This position will work directly with development, customer support, and sales. Need to have managed 10 - 20 direct reports with preferable experience working in a global company. The background should also include software development and QA methodologies, experience developing and releasing software. Solid understanding of CAD/BIM software is strongly desired.
Responsibilities:
• Manage a team of QA engineers and interns across; responsible for appropriate staffing and deployment of resources, product deliverables, and dates.
• Work with QA management to help set vision, goals, and objectives to guide the quality initiatives for the product line.
• Develop QA strategies, schedules, and resource plans in conjunction with development to ensure testing coverage and product quality.
• Establish and monitor the development of software test plans, automated and manual test cases with a focus on workflow (production use), performance, and migration.
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting quality metrics to measure product or feature quality.
• Oversee and coordinate software testing, including workflow testing, automation strategies and implementation, and customer events (betas etc...).
Requirements:
• B.S. or M.S in Computer Science or Engineering with at least 5 years software testing experience or software development experience.
• At least 2-4 years of technical management experience in Software Company managing QA or development teams.
• Experience the agile development process, deeply understand the scrum development process and test-driven development
• Good understanding and experience applying state-of-the-art software quality assurance methods, strategies, concepts, tools in a Windows environment.
• Experience with commercial or internally developed automation tools strongly desired.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and English fluency
• Strong ability to work on multiple projects and excellent interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented with demonstrated analysis and follow-through skills
• Flexible and pro-active in resolving problems
• Experience with CAD/BIM software is a plus.
Personal Skills:
• Strong English communication skills (verbal and written) with an ability to work in a highly collaborative, multi-country/time zone environment.
• Good organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous tasks.
• Proactive personality with a proven track record of following through and delivering on responsibilities.
• Very comfortable with technical material and demonstrated ability to present and explain complex concepts to a technically astute audience that may be unfamiliar with the specific area.
