Test Manager

NCS Philippines; Taguig; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Philippines is seeking a Test Manager to define the Software Quality Assurance strategy and lead cross-functional testing efforts in our Manila area team.

You will review requirements for testability, track testing activities and ensure documentation quality while guiding SQA deliverables across projects. Strong leadership and communication in English and Filipino are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience as a Test Manager or QA lead.
• Experience creating and analyzing test cases; defect reporting.
• Knowledge of MySQL or other database systems; PHP/Java a plus.
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript familiarity; Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define functional and automated test strategy for the project.
• Review requirements and design to ensure testability.
• Track and report testing activities, results, and coverage.
• Maintain testing documents and issue SQA certificates when defect-free.
• Perform Test Strategy and Test Case Reviews; manage SQA repos.
• Provide status reports to the project manager and stakeholders.
• Participate in SQA estimation and risk analysis.
• Oversee SQA deliverables and ensure on time and budget.
• Drive initiatives to increase team skills, quality and efficiency.
• Participate in process standardization and improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Test management

QA strategy

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Team supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

TestComplete

Job description

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Test Manager is responsible for defining the Software Quality Assurance strategy for a project while working on continuous organization quality improvements. Implements quality assurance standards across projects.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Defines the appropriate Functional and Automated Test Strategy for the project.

• Participates in reviewing the business user and product requirements, and application design to ensure testability of the product.

• Tracks and reports testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines, and others.

• Ensures content and structure of all testing documents are documented and maintained.

• Issues SQA Certificate to signify or prove that the application is in defect-free status.

• Performs Test Strategy and Test Cases Review.

• Handles and manages SQA stage deployment and repositories.

• Provides an accurate status report to the project manager.

• Participates in SQA Task Estimation and Risk Analysis on Technical/Project Proposals.

• Reviews the quality of the team deliverables and ensuring team tasks are completed on time and budget.

• Oversees and manages all SQA deliverables for each project.

• Formulates and manages initiatives to increase the skills, quality & efficiency of the team.

• Participate in process standardization and/or improvement on SQA related tasks.

• Other job-related activities that may be assigned from time to time.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

People Management, Proactive Problem-Solving Skills, Business Acumen, Stakeholder’s Expectation Management, Strategic Planning and Organization, Influencing Skills

FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

Testing, Quality assurance, Measurement, Methods and tools, Risk management

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Teamwork & Collaboration, Accountability, Customer Focus, Communication, Innovation, Quality.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• Education – At least graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or any related course.

• Related Work Experience – At least 3-5 years of experience as a Test Manager.

  • Extensive experience in Test Cases Creation and Analysis.

  • Extensive experience in Manual (black box, white box, etc.) and Automated testing (Selemium Web driver, Test Complete, or desired tools).

  • Extensive experience in defect reporting and monitoring.

• Knowledge – In-depth knowledge in the following:

  • Extensive knowledge in database skills mainly in MySQL. Another database server is a plus.

  • Extensive knowledge in programming languages like PHP and Java is a plus.

  • Extensive knowledge in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus.

  • Extensive knowledg in Agile Methodologies.

• Skills:

• Must have strong leadership skills and the ability to supervise and handle a team

• Must have a "test to break" mentality.

• Must have strong analytical skills, highly detailed and process-oriented.

• Must have strong communication and presentation skills in English and Filipino.

• Must have strong business/client engagement skills.

• Must be assertive, results-oriented, and able to multitask.

• Must possess strong negotiation skills.

• Must be adept to work in a fast-paced environment with tight SLAs.