Senior Operational Test Manager
PLACE OF WORK
1112 Budapest, Boldizsár utca 2.AREA OF EMPLOYMENT
ITSTART OF WORK
as soon as possibleEMPLOYMENT TYPE
Full-time
Your responsibilities:
- Leading and steering test activities across multiple release types and project streams in close alignment with the central test management team in Germany
- Defining test strategies and test concepts for complex, cross-functional projects and releases
- Governing the entire test delivery chain according to plan and within agreed timelines
- Providing transparent, fact-based test status reports to senior management — interpreting figures against exit criteria, assessing release readiness and recommending go/no-go decisions
- Owning release governance activities from a testing perspective — managing entry/exit gates, quality criteria and stage-gate assessments
- Coordinating across multiple product teams, Test Factory, system integrators and country organisations to ensure end-to-end test coverage across SIT and UAT
- Driving continuous improvement of testing processes, methods and standards across the organisation
- Leading the testing community of practice — facilitating knowledge-sharing sessions, defining best practices and driving adoption across central and country teams
- Providing consulting and coaching services to project teams and country test managers on testing methodologies and strategies
- Representing the test management function in cross-organisational steering committees and stakeholder meetings
The knowledge I own:
Must-haves:
- 5+ years of experience in test management, including coordination of large-scale, multi-stream testing programmes
- Proven experience in steering external test service providers and coordinating business testers across multiple countries
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Deep experience with test management tools and reporting platforms
- Proven track record of driving process improvements in testing organisations
- Good command of written and spoken English
Nice-to-haves:
- ISTQB Advanced Level certification (Test Manager)
- SAFe certification (e.g. SAFe Agilist, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master)
- Experience with ITSM tools and release management processes
- ITIL v4 practitioner: Change Enablement, Release Management processes
The offer that would convince me:
- In our international team you can work with our colleagues from all over the world
- We develop our own product and focus on high-quality, stable solutions
- We are committed to build up teams where trust and honest communication are essentials to our daily work
- Regular salary increase, we follow the inflation and reward loyalty
- Continuous learning opportunities though our own e-learning platform and internal teams
- Flexible working hours with home office possibility
Online application:
Please use our online application and attach your English resume.
Our benefits for you...
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