Senior Test Consultant

About Sixsentix

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Sixsentix is crafting a work experience that allows people to achieve their best potential while feeling connected, recognized, and endorsed. Our aim is to be a fully agile organization and through our methodology, we ensure the best test automation services to our clients. Due to our agile mindset, we are continuously pushing our organization forward by being open-minded and by welcoming new ideas and improvements. 
Company culture is essential and through our values, we aim to reshape the way we work. To put it nicely, with a lot of grit, we break the limits, but we don’t stop there because we know that continuous improvement and ownership of everything we do, combined with great trust and team spirit, is the perfect recipe for success.

Job Description

The Senior Test Consultant oversees all aspects of software testing in close collaboration with the Business & Testing Team, ensuring that our services meet the highest standards in terms of quality and reliability. This role has a strong focus on Project Management, Test Management, and requires working directly with clients, managing client relationships, and ensuring their satisfaction with our testing services.
Additionally, this role involves managing testing teams, planning and executing test strategies, and collaborating with various stakeholders to successfully deliver projects.

Apart from culture fit being of paramount importance, for our current job opening, we are looking for the following must-have skill set:

•  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
•  Proven experience in software testing and high leadership skills.
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle, testing methodologies and best practices.
•  Proficiency in test management tools (e.g., JIRA, QTest) and preferably automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Appium, Python, Tricentis Tosca).
•  Proven experience in managing test teams and delivering high-quality software products.
•  Experience working directly with clients and managing client relationships.
•  English proficiency.
•  Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban.
•  Experience working with distributed and remote teams. 

The following skills are good-to-have:

•  Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
•  Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
•  Demonstrated leadership and mentorship abilities.
•  Proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
•  Ability to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
•  Ability to analyze complex business processes and identify improvement opportunities.

If you are ambitious to gain more experience in:

• Test strategy and planning: Closely work with the client stakeholders to understand the demand for managed testing services; work with testing teams to adapt the managed testing service to the client's needs including scope, resources, schedules, service levels and risk management; define objectives, criteria, and metrics to measure the success of the managed testing activities based on the service levels that are agreed with the client; define test strategies taking into account Sixsentix' risk-based methodology.
• Team management: Lead, mentor and manage Test Consultants; foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment.
• Test execution and reporting: Oversee the execution of test cycles and ensure adherence to testing standards and best practices; perform quality checks on test cases, scripts and test data to identify improvement opportunities; ensure that the test case repository is accurate and up to date at all times; monitor test progress, track defects, and ensure timely resolution of issues; generate and present detailed, high-quality test reports and metrics to stakeholders.
• Process improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes, methodologies and tools; implement best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards; promote the adoption of test automation and other innovative testing approaches.
• Collaboration and communication: Work closely with project managers, developers, product owners and other stakeholders to ensure clear communication and alignment on project objectives; coordinate with external vendors and partners as needed.
• Client relationship management: Work directly with the client managing the relationship and ensuring client satisfaction with our testing services; communicate effectively with client stakeholders to understand their needs, address concerns, and provide regular updates on testing progress; act as the main point of contact for the client regarding all testing-related matters; maintain a strong client relationship.
• Business analysis: Build up and maintain business knowledge related to the projects being tested; ensure that the test scope is risk-based and aligned with business requirements and objectives.
• Automation and regression testing: Work with test automation specialists to build and maintain the regression test set; oversee that the optimal balance between manual and automated testing is achieved; ensure that the regression test suite is up-to-date and comprehensive.
• Resource management: Plan and allocate resources effectively to meet project deadlines and quality goals.
• Risk management: Identify, assess and mitigate risks related to software quality and testing; develop contingency plans to address potential issues and ensure project continuity.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Drive the QA team towards testing excellence by implementing best practices and fostering a culture of quality; hold team members accountable for adhering to testing standards and achieving high levels of test coverage; provide technical leadership and mentorship to ensure continuous improvement in testing methodologies and practices.

We seek to continuously improve our benefits package and currently you can discover the following:

•  International career opportunities with 6 global locations
• Disciplines and streams where you can contribute and develop locally and globally on a strategic level
•  All-hands meetings where we foster transparency
•  Individual budget for education and professional development
•  Loyalty program
•  Work flexibility tailored to individual needs
•  New parents’ benefits package
•  Tailor-made team events and team buildings for each team
•  Wellness program (Private health insurance, accident insurance 24/7, sport activities)
•  30 days of sick leave without salary reduction with 3 days without doctor's notice
• Extra vacation days plus additional company days off for holidays between New Year and Christmas

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We look forward to receiving your electronic application (CV, reference letters, etc.) by email to careers.rs@sixsentix.com.