Quality Assurance Manager

About the Company

Qinecsa is a trusted, global partners bringing together best-in-class technology and scientific expertise to connect life science companies, public health, and regulatory sectors to the right safety solutions. we take pride in being the leading specialist pharmacovigilance provider, offering unparalleled expertise in PV services, technology, and consulting to cater to the unique needs of small, medium, and large pharmaceutical companies.

Purpose

The Quality Assurance Manager will drive software testing against requirement specifications, use cases and user stories, as new software features are developed. Will own the development of test scripts from use cases, user stories and other sources.

Work alongside other team members in undertaking testing both during development sprints and in the lead up to product releases Interacting with business analysts\product owners and other customer representatives, to assess if acceptance criteria have been met.

Collaborating with development team members to set up and run automated tests, write, and maintain automated test scripts in specified tools. Supports external test partners in carrying out specialist testing activities, such as load\performance testing. Ensuring that testing is conducted on multiple supported browsers and devices.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Owns the software testing against requirement specifications, use cases and user stories, as new software features are developed, development of test scripts from use cases, user stories and other sources

Assists the team in undertaking testing both during development sprints and in the lead up to product releases

Interacting with business analysts\product owners and other customer representatives, to assess if acceptance criteria have been met

Collaborates with the other development team members to set up and run automated tests using Selenium and write and maintain automated test scripts in C# using Spec Flow and Selenium

Supporting external test partners in carrying out specialist testing activities, such as load\performance testing

Accountable for the production and strategy of test management and automation

Manages the creation of a test automation strategy and ensure increasing testing coverage

Assist with bug / defect tracking, debugging and fixing where appropriate

Being responsible for Test environment deployments to test latest / new development

Responsible for the continued improvements of efficiency within the delivery teams

Responsible for the continued Penetration and performance testing of the systems in line with company policy and customer expectation.

Mentor R&D team in QA and SDLC processes, support team member personal development goals

Qualification

In order to perform this role, individuals must have the following qualifications, competencies and personal qualities :

Ideally a Computer Science or Engineering degree with substantial software development content

Experience writing code with Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, or C#

3+ Years of Automation Test / SDET experience

Over 10 years of proven Automation Test / SDET experience with leadership abilities and test strategy experience

The ideal candidate will demonstrate proven experience in GxP-regulated environments, Computer System Validation (CSV), and ETL data integration processes.

Ability work closely with Developers and Product Owners to ensure features / bug fixes are 'shippable' by sprint end

International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Test Manager Advanced Level Certification

Team Leadership experience within a testing team

Understanding of web technologies (such as .NET, HTML etc.)

Experience of manually testing and snagging websites / web-software

Contribute to Sprint Planning, Sprint Refinement sessions, Sprint review / Retrospectives and Daily Stand-up meetings

What We Offer

Competitive salary

Opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative team and world-class clients.

Professional development and growth opportunities.

A collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Work from home with limited travel.