Sr Manager QA - IT

What You Will Do

Georgia-Pacific (GP) is seeking a Senior Manager of Quality Engineering to fill a key position as a member of the Software Engineering & Integration. This person will be responsible for establishing Quality practices that balance defect prevention and defect detection/resolution. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working within a very dynamic, cross functional team where they are expected to use their initiative, judgment, and sense of urgency to fulfill requirements. A strong performer in this role will effectively apply our culture and PBM® management philosophy to excel at:

• Work with the Quality Engineering and SE&I team to craft the vision and roadmap for the QE capability.
• Collaborate with the Engineering, Architecture and Platform Capabilities to define and implement efficient processes and testing practices, focusing on defect prevention and shifting test to the left as much as possible.
• Monitor and communicate status of quality activities and risk levels for critical business initiatives.
• Mentor and coach quality engineers and help remove roadblocks/risks to quality.
• Collaborate with the Software Engineering & Integration Leadership to advance our Engineering capabilities and enable superior business returns.
• Present ideas and solutions through strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Provide solutions to problems using strong initiative and problem solving skills.
• Respectfully questioning ideas and sharing a point of view with others on QE best practices.
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least 7 years of solid understanding of Software quality techniques, methodologies and best practices.
• At least 3 years of experience managing Engineering teams.
• Background in Software Engineering and knowledge of Engineering Processes/SDLC.
• Knowledge and experience participating or implementing Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience in Quality Engineering of large-scale web/mobile/IoT applications.
• Experience setting up enterprise level Software Quality Engineering strategies employing continuous integration and test automation.
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s Degree in MIS, Computer Science, or Engineering.
• Knowledge of modern web/mobile application architecture.
• AWS knowledge and experience.
• Experience in collaborating with offshore teams.