As an E2E Test Coordinator / Test Manager, you oversee the end-to-end testing process to ensure the system of software solutions functions as expected from start to finish. You align testing efforts between different teams that are part of the projects, in accordance with QA chapter test governance, project objectives, and business requirements, ensuring a seamless integration of testing into the overall development lifecycle.

Tasks

Test Strategy & Planning

• Define test objectives and approach for E2E testing, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements. Ensure the test plans are developed and maintained, supporting the goals of the individual products while also aligning with the global project objectives.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with program managers, project managers, product owners, business analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure testing efforts meet both technical and business expectations. Act as the primary point of contact for testing-related discussions, ensuring clear communication of test progress, risks, and outcomes.

Test Coordination & Execution

• Oversee test activities across different phases and levels, assigning responsibilities, ensuring adequate test coverage, and verifying compliance with quality standards. Coordinate functional, integration, and end-to-end (E2E) testing to validate system workflows and business processes.

Defect Management & Risk Mitigation

• Track defects progress, facilitating resolution with development teams. Assess risks in testing and implement mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project timelines and deliverables.

Reporting & Quality Assurance

• Aggregate and analyze test results, providing clear and actionable reports to stakeholders. Offer insights on readiness, risks and quality trends to support Go/No Go decisions.

QA Chapter contribution

• Proactively participate in the QA Chapter initiatives, fostering collaboration between testers and other roles, and enabling sharing knowledge and lessons learnt, between teams/projects. Support the Chapter in achieving key objectives as part of the initiatives for continuous improvement.  

Ideal Profile

• Demonstrated experience in creating comprehensive E2E test plans

• Capability to recognize non-functional testing needs.

• Proficiency in assessing test scope and guaranteeing comprehensive test coverage.

• Proven experience in coordinating Agile/Scrum teams

• Be able to work autonomously.

• Proficient in stakeholder management.

• Have a critical mind and dare to challenge.

• Be able to understand simple technical IT concepts like: Service and Client application, Web Service, API, Protocol, Front end, back end, etc.

• Knowledge of EN is a must (all texts are written in English and the standard language used by the team is English). Knowledge of FR and/or NL is an asset.

Soft skills

• Active

• Creative

• Autonomous

• Think out of the box 

• Result driven

• Pragmatic and Resilient