Quality Assurance Chapter Lead

• Guide a community of Experts that are working within squads
• Allocating resources based on seniority and priority across organization.
• Work with the Tribe and Tech Lead to provide workforce plans for recruitment and development
• Organises interactions between the members of the chapter to nurture best practice and encourage knowledge & tool sharing
• Act as a supporting leader, rather than a line manager, aiming at maturing the organisation readiness, vs. controlling the work
• Provides guidance and harmonization of chapter best-practices (Chapter principles)
• Acts as a mentor for Expert members of the chapter, helping them grow in expertise and experience new areas
• Play a pivotal role in inspiring and motivating everyone in the chapter to be the best they can be
• Ensure technical integrity and quality control consistency throughout the development life cycle
• Own test architecture, review test code, and ensure compliance to industry best practices
• Understand functional requirements and help creating user stories with testability in mind
• Responsible to identify and improve Processes for Testing across Organizations

• At least 5 years of experience in QA Engineering role (3 of which in Automation)
• Have a passion for personal and functional development, supporting members to be the best they can be
• Agility and willingness to track, assess, and incorporate practice and technology developments into day-to-day working
• Looks externally /brings in best practices, experiments, tests, pushes innovation
• Able to foster learning around agile ways of working and the overall agile mind-set
• Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills, acting as enabler for coordination of activities between technical teams and building of cross-functional relationships quickly and confidently
• Solid understanding of both object-oriented programming and scripting languages
• Experience with version control systems (GitHub, GitLab, etc.),performance, load, and test testing
• Expert: a) in Continuous Integration / Deployment design, b) with testing tools and practices on every level in the test pyramid (unit, component, integration)
• Can apply a range of techniques to support facilitation, training, coaching and mentoring to guide and manage a group event to ensure that objectives are met effectively
• Clear and effective communication skills in English (written and verbal)

Opensource contributing will be considered a plus

• Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package
• Private Health & Medical Insurance
• Hybrid way of working: a blend of 60% remote and 40% office-based working, including the option to work up to 20 days from abroad
• Unlimited connectivity with our mobile, landline and Vodafone TV services – Experience first what our customers love
• Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings
• Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service
• Remote work equipment to help you create a comfortable, ergonomic workspace at home
• Spirit of Vodafone days: dedicated time to pause, develop new skills and connect with our teams, values and services
• Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day
• Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking
• Special employee offers and discounts