Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Operations

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Management and Risk Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

As a member of our team, you’ll help the world’s most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. We improve the way they operate, manage costs, better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment. In doing so, we focus on their agendas and the big issues they need to deal with, both today and in the future.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

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

Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Description - Test Manager

Our Test Practice within Operate Cloud Digital and Data is experiencing continuous success and growth. As part of this growth, we are seeking to recruit an experienced Test Manager to work with our team based in Cairo to provide QA leadership for delivery of a number of programmes for internal and external clients.

Skills and Experience - Test Manager

Leading the QA function using primarily Agile methodologies with providing test strategy and overview.

Definition and maintenance of product specific test standards including process and documentation for each programme undertaken

Ownership and accountability of overall test estimation and effort for each project and programme undertaken.

Responsible for resource planning of the testing effort across all disciplines of testing

Working with scrum teams/project team to deliver agile testing capability incorporating Shift left techniques.

Responsible for planning and execution of all test disciplines in scope across large complex end to end solutions.

Definition of automation frameworks covering API, UI and mobile capability

Delivery of the testing reporting framework including real-time status on the overall test effort and providing stakeholder level updates highlighting risk and issues.Documenting test results, ready for compilation into consolidated high-level reports

Essential Criteria - Test Manager

Previous experience of managing the test function within a range of different sectors and technologies including Salesforce, SAP, Guidewire, Dynamics, Workday and Oracle.

Strong experience in delivery test strategies covering all disciplines of testing including functional, system integration, end to end and performance testing

Strong experience in stakeholder management at all levels delivering clear real-time status on test progress, risks and issues

Experience setting up the test function using Azure DevOps, HP QC and JIRA

Flexible, independent and self-motivated with the ability to deliver and adaptable to change

Strong experience in working in Agile testing environments delivering TDD/BDD and automation capability.

Strong oral and written communication skills

Strong experience of iterative/incremental software delivery

Experience of working in fast paced environments to strict deadlines

Bachelor’s Degree or HNC in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience

ISTQB Certification desirable

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date

August 10, 2024