QA Manager - Nottingham

Key Responsibilities The SIT QA Manager is a member of the SIT Team responsible for managing project/releases and functionally managing resources for our FX Venues products. The SIT QA Manager will functionally manage the tasks of a group of Quality Engineers to guide the testing of complex software products or customer solutions.  The SIT QA Manager contributes through their technical and leadership expertise. The SIT QA Manager will drive requirement reviews, test planning activities and ownership of test scripts and documentation to ensure that the software meets business requirements. Functional Testing levels may include application integration, system/network integration and acceptance testing; it may also include non-functional testing such as DR. The successful candidate will also mentor and guide others in the team to perform functional, non-functional testing and other testing activities. This role is Blended Hybrid, the successful candidate will be required to work from the office 3 days per week. Role requirements: ·      Coordination of projects/releases across Products and in multiple SIT team environments. ·      Leads a group of testers on implementing projects with manageable risks and resources requirements. ·      Works on projects of varying complexity including large, complex projects that require increased skill in multiple technical disciplines. Estimates effort required for own work and checks and agrees team members' estimates. ·      Accountable for planning work assigned to their team, including work breakdown, estimates and identification of possible solution options. ·      Accountable for tracking status of team's work and ensuring deliverables are produced to agreed schedules. Provides associated status updates. ·      Identifies risk, comes up with mitigation plan which is communicated. ·      Communicate risks to quality and testing schedule to Quality Manager. ·      Reports complex issues with clarity and at an appropriate level for Senior Stakeholders. ·      Independently develops test plan and test report documents and assists with test scripting. ·      Provides the planning, integration, scripting, and execution of testing required. ·      Reviews business requirements, and design specifications complex changes/systems for completeness and testability. Conducts testing using company-specific, manual, programmatic or automated processes. ·      Leads bug triage meetings, coordinates with the development teams, and communicates the testing status and test results, all independently. ·      Logs defects per defined project guidelines and standards and analyses defects including the origin and cause, communicates pertinent information, and confirms resolution of defects. ·      Conducts root cause analysis and correlation of other system and/or problems of high complexity. Stays current with industry trends and identifies technologies that will impact the business.  Job Title: QA Manager - Nottingham Location: Nottingham, UK Job Type: Contract to Hire Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. (phone number removed). Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at (url removed)> To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to (url removed)> We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at (url removed)/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield