Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Optomi, in partnership with a leading healthcare company, is seeking a talented Senior Quality Assurance Manager to join their growing team!

Type: Direct Hire

Location: Hybrid- 2x/week onsite (Monday & Wednesday) - Addison, TX / 3 days remote

Interview Process: 2 Steps

Benefits:

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Medical, Vision, Prescription, Telehealth, & Dental Plans
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off & Extended Illness Days Offered
• Colleague Referral Bonus Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits
• Dependent Care Spending Account
• Employee Discounts

Must Haves:

Strong management & leadership experience (has taken team from manual to automation; can present to leadership)

Technical background working hands-on (ideally app dev background)

Nice to Haves:

A healthcare or financial background is always helpful

Responsibilities

The Sr. Quality Assurance (QA) Manager will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of our enterprise testing shared service. The Sr. QA Manager develops, manages, and executes all phases of quality assurance testing, including analysis of product requirements to produce test requirements, and development and execution of functional/system and automated test plans in a multi-tiered environment. This role also works in close cooperation with the business stakeholders, IS development and DevOps team members. The Sr. QA Manager applies analytical and business skills to evaluate existing and identify new or enhanced systems, products and processes which advance our business objectives.

• Lead overall manual and automated testing efforts to maintain and improve software resiliency
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of business processes and interdependencies supported by our software systems/products
• Manage the build out of an automation framework and performance/load test capabilities.
• Introduce technology best practices in support of these processes
• Ensure the creation of test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test data for use during the testing phases of the software development lifecycle, for every aspect of new and existing software systems/products
• Conduct and participate in test case reviews, requirement reviews and design reviews activities.
• Ensure the teams documents and reports issues discovered during testing
• Collaborate with internal IS teams, vendors and business stakeholders to align test strategy to meet customer requirements and expectations
• Provide technology process leadership to develop agile testing processes to quickly deliver the product or feature with acceptable quality
• Manage the performance and career development of the QA team
• Work in Agile testing methodology team

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Customarily has at least the following experience:

• 10 or more years
• Customarily has 10 or more years of experience leading Quality Assurance teams of both manual test analysts, automation engineers and team leads in a matrixed dynamic environment
• Strong knowledge in manual testing practices including test planning, requirements tractability, test execution and issue tracking
• Proficient knowledge of leading automation and performance testing tools (like TestComplete,Neoload, Selenium)
• Proficient knowledge with test management and bug tracking tools (like Jira
• Familiarity with Agile & DevOps methodologies
• Experience using CI/ CD pipelines with tools (like Bamboo, Jenkins)
• Experience with tools used for data validation and comparison
• Excellent reporting, time management, analytical & communication capabilities
• Experience estimating project resource requirements, and managing product delivery schedules and associated risks
• Core competencies: Service Mentality, Attention to Detail, Sense of Urgency, Initiative and Flexibility
• Ability to make decisions or solve problems by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose quality solutions
• Outstanding customer service skills as well as the ability to deal with people in a manner which shows tact and professionalism
• The ability to properly handle sensitive and confidential information (including HIPAA and PHI) in accordance with federal and state laws and company policies
• The ability to properly handle sensitive and confidential information (including HIPAA and PHI) in accordance with federal and state laws and company policies
• Strong leadership, project management skills, time management, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to provide technology process leadership to develop lean and agile processes to quickly deliver the product or feature with acceptable quality to market
• Recognizes when change is required and deals effectively with the uncertainty of change
• Ability to assess the implications of risks, and moves others to action, uses a variety of tools and approaches to solve complex problems effectively with rigorous logic and creative thinking
• Ability to simplify complex processes and figure out the steps to get things done in practice. Can be counted on when times are tough to do the right thing. Has the courage to take difficult decisions and act ethically. Recognized for the quality of their thinking and ideas, sought out by others for their advice and solutions
• Builds high performing team behaviors with a strong sense of belonging, team spirit and pride. Treats others fairly with trust, dignity, and respect. Embraces diversity by creating inclusive high trust relationships. Has the courage to hold honest candid discussions while being direct and forceful or diplomatic as required
• Skilled at assessing performance and future potential and assembling a high performing team. Does not compromise on talent. Constructs and executes compelling development plans with assignments and metrics that stretch and challenge associates beyond their comfort zone. Holds frequent development discussions and candid, two-way conversations with others about their performance, career aspirations and potential. Encourages lifelong learning. Monitors progress and results, and designs feedback loops into work
• Creates focus by evaluating and prioritizing the areas with the greatest impact and eliminating less valuable activities. Focuses on accountability and delivery without blame, pushes and motivates self and others for results. Faces challenge head on. Knows how to get things done through formal and informal channels. Breaks down work into process steps
• Develops schedules and tasks. Quickly senses what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal and adjusts for roadblocks measuring performance against goals. Learns from mistakes and seeks and applies continuous improvement. Has the functional/technical knowledge required to do the job and works to keep this knowledge current
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, including internal and external stakeholders. Gains trust and respect through open dialogue. Seeks to understand and anticipate the needs of others, practicing attentive and active listen. Steps up to conflicts by managing them as opportunities and is able to find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise
• Presents facts in a depersonalized and helpful manner. Represents own interests and points of view while being fair to colleagues. Is able to flex their style to meet the requirements of changing situations and the needs of other people. Seeks feedback for personal learning

Education/Credentials:

• Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree
• Major: Computer Science/Computer Engineering
• Degree must be from an accredited college or university

Other Expectations:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously sitting for extended periods frequently standing and occasional walking.
• May continuously utilize hands and fingers for typing, flex or extend wrist to perform other job-related tasks.
• The employee is continuously required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate PC, office equipment and/or other equipment.
• Due to the nature of this position, an employee can expect heavy computer usage requiring wrist flexion/extension for at least 8 hours per day.
• Occasional stooping, pushing, pulling, reaching or overhead reaching, and climbing in the performance of work.
• The ability to hear and understand with clarity and detect sound, and have conversations with staff, customers, management, etc.
• Hearing within the acceptable range for telephone and in-person contacts.
• Normal or corrected vision to acceptable levels for office work.
• The ability to lift/carry up to 10 pounds.
• The mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
• In this position, the employee may have imposed pressure on a routine and frequent basis to meet various deadlines, contact with people in stressful and unpredictable situations and to handle confidential and sensitive information and situations with care.
• Minimal overnight travel up to 10% by land or air may be required of employee in this position.
• While traveling the employee may encounter varying weather conditions, road and walking surfaces and will need to adjust to those conditions (i.e., inclement weather, slippery surfaces, wet surfaces, uneven surfaces, humid, cold or hot temperatures, etc.) Also, while traveling the employee will need to adjust to the physical demands that may include: lifting to place luggage in overhead bin(s), standing in line(s), walking, sitting for unknown periods of time, and other physical demands that travelling may impose on a person.