PowerSchool
Director -QA
Job#: DQ1117
Positions: 0
Posted: 02/04/2018
Job Type: Full Time
Location: IN-KA-Bengaluru
Department: Research and Development
Category: Development
Salary: Salary + Bonus
Benefits: Benefits
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Job Description

Position: Director -QA

KEY Responsibilities

·         Manage, technically mentor, inspire and continue to build a Quality Assurance organization with multiple feature teams and maintenance teams.

·         Build bridges for communication and collaboration between onshore and offshore teams, fostering trust.

·         Use Agile Software Development Methodologies to deliver high quality applications and features on time and with exceptional quality.

·         Drive continuous process improvement and innovation, identifying ways to improve efficiency and increase the velocity of the teams and the overall organization.

·         Champion and drive best practices and processes improvement in the team: testing methodologies, automation coding standards, code-reviews, risk mitigation, defect management, and release management.

·         Prioritize well and communicate clearly with status updates to the wider team, partner groups and senior management leaders.

·         Continually fine tune the balance and trade-off’s between delivery and investment, iteration and innovation, and tactical and strategic initiatives.

·         Work with Quality Leads and Senior QA staff to drive greatness in execution:  Building quality into the product rather than testing quality into the product.

·         Work side by side with Product Management to create, drive, and deliver innovative, compelling, and user friendly products.

·         Actively develop and grow leadership talent through effective mentoring and retention strategies.

 





Skills/Requirements

REQUIREMENTS:

 

·         Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

  • 10+ years of progressive technology leadership experience with 7+ years of management experience.

·         Strong understanding of the Agile software development cycle and development methodology.

  • Breadth of technology experience – Oracle/MySQL, Java, Spring , Hibernate,  HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, AngularJS, Android, iOS, REST APIs, etc
  • Demonstrated success leading complex software development organizations with highly complex and scalable products. Specific experience with SaaS model businesses.
  • Experience working at the executive level in the planning of development strategies, provide technical assessment of partner requirements, and represent the Company at the highest customer and partner levels
  • Ability to successfully work cross-functionally with management teams to evaluate customer requirements and next generation products to develop and deliver new products on time and within budget to the market

 

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