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Expleo

End-to-end engineering, tech consulting, quality services

Test Manager Public and Defence

QA & TestingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCologne, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed studies or vocational training in an IT-related context, or a comparable qualification such as computer science, business informatics, IT specialist training, IT-related continuing education, or certificate programs.
  • Several years of professional experience in IT projects in an enterprise or large-customer environment.
  • Experience in public-administration projects or comparable regulated environments.
  • At least five years of professional experience in test management and experience covering at least 500 person-days.
  • Sound knowledge of testing complex enterprise applications with distributed components.
  • Experience conducting manual tests, including interface testing.
  • Knowledge of interface testing, for example using SoapUI.
  • Project experience using Selenium.
  • Very good spoken and written German at CEFR level C1 or higher.
  • Good English skills for collaboration in international projects.

Responsibilities

  • Create, evolve, and implement test strategies, test concepts, and test plans for complex enterprise applications.
  • Plan, manage, and monitor test activities throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Functionally coordinate developers, testers, test automation teams, and external service providers.
  • Ensure compliance with defined quality standards, processes, and regulatory requirements.
  • Conduct risk analyses, identify critical test paths, and establish appropriate risk-mitigation measures.
  • Manage defect handling, including prioritization, tracking, and escalation of critical defects.
  • Manage and monitor integration, system, acceptance, and regression testing.
  • Plan and coordinate interface and end-to-end tests in complex system environments.
  • Prepare regular status reports and report test progress, risks, and quality results to project management, management, and customers.
  • Advise internal and external stakeholders on test strategy, test methods, and quality assurance.
  • Support audits and compliance with security, data-protection, and compliance requirements.
  • Plan and manage test resources and prioritize tasks within the test team.
  • Support project management with effort estimates, milestone planning, and resource planning.
  • Drive continuous improvement of test processes, methods, and quality standards.

Desired Qualifications

  • ISTQB Certified Test Manager Advanced Level or an equivalent qualification.
  • Additional project-management or test-management certifications.

About the Company

Expleo

End-to-end engineering, tech consulting, quality services

Expleo provides end-to-end engineering, technology consulting, and quality services to help businesses with digital transformation. It combines software quality assurance and testing with engineering and R&D capabilities to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain software-enabled and engineered systems. It stands out by integrating software quality expertise with broader engineering and digital-transformation offerings under one umbrella for industries like banking and telecommunications. Its goal is to help organizations navigate digital transformation by delivering reliable, efficient, and scalable software and systems.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
Founded
1966

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