Senior Test Strategy & Automation Lead

CDH Professionals Inc; Antwerpen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CDH Professionals Inc invites an experienced Test Manager to own testing strategy, quality assurance and test coordination within a large organisation. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on involvement in major change programmes.

You will work closely with IT, development and business teams to improve testing processes, introduce automation and ensure high software quality across transformations.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years' experience in software testing, including complex enterprise-level testing programmes.
• Strong Dutch and English communication skills.
• Solid experience with test automation, including implementing, improving or managing automation frameworks.
• Good knowledge of testing methodologies such as ISTQB and/or TMAP.
• Experience with testing and monitoring tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, TestRail, Xray, Dynatrace or similar.
• Familiarity with test data management.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Good understanding of APIs, data structures and SQL.
• Experience developing testing strategies and approaches within software development and transformation projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Comfortable coaching colleagues and working across multidisciplinary teams.
• Able to operate independently in an environment where processes and structures are still developing.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the organisation-wide testing strategy and quality framework.
• Further develop testing processes, standards and ways of working.
• Establish guidelines around test automation and ensure testing tools are used effectively.
• Introduce and promote best practices across testing and quality assurance.
• Coach and support Quality Engineers and business testers.
• Work closely with technical and business stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Define and manage the testing approach for major transformation and change projects.
• Ensure software quality across application changes, new products, regulatory requirements and the introduction of new external partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, automation and overall quality assurance.

Skills

Dutch

English

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

TestRail

Xray

Dynatrace

Job description

CDH Professionals Inc invites an experienced Test Manager to own testing strategy, quality assurance and test coordination within a large organisation. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on involvement in major change programmes.

You will work closely with IT, development and business teams to improve testing processes, introduce automation and ensure high software quality across transformations.