Quality Assurance Manager (QA)

Practical

• This is a half/part-time position. (3d/w - 2d/w alternating with1 day/week work from home)
• Freelance contract
• Default onsite on Tuesday and/or Thursday
• Start date of the mission: as soon as possible
• Place of mission: Brussels

• Qualifications:
• Expertise in manual and automated testing.
• Experience in complex software environments.
• Knowledge of agile processes.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills.
• Technical skills: (basic) knowledge of .NET - Angular - SQL
• Proficiency in Dutch, French, and English.

Summary of JD (see full description below)

• QA: Key responsibilities include:
• Designing and coaching on QA strategy and best practices.
• Expertise in manual and automated testing methodologies
• Supporting projects with QA approaches and estimations.
• Providing training and maintaining QA standards.
• Collaborating with technical QA architects.
• Leading the QA Change Roadmap and managing budget/reporting.

-FULL JOB DESCRIPTION -

Responsibilities:

1. As a highly skilled and motivated Senior Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) with more than 5 year experience as QAM, you will be a key member of our new Quality Assurance Office (QAO)

You will be responsible for designing and coaching on QA vision, strategy, processes, and best practices, to support projects/teams on QA approach and required QA estimations, to create, maintain and provide training.

You will be part of the QAO team, with 2 technical QA architects who will support both you and the projects/teams on the technical, more developer oriented QA aspects.

For new projects or large new business features, you and a technical QA architect will support the project team in defining the best fit QA approach and help the project lead in estimating the required QA effort.

You strongly aim to create a culture of quality across all teams including ICT management.

2. As QAM you are also project lead for the implementation of the QA change roadmap that has been recently defined.

As the project lead you:

o Take up part of the roadmap implementation

o Follow-up teams and QAO members in the implementation of the roadmap items

o Follow-up on budget

o Report on progress and budget on steerco with ICT management

o Align with other change initiatives

o Apply good change management skills to lower resistance

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate is a Quality Assurance Manager with

• Comprehensive understanding of both manual and automated testing methodologies

• Demonstrated ability to managing quality assurance, coach and lead in complex software development

environments

• Knowledge of .NET, SQL and Angular
• API testing (manual/auto test)

• Deep understanding of the agile software process and modern software QA practices

• Proven experience in test planning and follow-up

• Proven experience in project management

• Strong in stakeholder management

• Strong change management skills

• Ability to communicate about QA improvement initiatives and adapt the message depending on the type of stakeholders (ICT mgmt., Business, IT Teams)

• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills with a collaborative and proactive mindset.

• Ability to learn complex business models

• Exposure to environments with stringent timelines, complex interdependencies, and diverse technical stacks.

• Ability to communicate in as well Dutch and French. Fluent in one of them and in English (spoken and written)

• Informatics degree and proven specialisation as QAM