Testing Services_ Retail Domain Lead - Senior Manager-Consult

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As a Senior Manager in the Managed Services Platform, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy through execution and beyond. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this level include but are not limited to: 

• Design and drive implementation of end to end testing strategies and frameworks needed to test all the dimensions of an application platform, including functional correctness, performance, scale and security across the Project/Program covering all the workstreams/tracks. 

• Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing the test assets produced by the team. 

• Creating outline Test Strategies, including specification of all standards, methods, processes and tools to be used 

• Leading delivery of automated testing initiatives across multiple domains and applications 

• Measuring test automation effectiveness and efficiency, and regularly adjusting methods and practices to achieve the highest level of continuous testing capabilities 

• Understanding test automation requirements from a business perspective to be validated through testing and assessing them in the context of an Agile/Scrum delivery model 

• Leading the ideation and development of accelerators/prebuilt solutions that package leading practices and enable rapid deployment of high quality solutions for our clients; 

• Participate in Proposals Solution and business development effort for Testing Services, supporting practice leaders in business development activities 

• Managing Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and the development of dashboard reporting, usage statistics, administrator actions and other service-relevant data; 

• Implementing and directing the delivery of work in the areas of Enterprise Architecture, PMO, Communications and Change Management and Portfolio & Investment Management; 

• Identifying business issues and liaising with relevant IT leaders to maintain alignment between the IT initiatives and the current and future direction of the firm 

• Building effective relationships with key stakeholders 

• Communicating agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and conducting investigations or analysis on variations from expected performance levels 

• Build next generation Test Framework using latest technologies 

• Provides Technical Leadership and Strategic Direction to the Testing Organization 

• Lead a team of technical engineers on evaluating new tools and automation technologies along with evaluation report 

• Identify Quality Engineering and automation gaps and develop solutions for automation. 

• Identify what tools and technologies should be implemented to support a CI/CD capability.  

• Supporting Agile Testing Project and Kanban approach where applicable in achieving their strategic goals for the business and by providing technical support and mentoring to the team. 

• Establish Test Environments Management and Test Data Management strategies and implement them for different testing activities. 

• Managing the quality and acceptance of vendor testing deliverables on large and complex software development, infrastructure, SaaS and/or Cloud solutions 

• Working collaboratively within a delivery team at all levels including stakeholder management, with considerate ability of taking ownership of tasks and completing them with minimal direct supervision 

• Developing deep automation knowledge and application domain knowledge for an assigned business portfolio to aid in critically evaluating the balance of both testing needs and user requests 

• Aligning with automation tool vendor(s) to integrate new automation in browser and mobile packages 

• Minimum Degree Required: BE/BTech/MCA/M.Sc. 

Degree Preferred:  Bachelors in Computer Engineering 

Minimum Years of Experience:  15 year(s) of progressive roles managing IT quality assurance and control within software/systems development processes 

Certifications Required: NA 

Certifications Preferred: PMP, Agile Certification (Nice to have)  

Required Knowledge/Skills 

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:  

Demonstrates extensive knowledge and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: 

• 15+ years of experience in testing or development with solid understanding of the software development lifecycle 

• In-depth knowledge and experience in Retail solutions. Understanding of the various modules and functionalities, such as Merchandising, Supply Chain, Pricing, Promotions, Point of Sale (POS), and Master Data Management. 

• Strong understanding of the retail industry, business processes, trends, and challenges. Knowledge of retail operations, inventory management, pricing strategies, promotions, customer management, and omni-channel retailing. 

• Being able to lead and manage Retail implementation projects, including planning, resource allocation, risk management, and stakeholder communication 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are necessary to effectively engage and manage relationships with business stakeholders, IT teams, and external vendors. 

• Ability to provide training and support to end-users is crucial. This includes conducting user training sessions, creating training materials, and providing post-implementation support to ensure smooth adoption and usage of Retail solutions. 

• Knowledge and delivery experience of one of more of technologies such as Microservices, Rest API's, Mobile & Cloud. 

•  Good knowledge in scripting with Test Automation Tools like Opkey, Suject7, Selenium, Work soft, UI Path 

• Knowledge and delivery experience of modern delivery methodologies such as Behavior Driven Development, Technical Driven Development, DevOps, Lean, Agile 

• Should have good performance engineering skills and deep understanding of any of the following technologies Java, .Net, SQL, Oracle, PostGres. 

• At least 5 years of experience working in Cloud (AWS), Agile, CI/CD, DevOps environments. 

• Experience in writing queries against databases and data warehouses in Oracle or SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, and Mongo DB. 

• Strong written/oral communication skills, problem resolution, good judgment, presentation, and decision-making skills required 

• Prior experience of development or testing for Cloud Services. Experience with testing services in AWS/Azure/Google Cloud is a big plus 

• Demonstrating experience in Agile practices, DevOps, CI/CD pipeline, Continuous testing, Software Quality Principles, Advanced Test Methodologies, Best Practices and Procedures; 

• Understanding Quality Metrics, KPIs, Data Visualization, Data Analytics and its impact on IT organizations, Testing Maturity Models and how they are applied to increase maturity of quality and IT organization, to enable continuous improvement; 

• Demonstrating expertise with test management tools like qTest, Azure DevOps, HP ALM; 

• Demonstrating expertise in vendor management; 

• Performing Data Mining, predictive modeling techniques and using data to drive business outcomes and decisions;