Associate Director- Testing

Area(s) of responsibility

Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company’s consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group’s 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities.

Job Description: Testing Practice Director

1. PreSales & Solutioning
- Analyze the RFP and customer requirements and identify key strategic win themes.
- Provide inputs to solution team for the solution levers, based on key win themes .
- Co-ordinate with Testing HBU Technical solution team to deliver compelling POCs and demos
- Participate in developing pre-sales collaterals and reusable artifacts for pre-sales
- Manage demand pipe line and publish weekly reports on RFP/RFI/Proposals
- Active participation in creating proposals, SoWs, estimations
- Actively liaise with delivery teams for proactive proposals and business development

2. Senior Stakeholder Management:
- Engage and collaborate with senior stakeholders to understand their business objectives, requirements, and expectations.
- Establish and coach Testing Standards to be followed for the implementation program and drive stakeholder acceptance, must have strong technical background in testing in automation / test data management
- Communicate effectively to align testing initiatives with overall business goals.
- Provide regular updates, reports, and recommendations to senior stakeholders on test strategies, progress, and quality metrics.

3. Business Opportunity Identification:
- Identify and analyze business opportunities in software testing, including emerging trends, industry advancements, and potential areas of improvement.
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to stay informed about testing practices and industry benchmarks.
- Develop strategies to leverage testing capabilities as a competitive advantage and drive revenue growth.

4. Testing Center of Excellence Leadership:
- Define and implement testing methodologies, standards, and processes to drive consistency and efficiency.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the Testing CoE.

5. Automation Tools and Test Data Management:
- Possess expertise in automation tools and frameworks to streamline test execution and enhance efficiency.
- Evaluate, select, and implement automation tools that align with organizational goals and project requirements.
- Develop and maintain a robust test data management strategy to ensure accurate and secure test data availability.

6. Test Delivery and Quality Assurance:
- Oversee end-to-end test delivery across projects, ensuring adherence to quality standards, timelines, and budget.
- Develop test strategies, test plans, and test cases in collaboration with project teams.
- Monitor and analyze test results, identify trends, and propose corrective actions to continuously improve quality.

Requirements
18+ Yrs of Proven experience as a Senior Test Lead or similar role, with a focus on managing senior stakeholders and identifying business opportunities in software testing.
Test Management experience in automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium,TOSCA, Appium, Cucumber) , performance Testing and test data management tools.
Experience in implementing and managing a Testing CoE is highly desirable.