Global Software Quality Assurance Director

Company: DTN (Data Transmission Network)
Location: Burnsville
Posted on: February 15, 2021

Job Description:

Global Software Quality Assurance Director Manila Remote, TX DTN is a global leader providing insights and analytics to our customers to feed, fuel, and protect the world.We help people make critical business decisions that impact the agriculture, oil and gas, trading, and weather industries. It's a difference you've likely felt without even knowing it. From the food on your plate to the gas in your car to the last flight you took, chances are a DTN customer made it possible. And that's just for starters. That's why we say, "When our customers prosper, we all win." Job Description: DTN is looking for a --Global QA Director to join our expanding engineering team. You will be part of the DTN global engineering team and would responsible for driving our QA and testing strategy and automation across the world and ensuring that all our products and features are tested and meet our high-quality standards , ensuring that we truly delight our customers. You should thrive in a highly technical software development environment. Quality is something built into the very fabric of the software process and not something that starts when coding is complete. You will be our constant champion of best practices for QA. Your day to day: Establishing and driving the global QA strategy and processes across all our product lines and horizontal platform teams in partnership with the CTO and the other engineering leaders Manage , mentor and lead the global QA team - including resources in the US, Europe and Manila Improve the quality and "raise the bar" on our QA processes, growing and hiring the appropriate team members to establish a world-class QA organization Owns budget and capacity planning for the QA department Creates and drives QA processes and policies Project planning - identifying, scoping, prioritizing, tracking and reporting deliverables and milestones Managing risk and issues Ensures high-quality and timely execution of all testing What you bring to the team:-- Experience deploying and managing cloud-based software quality automation tools Proven track record of shipping high-quality enterprise SaaS applications on time Focus on continuous improvement and measurable outcomes Ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative programming environment Colleague focused, teamwork driven, and a passion for customer delight 3-5 years of Director level experience, or Manager level in a large company Experience managing a multi-geographic organization, widely distributed.-- Experience going through an acquisition, migrating technologies Strong understanding and experience in working in an Agile environment, and working across multiple disparate scrum teams Ideal Candidate:-- Very strong background in the latest QA trends and technologies S olid experience in managing globally distributed QA or engineering teams Works well under pressure - and able to negotiate effectively with senior management, engineering executives and product management to deliver a quality product within a given time frame Ability to mentor and motivate a large organization Self-motivated with a strong work ethic-- Positive attitude and demeanor Enthusiastic when embracing new challenges-- Able to multi-task and prioritize (good time-management skills)-- A willingness to teach and help others-- Ability to travel 25-30%, up to 50% initially Why DTN? OUR VISION: To be the independent, trusted source of insights to our customers who feed, protect, and fuel the world.-- OUR MISSION: Empower our customers with intelligent and actionable insights that exceed their expectations and enable their success on a daily basis.-- We have great benefits at DTN - apply today to find out more!-- At DTN, we are an equal opportunity employer. Come join us as we help feed, fuel, and protect the world! ** DTN is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled Posted 27 Days Ago Full time R-000264 About Us We're looking for talented individuals to help us delight our 2 million customers, from across diverse industries. Every day, we focus on tackling their most pressing problems by driving innovation and delivering actionable insights that make a real difference.

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