QA Manager
Vault
Posted on 7/12/2021
INACTIVE
Veeva Systems

5,001-10,000 employees

Cloud computing services for pharmaceutical companies.
Company Overview
Veep's mission is to help R&D, quality, and regulatory teams eliminate inefficiencies and bring high-quality, safe, sustainable products to market without compromising quality. The company builds cloud-based tools for pharmaceutical research.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$224M

Founded

2007

Headquarters

Pleasanton, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

16%

2 year growth

37%
Locations
Kansas City, MO, USA • Missouri, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Agile
UI/UX Design
Atlassian
Java
Quality Assurance (QA)
AWS
JIRA
SCRUM
CategoriesNew
QA & Testing
Software Engineering
Requirements
  • Qualified candidates must be knowledgeable about computer applications/systems/tools commonly used for tracking QA aspects of a SaaS offering; eg: TestRail, Jira, and other Atlassian applications
  • 3+ years' experience managing team size of 6-12 QA engineers and working with product cross-functional teams in a leadership role using agile/iterative development methods
  • Ability to be a technical QA manager, well versed in Java applications and database testing
  • Possess an excellent end-to-end understanding of QA processes, organization and techniques to drive quality into the product
  • Ability to anticipate organizational and technical issues, and the ability to provide detailed projections and post-mortems
  • Ability to generate precise and concise functional testing metrics and measures of quality
  • Ability to project, track, assess and report on adherence to these metrics
  • 3+ years' experience Qualified candidates should have completed a 4-year college degree. Preferred having educational backgrounds in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Information Systems (CIS), Computer Science (CS), or Mathematics
Responsibilities
  • Manage a Vault QA Team, guide them to test and automate new features and regression test cases, including UI and API suites, and deliver with quality and on time to deployment
  • Manage and grow a team of QA engineers, enhancing their Vault knowledge and drive a full stack testing in the team
  • Provide technical guidance to the team for better quality and test coverage· Guide, and implement within the scrum team various processes and procedures that enhance productivity
  • Work with scrum team and all other product stakeholders on ensuring features are released on time with quality to the Release Engineering team
  • Collaborate with development managers on feature sprint planning and provide metrics on testing progress
  • Be responsible for identifying risks and working with the appropriate product development owners to ensure critical and high-risk items are prevented prior to release
  • Be a trusted partner for senior management to determine best solutions, help drive alignment and implement decisions throughout your team
  • Recruit, challenge, and reward high performance individuals that deliver 10x the impact of average engineers
  • Generate and provide quality metrics for your area/application
Desired Qualifications
  • Life sciences domain knowledge, especially the regulatory area
  • Experience with Atlassian products like Jira
  • Manage a platform QA team
  • Manage an applications development QA team
  • Infrastructure knowledge especially in AWS
  • Experience in a SaaS environment that has an agile development process is a huge plus