IT Project Manager- Senior

TechDigital Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead multiple QA teams through a structured process-driven methodology. This role involves collaborating with business and development teams to ensure project goals are met while maintaining high QA standards. You will manage resources, develop test strategies, and establish best practices to enhance productivity and quality across various projects. If you have a strong background in project management and a passion for quality assurance, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience for complex application and data integration projects.
• Expertise in requirements and testing processes essential for QA roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT Quality Assurance teams to ensure adherence to QA standards and best practices.
• Manage QA activities and collaborate with business and development teams on testing strategies.

Skills

Project Management

Software Development Life Cycle

Quality Assurance Standards

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field

Tools

MS Project

Planview

SharePoint

Job description

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lead several IT Quality Assurance teams through a clearly defined process-driven methodology to ensure project goals, QA standards, and internal best practices are routinely and meticulously followed.
2. Partner with Business and Development teams to review business/technical requirements and guide and assist QA testers in generating comprehensive test strategy, plans, impact analysis, and test cases for effective assurance and testing functions.
3. Manage QA capacity, resources, and scheduling QA activities and quality gates for their project teams.
4. Through contribution, help define and establish new sets of best practices, processes, scorecards, and tooling for the Quality Assurance organization to ensure that overall productivity and quality is measured to optimize targeted milestones.
5. Collaborate with the Automation Lead(s) to establish a standards-based automation and performance testing competency, including developing a robust testing framework, utilizing testing and test management tools, and creating test data and test cases for key applications across the portfolio.
6. Develop and maintain functional, end-to-end, performance, and regression test suites that thoroughly cover all aspects of applications across the portfolio.
7. Ensure comprehensive impact analysis is conducted and reviewed thoroughly to identify the right test cases that cover relevant exposures in collaboration with project stakeholders.
8. Plan, execute, manage, and report on all testing and assurance activities across projects and applications.
9. Publish standardized QA productivity metrics, as well as project and release testing status reports, across all projects and applications on a weekly or recurring basis.
10. Serve as a critical resource in maintaining smooth operation of production systems and play a pivotal role in cutovers, smoke testing, triaging, and release activities.
11. Manage the overall QA project plan, including resource and capacity profiles for assigned business lines. Collaborate with application and project managers periodically to review plan changes, variations, and actuals against forecasts.
12. Recommend new technologies, processes, and procedures to continuously improve the overall Quality Assurance function.
13. Provide ongoing training and guidance to the QA team on quality standards and practices.

Technical Qualification:

1. 8+ years of project management experience for complex application and data integration projects.
2. Detailed knowledge of project management and software development life cycle methodologies.
3. Experience managing mid-sized to large IT integration projects independently.
4. Career experience within Commercial Insurance is desired.
5. Facilitation skills with an ability to effectively manage cross-functional team discussions.
6. Strong management skills with an ability to achieve results in a matrix management environment.
7. Ability to translate business needs into IT deliverables.
8. Able to successfully apply waterfall, agile, and hybrid project-delivery methodologies.
9. Possess multi-disciplinary information technology knowledge with proven systems deployment experience.
10. Experience using Project and Portfolio Management tools (MS Project, Planview, SharePoint, etc.).
11. Expertise in all aspects of requirements and testing processes.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

1. Detail-oriented and extremely organized.
2. Strong analytical and managerial abilities.
3. Strong business planning and prioritization skills.
4. Ability to handle multiple priorities and proactively identify risks to project timelines.
5. Excellent written & verbal (business) communications skills.
6. Ability to work across organizational boundaries and bring people together with diverse perspectives to find solutions.
7. Strong personal time-management skills with the ability to meet individual and team deadlines.