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Manager, Digital IT Quality Assurance (Open to Remote)
Columbus, OH The Designer Brands IT team is a fast-paced team that thrives on challenges where we put the customer first and build solutions to support that sentiment. The IT Digital Team is growing and knows no bounds as we have moved to a fully remote team and encourage growth through our network. This team and position are looking to be filled with the best talent out there and excited about this continued evolution of the team. As the MANAGER, IT DIGITAL QUALITY ASSURANCE, you will lead a team of cross functional quality analysts as they validate software to meet retail business objectives in an iterative and face-paced environment. Maintain a close partnership with development teams to help them architect and implement their applications with traditional QA, however new ways of validating traditional solutions are always encouraged. Building and maintaining teams that focus on the principals of QA availability, performance, reliability, and validation. An important role of this position is to build strong relationships with your IT and business partners. Additionally, you will perform leader-based tasks including managing the volume of work, team growth through recruiting activities, work performance, coaching, mentoring and team development. You will be responsible for delivering knowledge and experience of the Quality Assurance domain, including development and implementation of QA processes, frameworks, and test data thereby enhancing the platform's release pipeline. If your background includes managing a team responsible for delivering high quality validation of retail websites and/or Apps and improving the processes along the way, this may be a good fit for you. We are open to candidates based remotely in the continental United States for this opportunity. REPORTS TO: Director, Digital IT ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: *Build, manage, and continuously develop a highly technical and high functioning staff of QA and reliability engineers contributing to the overall software development lifecycle at DBI with a focus on developing systems that validate software and systems (web, mobile, API, config management, infrastructure) against quality metrics autonomously and efficiently *Partner with the QA automation team to ensure maximum coverage of the systems is maintained and increased over time *Research and present new technology trends, influencing peers and leadership toward adoption, driving accountability of the achievement of roadmap milestones *Help improve test coverage through the design and implementation of improved testing processes and toolsets *Design the intake process of work into the QA team ensure the proper transition of manual test cases in a prioritized order *Lead Teams Responsible for: *Creating and maintaining test data to drive the test scripts *Defining reusable components, frameworks, common schemas, standards, and tools, influencing their usage across teams - Contributing to the Shared Pipeline Library with Platform Engineers *Performing maintenance on test plans and tooling when new features are introduced *Participating in user story analysis and identifying requirement and acceptance criteria gaps *Working cross-functionally with QA Application SMEs, software developers, platform engineers, and other project team members on a shared vision *Contributing to the software development lifecycle by way of providing feedback and recommendations to application development teams that allow for ease of QA execution *Mentor and provide technical oversight and guidance to team members and cross-functional partners, improving their skills, knowledge of our systems, and their ability to get things done *Participate in industry groups to gain visibility to trends and influence future direction REQUIRED SKILLS: *Proven experience working and prioritizing across relationships with support, services, product, and engineering teams *Proven experience leading a team of QA engineers thru validation of web, iOS, and Android apps *Experience contributing to or leading QA engineering practices within an Agile environment ensuring application and system quality quickly and efficiently *Ability to take technical and/or business requirements and translate them into detailed blueprints to assist in creating automated test cases *Measure and report progress against targets for improvement in cited areas *Knowledge of various testing types (unit, functional, integration, systems, etc.) *Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills *The role requires ability to prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of identifying opportunities and creating efficiencies. We welcome those who see things differently, aren't afraid to experiment, practice the fail fast/fail forward philosophy, believe that if you have to do it more than once, you automate, and are comfortable having healthy discussions/debates with teammates and peers to drive the aforementioned principals. *Understanding of a broad range of technologies, frameworks, and methodologies related to the SDLC and specifically automation of testing infrastructure and code *Strong aptitude for learning new technologies and understanding how, when, and where to best utilize them *Experience utilizing best of breed processes to improve day to day operations COMPETENCIES: STRATEGIC THINKING - Creates and effectively communicates long term vision. Keeps team's work aligned to strategy. Creates and adjusts plans. Understands big picture to constructively challenge the status quo. Generates new ideas. Encourages innovation. Manages change effectively. Knows internal strengths and weaknesses. LEADING & MOTIVATING - Models and supports DSW values. Assesses, identifies, retains, and develops talent. Builds complementary teams. Motivates, supports, and challenges associates. Resolves conflict. Makes tough decisions. Provides timely feedback. Works with and through others to exceed expectations of customers (internal/external) MANAGING FOR RESULTS - Produces sustainable results consistently. Holds team accountable. Recognizes and resolves complex problems. Understands underlying issues and addresses root causes. Measures/analyzes quantitative information and presents it effectively. Seeks input from others. Makes timely decisions. QUALIFICATIONS: EXPERIENCE: *7 years' experience in the quality assurance space of digital products, websites, and apps *5 years' experience in a leadership role over a team of quality analysts *Experience with any defect tracking systems, test management systems, version control systems. *Expertise in analyzing, troubleshooting, and resolving complex issues *Experience with modern collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: *Experience in Retail highly preferred EDUCATION: *Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience |
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