Quality Assurance Test Lead (65114)

Position Summary

This position will play a primary role in planning, implementing, leading and executing all aspects of Quality and Testing. The role requires hands-on QA expertise, ability to take initiative and develop and evolve the company’s QA processes. The right candidate will be able to analyze the systems to determine what to test, the priority of those tests and the best way to test.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).
• Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Establish and evolve formal QA processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices.
• Diagnose defects and track them from discovery to resolution.
• Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
• Respond to all requests from team members in a timely professional manner.

Key Requirements/Skills/Experiences

• 4+ years’ experience in the software quality field
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing test cases, scripts, plans and procedures to support various development methodologies.
• Familiarity with entire software development life cycle and test cycles (Unit, Regression, Functional, Systems, Performance, Smoke & Sanity).
• Understanding of existing QA best practices and methodologies to design, implement and automate processes.
• Prior success using a metrics-driven approach to improve quality of software deliverables and improve predictability and reliability of releases.
• Detailed and effective written communication skills for documenting the features tested and bugs found.
• Highly organized, detail oriented, responsive and able to prioritize tasks.
• Self-motivated, works well independently and with others.

Note: The company provides relocation assistance for candidates applying from abroad for this role, which covers 30 days of temporary accommodation.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 

We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.