Test Manager QA Governance & Test Strategy

Project overview

DIE TECHNOLOGEN IT & ENGINEERING is looking for an experienced freelance Test Manager for a client project in the financial services sector. You will set common quality standards for multiple teams, coordinate test activities, and make the quality status transparent for release decisions.

Project Framework

Contract Type: Freelance

Responsibilities

• Define an overarching test strategy with binding quality standards and minimum requirements, as well as establish strategies for test data and test environments.
• Manage test planning, test cycles, and test levels across multiple teams, provide technical advice to domain testers, and coordinate collaboration with development, business departments, product management, and management.
• Assess quality risks based on probability of occurrence, impact, and business relevance, escalate if necessary, and provide recommendations on release readiness and remaining risks.
• Consolidate test progress and quality metrics, establish defect management, and derive improvements for test processes from error trends.
• Steer the selection and use of test management tools, strengthen quality responsibility within the teams, and anchor testing earlier in the development process (Shift Left).

Requirements

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Job facts: Direct client project

• Several years of practical experience in software test management and ISTQB expertise at Foundation Level, ideally deepened in test management.
• Experience with Jira and test management tools such as TestFLO or TestRail, as well as with tool selection and migration, including proof of concept and economic feasibility studies.
• Technical understanding of APIs, logs, databases, and CI/CD, basic understanding of test automation, as well as knowledge of synthetic test data and isolated test environments.
• Experience with test metrics, reporting, production error analysis, and risk-based test management. Understanding of agile working methods, DevOps, and Continuous Delivery, as well as initial experience with AI-supported test processes.
• Strong moderation and conflict resolution skills, and very good German language skills at at least C1 level.

Project details

Dortmund

3 months

24 hours per week

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 3 Monate
• Remote: remote
• Location: Dortmund, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German