Position Title – WR095009 QA Manager – FI/Equity Systems – Automated Tools - FS – Boston, MA Area - Outstanding Package Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship Company Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus – Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth possibilities. Position Responsibilities – Summary The Quality Management Center institutes best practices and consistency across application teams with the goals of reducing development costs, shortening release cycles and improving code quality. The Quality Management Center seeks a QA Manager to help us continue to improve the overall quality of our application portfolio. In this key role the individual will supervise the testing for an entire suite of applications across development teams, with a strong focus on automation. The successful candidate will have strong QA management experience, a strong knowledge of software quality assurance methodologies and best practices, and experience in the delivery of multiple large-scale software projects simultaneously. Key Responsibilities; As the Manager of several QA teams, the person will be a lead for all ongoing projects with a focus on the delivery of various testing-related initiatives. Specific responsibilities include: · Deliver all Testing projects and operations within the portfolio of applications in multiple development teams · Partner with Development and Application managers on integrating Quality Management into the overall SDLC processes · Collaborate with Application & Development teams to drive testing process standardization, adoption, and improvement · Identify and implement QA process and tool improvements that lead to increased workplace productivity · Plan and implement test automation processes for different applications/technologies · Review and approve Test Strategy and Test Plans for various testing engagements · Review quality and delivery metrics that measure the benefits for their teams and track the quality of services delivered · Coordinate work across multiple teams to develop, update, and implement contingencies to meet changing project or service needs · Ensure that the appropriate test infrastructure and tools for project teams are delivered · Manage a team of employees and consultants Keys to This Position: 1. Strong Management skills required. This individual will manage approximately 20 - 25 QA Analysts (consultants - of which 75% are offshore). The key to this job is that we need a very strong leader that can effect change – Change Agent - Great communication and relationship management skills. 2. Strong QA background required, with hands on work in defining and implementing new QA practices and tools. The candidate should have past or recent Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not limited to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk suite, performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc. 3. Financial Services is required. This individual will be supporting the Investment Management Systems team. The Investment Systems group builds applications to support the Fixed Income and Equity Portfolio Managers. Required Skills and Competencies: The ideal candidate will have excellent leadership, technical expertise and communication skills. The individual must possess thorough understanding of QA Principles, techniques, & technologies and various software development methodologies including Agile principles. Specific qualifications include: · 10+ years of Software Application development and/or testing experience · 5+ years experience in Software QA Management and Team Leadership · 3+ years experience in test automation scripts and test automation frameworks · Experience managing diverse teams of 20 or more people · Understanding of Object-Oriented and data driven testing methodologies · Experience in producing program-level QA metrics for test case coverage and defect workflow status · Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not limited to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk suite, performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc. · Experience with different facets of QA tests such as functional progression & regression, integration, performance, load, UAT, and operational readiness testing · Experience with release and configuration management · Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, high stress, high productivity environment while maintaining excellent working relationships with people in a wide variety of functional areas · Strong team leadership and management skills · Excellent verbal and written communication skills · Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively · Computer Science degree or related field · Experience working in the Financial Service industry; specifically, investment management systems expertise is a requirement. Contact Information Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org Founded in 1999, Wright Associates is an employee recruiting and search firm that provides comprehensive recruiting and search services to the high technology executive requiring professional expertise in the talent acquisition process.