QA Manager

At Umpisa Inc., our mission is to make the Philippines be known globally as a tech hub. 

Umpisa Inc. is a progressive technology services company that partners with select industries, clients and people to work on pioneering and industry-changing solutions via digital transformation, modern software development and venture building. 

We create a set of world-class and impactful products and solutions to help organizations and individuals live better lives. We offer demanding, challenging and rewarding careers in software development, product development, emerging technologies, and more for the right candidates. 

QA MANAGER

Essential Skills: 

• Aligns with our values: Excellence, Integrity, Professionalism, People Success, Customer Success, Fun, Innovation and Diversity 

• Strong communication skills 

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills 

• Would like to work as part of a self-organizing Scrum team in a scaled agile framework

• Must be a self-starter and loves to collaborate with the team and client 

Key Responsibilities 

• You will be responsible for setting up a team, and all quality assurance processes around the SDLC. 

• You will be responsible for creating and maintaining detailed software quality reports.

• You will be responsible for aligning with your stakeholders on the defect priority and severity.

• You will be responsible for the releases sign-off and QA processes around each release.

• You will be responsible to drive RCAs for production leakages.

• Closely collaborate with all other team members (scrum master, developer, business and project stakeholders)

• Being positive and solution-oriented towards team members and stakeholders

• Exercise critical, quality-oriented, and skeptical thinking about the product solution

• Participates in the daily stand-up meeting, presents testing progress and challenges

• Actively acquire information from stakeholders rather than relying entirely on written specifications 

• Constantly look at ways to improve processes and deliverables 

• Plan and organize their own work 

• Ensures effective issue escalation when there is a significant threat to delivery

What we look for: 

• Working Experience: 

  • Good understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle and Methodology 

  • Well-versed in all QA activities - Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, Test Reporting, Test Closure, and Test Monitoring 

  • 2-3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer 

  • 3+ years as a QA Manager or Team Leader 

  • Experience setting up process, team, dashboards, and accountability for QA metrics ○ Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills 

  • Doer attitude is a must