Job Description :
Program Test Manager
Partner with the Business Sponsor, Business Program Manager and IT Director to lead the program, assuring that business objectives are met. This includes translating program OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and EPICs to business terms for SAFe Program Increment planning sessions (Release Train workshops held every 12 weeks)
Responsible for all program testing, across all application teams, including unit, integration, SIT, UAT, Infrastructure, NFT, and automation for each of those testing types. This includes strategy development, process definition and continuous improvement, Sprint Planning and Program Increment planning for testing, overall test management, resource identification, onboarding, and management (multi-vendor and FTE team), budget forecasts, issue resolution, coaching/mentoring for new teams, status reporting, test data creation for all levels of testing, etc.
Responsible for the CICD /TDD automation framework including: o Creating the backlog of automation tasks and assigning those to sprints o Managing the implementation of the automation framework across application teams, and tracking automation progress o Working with the architect and development leads to make sure the automation is integrated with the CICD pipelines for each application through all environments
Create Release Plans/Release Notes for bi-weekly production releases from Pivotal Tracker
Partner with Product Owners for Iteration and Release planning
Represent the program in other intersecting programs Scrum of Scrums
Provide consulting and mentoring for other IT teams that implementing TDD and adopting the automation framework
Create Visio diagrams for each program OKR , and overall THB and BAU transaction flow diagrams . These are used for test planning, business communication, etc.
Support the Client Migration team with client and data validation, applying automation where possible.
Partner with the Architect and IT Leads for risk identification, documentation, and mitigation strategy development.
Coordinate infrastructure and NFT testing with the IT and infrastructure teams. * Coordinate test environment set-up and smoke testing , adding new applications to all environments as the program grows.
Coordinate Business Assurance test planning and execution to support new operating models.
Identify and partner with business representatives from each impacted business unit for UAT and Business Assurance testing, and the related automation.
Organizational Change Management related to the move to TDD and automated testing. This includes working with the business to improve automation reporting to provide assurance that they can trust automation
Other responsibilities as assigned to support the implementation of TDD, Lean/XP, SAFe, CICD, Automation, etc.
             

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