Test Manager (Senior)

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the motor industry is seeking a Senior Test Manager in Johannesburg. This role involves overseeing quality assurance processes, developing automated tests, and mentoring junior engineers within an Agile environment. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership qualities and extensive experience in test management and strategy implementation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years overall IT experience with 3 years in a senior QA/Test Manager role.
• Strong experience in test planning, strategy, execution, and reporting.
• Experience with Agile/DevOps delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of test strategies.
• Manage test execution, reporting, and quality assurance processes.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a high-performance culture.

Skills

Test Planning

Stakeholder Management

Quality Assurance

Automated Testing

Agile Development

Education

Relevant IT degree or equivalent tertiary qualification

Tools

XRay

Jira

Git

GitHub Actions

JMeter

Gatling

Job description

About the Opportunity

Our client in the motor industry is seeking an experienced Senior Test Manager to join a highperforming team driving global IT innovation. As part of a major international IT hub you ll play a key role in delivering quality assurance and testing solutions for enterprise systems used across the BMW Group globally.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of digital transformation within a cuttingedge environment that embraces Agile DevOps and cloudnative solutions.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design implementation and maintenance of test strategies and test planning across major systems.

Manage test execution reporting and quality assurance processes using tools such as XRay.

Collaborate with crossfunctional feature teams to ensure functional and nonfunctional requirements are met.

Develop and oversee automated tests (frontend backend and integration).

Guide and implement performance and load testing strategies.

Drive continuous improvement in QA processes reporting mechanisms and team capability.

Identify and implement training needs for QA engineers.

Mentor junior team members and foster a highperformance culture.

Minimum 6 years overall IT experience with 3 years in a senior QA / Test Manager capacity .

Strong experience in test planning strategy execution and reporting.

Proven stakeholder management and communication skills.

Experience with Agile / DevOps delivery models.

Strong knowledge of test data management and QA best practices.

Tools : XRay Jira Git GitHub Actions.

Advantageous Skills

Automated testing tools : Playwright Cucumber.

Performance testing : JMeter Gatling.

Experience with AWS architecture.

Security reliability and portability testing knowledge.

Qualifications

A relevant IT degree or equivalent tertiary qualification.

Test Planning and Test Strategy management, Test Execution and Reporting, Stakeholder Management and Communication, Quality Assurance and Control, Agile Working Model

Key Skills

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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