Senior Test Manager: Risk-Based QA & Automation Lead

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 154,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Hybrid work arrangement

Health & wellbeing programs

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice in Parramatta is seeking a Lead Test Manager to drive testing across complex digital, technology and business change initiatives. You will establish risk-based strategies, governance, plans and controls to ensure quality across the delivery lifecycle.

You will lead system, integration, end-to-end, regression, non-functional and user acceptance testing, manage scope and resources, and guide test automation and continuous improvement to deliver reliable

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in information technology, computer science, engineering, business or a related discipline, or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management, or an equivalent recognised advanced testing qualification, is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop risk-based test strategies, governance, plans and controls aligned to the organisational test framework.
• Lead system, integration, end-to-end, regression, non-functional and user acceptance testing as appropriate.
• Manage test scope, schedules, resources, environments, data, tools and entry and exit criteria.
• Direct defect triage, coverage analysis, quality gates, retesting and residual risk assessment.
• Provide independent quality reporting and clear recommendations on release readiness and go-live risk.
• Manage the development of test automation suite.
• Adopt reusable testing assets across delivery teams.
• Manage test suppliers, multidisciplinary teams and specialist assurance partners.
• Coach practitioners and uplift testing standards, capability, tooling and continuous improvement.

Skills

Risk-based testing

Test management

Test automation

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in IT / CS / Engineering

ISTQB Advanced Level Test Management (desirable)

Tools

Salesforce

MuleSoft

CI/CD

Job description

NSW Department of Communities and Justice in Parramatta is seeking a Lead Test Manager to drive testing across complex digital, technology and business change initiatives. You will establish risk-based strategies, governance, plans and controls to ensure quality across the delivery lifecycle.

You will lead system, integration, end-to-end, regression, non-functional and user acceptance testing, manage scope and resources, and guide test automation and continuous improvement to deliver reliable