Overview:
Defines, implements and manages strategies and is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of quality assurance projects, combining general overall expertise with project management skills. Independently owns delivery of projects, managing multi-disciplinary teams and working closely with clients to develop an understanding of their business strategy, ensuring that the project infrastructure is managed to provide agreed levels of service.
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the quality assurance services within complex, significant and high risk projects. Monitors and controls resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget.
* Responsible for hiring, developing and retaining specialists.
* Builds long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders and maintains strong understanding of the clients' industry and business.
* Actively monitors emerging technologies and market trends, identifies process improvements, and contributes to quality assurance standards and definition of best practice at the project level.
* Leads project reviews and advises others on the design of the process in the field of quality assurance.
* Responsible for defining the kinds of environments required, appropriate tooling, roles and skills and the quality process given the overall development process within projects.
* Facilitates scoping and business priority setting for large or complex project changes, obtaining formal agreement from a large and diverse range of potentially senior stakeholders and recipients to the scope and requirements, plus able to establish a base-line on which delivery of a solution can commence.
* Delivers in capability assessment/audits, benchmarking, reporting and evaluation. Reviews and predicts any potential areas of deficit/risks and takes preventative action. Able to assess and advise on the practicality of process alternatives, initiate and direct improvements.
* Provides input for overall delivery models and assists sales with pre-sales activity. Reviews new business proposals and provides advice on compliance issues.
* Maintains awareness and ensures correct commercial cover for responsible accounts.
Qualifications:
Essential:
* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
* ISTQB Advanced
* Project Management qualification
Desirable:
* Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance
* Certification in ITIL preferred
* Management qualification
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