Job Description

Key purpose:

As a testing manager, you'll be responsible for all aspects of quality assurance and testing within the company. You will work closely with developers to ensure that our software is tested thoroughly before it's deployed into production. You should have experience in designing and executing test plans for both web applications and mobile apps, as well as an understanding of how to write automated tests. You should also have experience in QA processes such as requirements gathering, bug tracking systems etc., along with an ability to communicate clearly with others across the organisation so they understand what needs to be done.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work
• Manage the creation and production of;
• Test plans for IT projects
• Test cases and test procedures for all products/services
• Test scripts for various test cases
• Test reports
• Ensure that the necessary IT environments for quality assurance are in place, including:
• SIT environments for application and infrastructure projects
• UAT environment for application and infrastructure projects
• Installation testing
• Configuration testing
• Integration testing
• Functional and system testing
• Regression testing and retesting
• Stress/Load and Performance testing
• Ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of quality assurance by implementing automation of testing where possible

Qualifications and experience:

• Minimum qualification of a Degree (NQF7) in IT or related qualification
• Testing certification at Practitioner level
• ISTQB certification at advanced level
• 7 years experience managing IT quality assurance within an IT environment
• 4 years at middle management/supervisory level