Position: QA Manager/Project Manager
Category: Project Manager
English level: upper
Years of experience: 9


Senior Manager with more than 9 years of practical experience in IT-area including management activities. 
7 of 9 years - working with large-scale projects within distributed teams.
Analytical mindset applied to problem-solving and root cause identification.

Project management - Building quality-driven processes:
 Internal process creation, improvements, and adoption of best practices, including implementation of Shift-Left practice into the current workflow. 
 Defining, implementing, managing, and refining software development life cycle processes for the delivery of multiple and concurrent customer projects;
 Coordination of the release schedule and resources required depending upon defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates;
 Ensuring the adherence to organizationally defined technical practices and procedures through conducting regular engineering audits;
 Collaborating with other engineering managers to ensure consistency and alignment between engineering groups. 

Quality managegement:
 Building a proper testing pyramid for achieving higher quality and efficiency of the product; 
 Defining and enforcing standards and tools for QA activities;
 Setting up clear and achievable Quality KPIs across R&D; 
 Developing organizational-level goals and driving the technical and organizational quality roadmap;
 Ensuring quality by planning, monitoring, and appraising results.

People management:
 Managing and mentoring members of all seniority levels of distributed QA engineering team to build a highly professional and motivated group;
 Conduct semi-annual performance assessments, including SMART goals setting;
 Creating a solution-oriented and thinking culture in engineering;
 Contributing to knowledge sharing and other internal communication forums;
 Making decisions on engineers’ termination.

Resource management:
 Allocating engineers with the right skill set to client projects ensuring adequate project staffing;
 Collaborating with project and program/engagement managers to support the delivery of the projects on time, while meeting customer expectations.
Project Scale: Middle (200-500 employees)
Main Soft Requirements: Work/life balance, process oriented management team, methodological long-term release planning
Preferable Project sphere (not critical): Science, Finance, Medicine, Commerce
Work schedule: Flexible
Work from Home/Work from Office Policy: Remote/Hybrid