Test Manager

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Project:

A QA Manager role within a large-scale, international energy project operating across a dynamic portfolio of initiatives. The role requires strong QA leadership experience, a solid understanding of manual testing, practical knowledge of test automation realities, and the ability to manage testing teams and quality in a complex, demanding environment. The project supports solutions for the exploration, production, and distribution of energy resources, with a strong focus on the oil & gas domain. It operates at global scale, emphasizing innovation, stability, and long-term sustainable development.

You will be:

• leading and managing QA teams, including both manual and automated testers, across multiple projects,

• planning and prioritizing QA activities, ensuring timely delivery while handling workload, conflicts, and changing project contexts,

• Defining and tracking quality metrics, analyze QA data, and report insights to stakeholders to support informed decision-making,

• ensuring QA processes and standards are maintained in a complex, highly regulated environment, with focus on continuous improvement,

• collaborating with project managers, delivery teams, and presales or commercial stakeholders to align QA efforts with business goals,

• advocating for quality decisions using data-driven arguments, balancing test coverage, team capacity, and project costs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance,

• 3+ years of experience in a managerial or leadership role,

• proven experience in improving and evolving testing processes,

• experience managing both manual and automation testing teams, as well as working with teams distributed across multiple projects,

• ability to plan QA teams’ work, set testing priorities, and effectively respond to overloads, conflicts, and changing project contexts, including coordinating work and reallocating people based on workload and needs,

• experience defining and using quality metrics to drive decisions, manage stakeholder expectations, and demonstrate the business value of QA,

• strong ability to analyze and interpret data, not just collect it,

• ability to justify quality-related decisions using data, and to clearly explain testing and QA team costs,

• experience preparing ROI calculations and estimations,

• ability to look beyond QA, understand the full SDLC, and collaborate closely with all other areas of development,

• ability to assess risks based on data and propose appropriate solutions,

• English - at least B2.

Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.

Nice to have:

• experience working in highly formalized projects requiring extensive test documentation and pre-production acceptance processes,

• experience managing projects in the role of a Delivery Manager,

• experience supporting sales and pre-sales activities, including helping to scale and expand teams,

• the ideal candidate combines competencies from QA, Delivery Management, and Sales,

• ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, demanding, and dynamic environment,

• willingness and ability to interact directly with a demanding, results-oriented senior stakeholders, including regular status meetings focused on metrics, progress, and accountability,

• this is a leadership and management role, not a hands-on testing position.

  
  

Recruitment Process:

CV review – HR Call – Interview I – Interview II – Decision