JOB TITLE: SENIOR MANAGER:ENTERPRISE QUALITY ASSURANCE &
TEST
DEPARTMENT: Information Systems
LOCATION: Lagos
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Strategic
Design, execute and maintain a Quality Assurance and Test
Management strategy across all areas of the ISG business, including the
necessary definition, development and deployment of quality assurance
strategies that align with overall MTNN business objectives
Develop Develop and manage quality assurance and test
metrics for performance improvement of all project deliverables/teams
Implement ongoing quality improvement processes across all
ISG areas:
Develop and manage practices to raise quality during
solution/product deployment such as: continuous integration, reviews, automated
code testing tools (eg: static analysis tools)
Developer/ specify
standards, methods procedures to determine solution /product quality or release
readiness
Create testing programs that address areas such as API and
database impacts, software scenarios, performance testing, regression testing,
negative testing, error bug retests usability testing
Develop and manage practices to ensure quality throughout
all phases of deployment including requirements, design, and right through the
test phases in all systems
Evaluate and enhance AOL all L QA standards, technologies
and approaches
Identify deviance from standards, and suggest modifications
to ensure compliance.
OPERATIONAL
Ensure QA standards are met and report on compliance
(including performance against QA Management plan, business KPIs and client
KPQPs & SLAs)
Manage the planning and execution cycle of product testing
efforts to meet committed delivery dates:
Develop and implement test schedules and processes for
components, performance, system , and documentation, ensuring adequate
resources ensuring
adequate resources
Develop status reports based on test completion/ findings
and communicate these to team leaders, including any impact on the overall
project plan
Anticipate program release problems and take corrective
action, escalating as needed , to resolve and achieve commitments
Participate in product design reviews to provide input on
functional requirements, product designs, schedules, and potential problems
Ensure test procedures are well documented to ensure ability
and compliance with standards
Ensure software defects are documented using a bug tracking
system, and defects are to software developers
Ensure the viability, functionality and effectiveness of
essential tools
Ensure relevant skills development and training are
available to all
Institute effective communication and feedback mechanisms –
Clear and effective reporting
Institute QA and Testing practices that ensures speed of
delivery and quality of delivery
TASK COMPLEXITY:
Develop roadmap for ensuring quality in ISG as it impacts
the rest of MTNN
Strategically drive improved Quality of Experience for all
MTNN deployments
Create and Support Quality Management System (QMS)
implementation activities
Drive best Quality and testing best practice, and facilitate
the identification of solutions subject to approval of GM Enterprise Services.
Lead a team of quality assurance and test engineers responsible for the
integration, system, and regression testing of MTNN products/solutions.
Exercise sound judgment in making Quality and test
thoroughness versus time-to-market tradeoff decisions.
Organize and coordinate testing efforts for dozens of
simultaneous projects.
Ensure that qualitative approach to solutions/product
release. Ensure it is sufficiently tested
Drive Test Automation strategy .Design and implement manual
and automated testing.
Support the implementation of internal and external audit
recommendations that affect ISG and MTNN as whole.
Keep current with new technologies and techniques across the
Telecoms/ICT space
JOB CONDITIONS:
Normal MTNN working conditions.
REPORTING TO:
GM,Enterprise Services
REQUIRED SKILLS:
First degree in Economics or any IT field.
Post Graduate degree dégrée in a relevant field is desirable
Professional Certification (PMP/, ITIL, ISEB).
Post Graduate degree in a relevant field is desirable
Project Management Certification (Prince 2/PMP)
Minimum of 12 years experience in Information systems
Quality Management and Testing or a similar role which must include:
of which must include a minimum
Minimum of 5 years management experience within the same
field.
6 years experience in information and communication
technology (ICT) preferably in the Telecommunications or a related industry
Experience of using Test Management and Automation tools
Solid experience defining and implementing strategic QA and Test
plans across all areas of the business : solution or product development,
systems architecture, testing, client support and/r ICT
Demonstrated experience improving deployment practices to
raise quality such as: continuous integration, code coverage analysis, code
reviews, code quality tools, automated code testing tools (eg: static analysis
tools)
Experience managing testing throughout the SDLC ( unit
testing, System Integration testing, performance testing, UAT, etc)
Demonstrated experience administrating QA metrics, such as
defect profiles and performance to entry/exit criteria
Strong understanding of different software development life
cycles (waterfall, iterative, agile)
Thorough knowledge of testing and quality assurance within
the UNIX and Windows environments and relational database design & use
including SQL and other open source technologies
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Permanent
QUALIFICATION:
First degree in Economics or any IT field. Post Graduate
degree in a relevant field is desirable Professional Certification (PMP/, ITIL,
ISEB). Post Graduate degree in a relevant field is desirable Project Management
Certification (Prince 2/PMP)
DUE DATE: 8/2/2012