Manager Of Quality Assurance (3758) at Framingham

Are you ready to explore the corporate side of retail? The TJX Companies, Inc. is the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S. and worldwide, operating four major divisions -- Marmaxx (T.J. Maxx and Marshalls) and HomeGoods in the United States; TJX Canada (Winners, HomeSense and Marshalls); and TJX Europe (T.K. Maxx and HomeSense). In late 2012, we acquired Sierra Trading Post, an off-price, Internet retailer of apparel and home fashions, bringing it into our family of businesses. With over $26 billion in revenues in 2012, more than 3,000 stores, and approximately 179,000 Associates, success is always in style at TJX. We at TJX understand that both our customers and the talent pool from which our Associates come are increasingly diverse. Our core values of respect, integrity and fairness are inherent in the relationships we build with each other, our vendors and our customers. We are committed to leveraging the differences among our Associates and customers to create both a diversified mix of talent within TJX and a diversified mix of merchandise within our stores. We consider the unique views and opinions of our Associates to be key to our growth and success in the future.

Manager of Software Quality Assurance

• Day-to-day responsibilities include management of testing team consisting of Managers and PLs responsible for performing regression and new functionality testing for all systems required to deliver project.
• Mentor team members, conduct weekly one-on-ones and write reviews for members of team.
• Candidate must be well-versed in various QA/testing methodologies including test case/scenario development, script development, execution, and defect tracking.
• Candidate will Lead team tasked to formulate detailed testing strategy and detailed test plans, including estimating effort and duration, identifying test environments, test data, number of cycles of testing, types and levels of testing that are required.
• Actively contribute to estimation and planning, risk assessment, contingency planning, tracking and management of progress, issues, risk, and resources.
• Estimate and obtain upper management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing.
• Lead team to develop and execute detailed functional, performance, integration and regression test cases, and documentation.
• Ensure test process, methodologies, and tools are applied appropriately and that test phase entry/exit criteria are agreed to by stakeholders and applied by the test team.
• Provide effective and timely communication to the project delivery teams, operating and executive steering committees.
• Prioritize testing tasks based on goals and risks of projects and ensure testing milestones, activities and tasks are completed as scheduled.
• Ensure the timely delivery of different testing milestones.
• Have prior experience with automation testing tools and processes as well as performance testing methodologies.
• Develop test cases, scenarios, and scripts to ensure quality applications.
• Actively contribute to process improvement ideas with a can-do attitude.
• Execute tests and ensures results achieve documented goals and objectives.
• Play an active input and advisory role in determining release readiness of software.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Minimum 8 years of industry experience managing a large software QA team.
• Minimum 10 years of industry experience in some capacity of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration.
• A strong understanding of SDLC best practices is required.
• Strong leadership, communication (written and verbal) and team building skills.
• Analytical and systematic approach to system and software testing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office especially Word and Excel.
• Proficient with Microsoft Visio, MS Project and Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with defining and monitoring metrics.
• Experience with process improvement initiatives.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• Prior experience in managing offshore vendors is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
  
  

Whats In It For You?

At the TJX Companies, Inc., conveniently located directly off both the Mass Pike and Route 9, youll not
only enjoy the security of working for a stable and profitable industry leader, but youll also enjoy the benefits
that go along with it, such as: Medical/Dental/Life insurance, a Dependent Care Spending Account,
Associate Discounts and a Savings/Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan.

Click Here for a full list of the benefits of working for The TJX Companies, Inc.

TJX is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Posting Notes: Framingham || Massachusetts
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Country: USA, State: Massachusetts, City: Framingham, Company: TJX Companies.