Test Manager (ASAP STARTERS)

NCS Philippines; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Philippines in Taguig is seeking a Test Manager to define the Software Quality Assurance strategy for projects and lead continuous quality improvements. You will implement QA standards across programs and guide the team to deliver reliable software.

The role requires hands-on experience with test strategy, management of automated/manual testing, and strong leadership to drive on-time, on-budget results while aligning with client expectations and business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in IT/CS/Engineering.
• 3–5 years in Test Management.
• Experience with manual and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Defines the appropriate Functional and Automated Test Strategy for the project.
• Reviews requirements and design to ensure testability of the product.
• Tracks testing activities, results, coverage and defects.
• Keeps testing documents up to date and well structured.
• Issues SQA Certificate to signify defect-free status.
• Performs Test Strategy and Test Case Reviews.
• Manages SQA deployments and repositories.
• Provides accurate status reports to the project manager.
• Participates in SQA estimation and risk analysis.
• Reviews team deliverables for quality, time and budget.
• Oversees all SQA deliverables per project.
• Drives initiatives to improve skills, quality and efficiency.
• Participates in process standardization and improvements.
• Other job-related activities as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Test to break

Analytical skills

Communication

Client engagement

Multitasking

Negotiation

Results-oriented

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT / CS / Engineering

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

TestComplete

Job description

REQUIREMENTS:

• ASAP starters only

• People management

• Playwright experience

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 knowledge 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.