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Test Manager

Test Manager

WoolworthsZA
13 days ago
Job description

Job title : Test Manager

Job Location : Western Cape,

Deadline : October 13, 2025

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Introduction

  • Overall responsibility for the success of Quality Assurance, through ensuring quality planning, resource planning, resolution and management of issues.
  • Job description

  • Provide input into business area initiatives and operating plans.
  • Defines and obtains approval for the Test Strategy and Master Test Plan
  • Establishes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the Management Information Reporting (MIR) format for weekly tracking of test activities / deliverables
  • Participating in the Change Approval Board (CAB)
  • Provides thought leadership (operational & tactical focus) in area of responsibility
  • Attend weekly meetings on projects and provide input from the Tester’s perspective
  • Ensures quality performance with regards to testing processes and procedures
  • Performs quality checks with Test Lead and Test Team
  • Provide & Reviews weekly status reports and takes necessary actions
  • Escalates testing team issues to the project manager
  • Escalate non performances issues to QA Manager
  • Estimates testing activities and schedules
  • Enforces the adherence to the company quality processes and procedures
  • Ensures the overall success of the test cycles by driving the completeness and schedule of Quality Assurance
  • Applies effective implementation of resources and quality assurance
  • Drive Quality Assurance across domains, functional areas, or projects as required
  • Drives optimal allocation and utilization of resources
  • Drives continual process improvement
  • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
  • Coordinate relevant meetings and communicate the testing status to stakeholders
  • Inter-project / group co-ordination between various departments
  • Provides consultancy services where required
  • Responsible for clear and effective communication between team and business
  • Coordinate and conduct UAT with business
  • Ensure teams produce high quality performance
  • Continuous monitoring and mentoring of testing team members
  • Identify and drive skills development needs to QA team
  • Minimum requirements

    JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • Relevant 3-year IT tertiary or NQF aligned qualification
  • Post IT Graduate Qualification advantageous
  • 5-8 years’ experience in a Test Lead or Test Management Role
  • ISEB / ISTQB Advance Test Manager certification required
  • ISTQB Expert Test Manager Certification advantageous
  • Experience in defining and executing organization Test Policy and Test Strategy
  • Experience in Test Planning, Test Reporting, Progress Monitoring and Quality Gates measurement
  • Other work-related info e.g. shift work
  • Solid Experience in working with OpenText ALM (Formally known as Quality Centre)
  • Test Plan Module
  • Test Lab Module
  • Defect Management Module
  • ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

  • Desirable or preferred criteria which would be advantageous and assist in distinguishing between the candidates once the job requirements have been met.
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