QA Manager, System Testing

• Lead a team of QA engineers who are dedicated for system test activities including performance measurements and benchmarking, volume/stress, and stability testing for various projects
• Prepare a system test strategy and set the goals for the team
• Guide the team technically and professionally in achieving the success on set goals
• Ensure the system requirements are well defined by product management team
• Ensure the system behaviors of the software application meets or exceeds customer needs and expectations
• Ensure user documents are synchronized with the product features and they are usable by the end customers
• Focus on value-addition by this team, areas of optimization and improvements, and crisp execution to meet the project milestones and quality of deliverables
• Characterizing the system behaviors, understanding the product quality assessment and providing the actionable constructive feedback to other stakeholders
• Ensure there is a proper automation done for performing system test tasks for better accuracy and faster execution
• Project planning and resource allocation in conjunction with the QA director and other QA managers.
• Developing right technical and professional skills in the team
• Facilitate the team for interaction with other teams and forums to acquire more knowledge with respect to product, domain, technology, test tools and customer issues
• Mentoring the team for high productivity, high output and for keeping high motivation level
• Making team’s contribution value-added and visible to other stakeholders in the project and across departments
• Monitoring of defects and work with development teams in getting them resolved.
• Planning and procuring equipments and tools required for the teams
• Lead the team in managing the various phases of test engineering projects such as initiation, planning, execution, control and closure.

• BS/BE/BTech/MCA/ME/MTech with minimum of 8 years of experience.
• 8 to 10 years experience in QA or software development with more than 2 years experience managing a system test team
• Should possess good people and project management skills.
• Must have a strong record of delivering projects on schedule.
• Require excellent communication skills
• Familiarity or working experience testing QuarkXPress, XTensions etc.
• Familiarity or working knowledge of performance measurement and load testing tools
• Good exposure on testing software and hardware products.
• Working knowledge and understanding of system level quality attributes, software metrics, and how to do specific system test tasks such as performance, scalability, stability, stress, workflows, usability, compliance, compatibility, etc.
• Familiar with software industry system test case design concepts, strategies and methodologies
• Has excellent communication skills, must be able to articulate the technical direction, convey issues outside and within the team, and educate team members.
• Willing to pose difficult questions and issues to both his team members and managers.
• Confident public speaker.
• Worked closely with PM and R&D on previous projects and has a good rapport with these teams.
• Cross-platform expertise such as Windows and Mac.
• User level knowledge of at least two major Quark products preferably