QA Chapter Lead developing skills in testing, guiding a community of experts at Vodafone in high impact digital and core IT platforms. Inspiring knowledge transfer and innovation in testing practices.
Responsibilities
The QA Chapter Lead is the Product Owner of Skills Development, who builds expertise in the chapter and develops chapter members.
Enthusiastic about transferring knowledge to others, coaching and oversee personal development.
Responsible to create the Strategy of Testing & maintain the backlog of the chapter, thus will contribute in designing and implementing Vodafone’s high volume and high impact digital and core it channels/platforms.
Ensures knowledge transfer within chapter and boost innovation in testing practices.
Guide a community of Experts that are working within squads.
Allocating resources based on seniority and priority across the organization.
Work with the Tribe and Tech Lead to provide workforce plans for recruitment and development.
Organises interactions between the members of the chapter to nurture best practice and encourage knowledge & tool sharing.
Act as a supporting leader, rather than a line manager, aiming at maturing the organisation readiness, vs. controlling the work.
Provides guidance and harmonization of chapter best-practices (Chapter principles).
Acts as a mentor for Expert members of the chapter, helping them grow in expertise and experience new areas.
Play a pivotal role in inspiring and motivating everyone in the chapter to be the best they can be.
Ensure technical integrity and quality control consistency throughout the development life cycle.
Own test architecture, review test code, and ensure compliance to industry best practices.
Understand functional requirements and help creating user stories with testability in mind.
Responsible for identifying and improving Processes for Testing across Organizations.
Requirements
At least 5 years of experience in QA Engineering role (3 of which in Automation)
Have a passion for personal and functional development, supporting members to be the best they can be
Agility and willingness to track, assess, and incorporate practice and technology developments into day-to-day working
Looks externally /brings in best practices, experiments, tests, pushes innovation
Able to foster learning around agile ways of working and the overall agile mind-set
Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills, acting as enabler for coordination of activities between technical teams and building of cross-functional relationships quickly and confidently
Solid understanding of both object-oriented programming and scripting languages
Experience with version control systems (GitHub, GitLab, etc.),performance, load, and test testing
Expert: a) in Continuous Integration / Deployment design, b) with testing tools and practices on every level in the test pyramid (unit, component, integration)
Can apply a range of techniques to support facilitation, training, coaching and mentoring to guide and manage a group event to ensure that objectives are met effectively
Clear and effective communication skills in English (written and verbal)
Opensource contributing will be considered a plus
Benefits
Private Health & Medical Insurance
Hybrid way of working: a blend of 60% remote and 40% office-based working, including the option to work up to 20 days from abroad
Unlimited connectivity with our mobile, landline and Vodafone TV services – Experience first what our customers love
Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings
Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service
Remote work equipment to help you create a comfortable, ergonomic workspace at home
Spirit of Vodafone days: dedicated time to pause, develop new skills and connect with our teams, values and services
Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day
Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking
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