaborating with third-party onshore and offshore development partners
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Hands-on test automation experience, including designing, building and maintaining automated test frameworks and scripts (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines
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Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle
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Familiarity with application integration principles and standards
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Working knowledge of Agile methodology and practices
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Advanced skills in Microsoft Office tools, including Project, Visio, Word and Excel
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Experience leading local and distributed teams, including setting priorities, assigning work and tracking delivery
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Nice to have:
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ITIL certification
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Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification
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PMP certification
Responsibilities:
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Set the testing strategy, roadmap and approach for the European rollout
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Coordinate testing activities with regional product managers, in-house developers and third-party technical teams
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Define entry and exit criteria for each test phase and ensure they are met before moving on
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Track and report progress across product, integration, end-to-end, performance, security and user acceptance testing
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Deliver a weekly testing status report for the European programme
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Gather approvals from the European team and contribute to go/no-go decisions on testing and deployment
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Manage release management and version control for each test environment, including release contents, deployment windows and environment maintenance
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Keep test environments stable and ready for use, and resolve any equipment or environment blockers
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Share deployments, release notes, hotfixes and outages with leadership, partners, test leads and developers so they can plan re-testing
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Keep testing progress and environment status current in Jira
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Maintain test environment diagrams, data diagrams and other programme testing documentation
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Lead a team of Test Analysts, ensuring plans are followed, tests are executed and results are reported
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