Cape Town City Centre: Test Manager

We are looking for a Test Manager to join our team in Cape Town. This is a permanent position, onsite. 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 Testers 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. 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.