QA Architect

Job Type: 6 Months contract with possible extension

Description:

• Proven experience defining and delivering departmental Testing Strategies and governance frameworks including best practices across multiple teams and regions.
• Proven experience in aligning testing strategy with business goals 6 years of QA experience 2 years in a QA Manager or QA Architect Lead role.
• Proven experience supporting QA audit readiness in regulated environments evidence traceability controls.
• Participation in internal & external QA audits or working with Control Owners Risk Compliance.
• Relevant training certifications eg. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager audit quality governance courses.
• Strong stakeholder management experience and the ability to influence and build partnership across Teams and Departments in order to conduct data analysis and present raw data in a simplified manner displaying trend analysis and highlighting outliers exceptions.
• Familiar with Agile software development and Dev Sec Ops  delivery processes burndown metrics backlog tracking velocity task definition retrospectives and defect management and supporting tools eg JIRA Confluence GIT etc.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English including experience of managing workshops and writing best practice documentation.
• Able to work in a fast paced team focused environment with a proven track record of delivering and completing assigned tasks as an individual and as team
• Demonstrates a strategic leadership change management continuous improvement mindset with a willingness to continuously learn and share learnings with others