Title: Quality Assurance Lead
Pay Rate: $40/hr
Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM – 5 PM
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Type: Assignment 6 – 12 Months Possibility of TTH
About Our Client
They lead the way in creating great experiences by offering a range of architecture, furniture and technology products and services designed to help people reach their full potential. Together with their partners, they design spaces to help people work, learn, and heal. They don’t just do what’s right, they do what’s best for people and for the planet.
About the Role

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Take ownership to ensure the test deliverables are met to standards, quality practices and end-user requirements for IT projects and programs
• Coordinate within and across teams to create test strategy, test plans, timelines and alignment on test execution
• Coordinate within and across teams to build test scenarios, test cases, test data and other quality-related deliverables
• ⁠Develop comprehensive test strategies with input from developers, analysts, enabling teams and process experts
• Facilitate the development of test plans, test scenarios and test cases for Product Teams
• Ensure test data and other needed information is prepared and available for test execution
• Align with Program test deliverables and take ownership in preparing and coordinating testing for your assigned teams
• Ensure test deliverables are met on time to meet program requirements
• Take responsibility to facilitate and coordinate test execution within and across project teams
• Take ownership to coordinate cross team test execution and make sure test progress is made on day to day basis
• Coordinate and facilitate the bug life cycle to remove blockers promptly during test coordination
• Ensure bugs are logged and assigned to the respective owner to fix
• Make sure bugs get retested to ensure the fix is applied and the feature works as expected
• Create test reports and dashboard to provide quality metrics and analysis on testing
• Collaborate closely with other team members to continuously improve and adjust standards and practices.
• Partner with Automation Specialists to deliver automated testing strategies by providing manual test scripts, test data and other relevant information for automation

About You
We’re looking for a self-directed, highly motivated leader who thrives in a dynamic, global environment. You excel at coordinating teams and processes, enjoy working with diverse stakeholders, and have a passion for software quality. If you love problem-solving, technology, and improving business processes through testing excellence, you’ll be a great fit for our team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 3-5 years in leading software projects in Testing area
• Expertise in leading testing projects and has experience in Testing methodology, practices, processes and tools
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong communication – written and verbal
• Reporting and metrics

Preferred Qualifications:

• ADO experience
• SAP experience is a plus

Technical Proficiency:

• This role involves working with tools and technologies such as Azure DevOps, MS Visual Studio, ServiceNow, SAP, web technologies, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas.
About Cinder
Cinder is a people-first staffing and recruiting company committed to creating workplaces where employees feel valued, supported, and engaged. Our mission is to leverage our power as a recruiting and consulting company to build workplaces where people thrive. Backed by our ISO 9001 certification, we deliver high-quality staffing solutions, and our clients have rated us over 100% for multiple quarters. Join us and be part of a team that makes a real impact

• Take ownership to ensure the test deliverables are met to standards, quality practices and end-user requirements for IT projects and programs
• Coordinate within and across teams to create test strategy, test plans, timelines and alignment on test execution
• Coordinate within and across teams to build test scenarios, test cases, test data and other quality-related deliverables
• ⁠Develop comprehensive test strategies with input from developers, analysts, enabling teams and process experts
• Facilitate the development of test plans, test scenarios and test cases for Product Teams
• Ensure test data and other needed information is prepared and available for test execution
• Align with Program test deliverables and take ownership in preparing and coordinating testing for your assigned teams
• Ensure test deliverables are met on time to meet program requirements
• Take responsibility to facilitate and coordinate test execution within and across project teams
• Take ownership to coordinate cross team test execution and make sure test progress is made on day to day basis
• Coordinate and facilitate the bug life cycle to remove blockers promptly during test coordination
• Ensure bugs are logged and assigned to the respective owner to fix
• Make sure bugs get retested to ensure the fix is applied and the feature works as expected
• Create test reports and dashboard to provide quality metrics and analysis on testing
• Collaborate closely with other team members to continuously improve and adjust standards and practices.
• Partner with Automation Specialists to deliver automated testing strategies by providing manual test scripts, test data and other relevant information for automatio