IT Test Lead

Explora Journeys; Napoli; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Health Insurance

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Explora Journeys in Napoli is seeking an IT Test Lead to drive the quality of our web applications and digital assets through testing automation, plans, and execution.

You will coordinate onshore and offshore teams, design test artifacts, monitor quality, and report progress, with a 2-day-per-week remote hybrid model and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of software testing experience.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Experience coordinating hybrid onshore/offshore teams.
• Availability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute test cases, scripts, plans and reports.
• Measure, monitor and report on software quality and progress.
• Deputise for other Test Leads and support cross-channel activities.
• Translate business needs into technical test requirements for development teams.

Skills

Integration Testing

Java

SQL

UI Testing

Mobile Testing

Team Management

Requirements Translation

Education

ISTQB Foundation Level

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

Quality Center (QC)

JIRA

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Purpose

As IT Test Lead, you will play a pivotal role in our digital transformation journey, ensuring the highest quality of our web applications and other digital assets. With a strong background in testing automation, plans, designs, manages, executes and reports on tests, using appropriate testing tools and techniques to ensure that new and amended systems, configurations, packages, or services, together with any interfaces, perform as specified. He/She is the IT interface towards development teams and, just in case, towards business stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

• Ability to coordinate hybrid teams (onshore and offshore);
• Design and execute test cases, test scripts, test plans, test reports, and other testing deliverables for the software under test;
• Measure, monitor, and report on project progress and software quality;
• Deputise for other Test Leads when required to support cross-channel activities;
• Provide progress updates in line with the agreed reporting schedule;
• Experience with a range of testing types, including functional, non-functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing;
• Knowledge of defect management tools such as Quality Center (QC), JIRA, and ServiceNow;
• Ability to analyze business requirements, contribute to requirements gathering, develop and review test plans and test cases, execute test cases, review test results, and support implementation planning.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Integration Testing;
• Expertise in Java and SQL;
• Expertise in UI and Mobile Testing;
• Knowledge of common testing tools such as Postman and SoapUI;
• ISTQB Foundation Level certification is considered a plus;
• Experience in team management;
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of all system applications and a high level of proficiency regarding system enhancements;
• Ability to translate business users' needs into technical requirements for development teams;
• At least 7 years of experience in software testing activities, with solid knowledge of testing tools and methodologies;
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken;
• Availability to travel, for short-mid timeframe.

VISA Requirements

Right to work in Italy.

What we offer

Contract

• Type of contract: Permanent
• Hybrid working model: 2 days per week remotely
• Applicable Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL): "Addetti agli uffici ed ai terminals delle società di navigazione che esercitano l’armamento privato" - sez. personale di terra
• Gross annual salary (RAL): between €45.000 - €52.000 gross per year, paid over 14 monthly installments
• Meal vouchers: worth €8 per on-site working day

Welfare&Wellbeing

We offer a range of Welfare&Wellbeing Initiatives as well as benefits including Productivity award, Health Insurance, Learning opportunities, flexible working hours, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounts & Partnerships within the MSC group.

At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel - where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony. We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea. Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.