Job Details: Director, SQA Release & Support
| Job Title: | Director, SQA Release & Support |
| Company: | Wolters Kluwer / CCH |
| Position Type: | Permanent |
| Pay Rate: | $100K base + bonus |
| Date Posted: | Sep-23-08 |
Wolters Kluwer (www.woltersluwer.com), is a leading multinational publisher and information services company, with an extensive software and online portfolio as well services and traditional print products. The Company's core markets are in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, regulatory, and education sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues of $4.5BB, employs more than 18,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific.
CCH (www.cch.com), a Wolters Kluwer business, offers integrated tax and accounting solutions for research and tax compliance services, software and tools. The unit produces more than 100 tax law information and software solutions annually for accountants, attorneys, financial planners, government agencies and others who must understand and apply federal, state and international law.
The Opportunity
Title: Director, QA Release & Support
Reports to: VP, QA Release
Location: Wichita, KS
Relocation assistance: Yes
NOTE: Our strong preference is to hire an individual in Wichita, but we may consider candidates who would not want to relocate but could commute to the office from another home base.
This position provides technology leadership and vision to the Tax and Accounting Software QA organization, establishing short- and long-term goals, standards and processes. Responsible for directing all test planning and test execution activities with the Tax Platform Enhancement Project program.
Key areas of oversight include:
• Business analysis and product design -- test planning for alpha, beta & production
• Test execution with primary focus on offshore and automation
• Build and release
• Trace ability planning & execution
• Management of onshore and offshore Tax Platform Enhancement Project resources
• Management of offshore vendor relations
The successful hire will be expected to:
• Deliver the Tax Platform Enhancement Project program, including all planning and phases subsequent to the initial launch.
• Evaluate and implement advanced QA testing methodologies
• Identify and drive training needs to keep skill sets current with company's technology direction
• Promote Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) advancement and methodologies
• Create and manage to the overall annual budgets of the Tax Platform Enhancement Project QA & Release organization
• Drive culture that emphasizes:
o Growing our leading positions through customer input and preferences
o Institutionalizing operational excellence
o Exploiting global scale and scope
o Continuous improvement and developing best practices
o Delivering quality customer service
o Working collaboratively
• Adopt and live by the following core principles:
o Develop deep understanding of how our customers profit and exploit product and service opportunities around these understandings
o Develop best of breed products, both standalone and integrated suite, in each of our core markets
o Utilize best practice methodologies
o Benchmark best software companies in the world and emulate
o Reward Innovation
o Create a decision tree that support agile deployment of human and capital resources, while maintaining required checks and balances
o Support effective communications to ensure strategy and tactics are executed timely and with high quality
o Open communication within the team and to outside resources to ensure effective and efficient support of the agile development processes
o Focus matrix on individual projects and total integrated project streams
o Develop processes that produce the fastest speed to market with the highest quality, as measured against our competition
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
• 10+ years experience in software QA testing and automation, at least two of which are in a management capacity, including offshore resources
• Demonstrated passion for creating, implementing and driving innovative and world class QA methodologies
• Sound understanding of computer technology and architecture
• Thorough knowledge of Internet application development. Programming experience preferred.
• Experience migrating large scale applications from software to the Internet and/or extensive experience in large scale software development projects
• Knowledgeable in lean and agile development processes certifiable through CMMI compliance
• Skilled in planning, project management, communication and leadership
• Ability to work a flexible schedule as required, including some travel
• Experience in Accounting field strongly preferred
• BS degree in business or computer science technology or equivalent work experience
| Location: [rss] | US-KS-Wichita |
| Telecommute: | No (Onsite Position) |
| Contact Name: | Richard Cialone |
| Contact Phone: | |
| Contact Email: | rich@bottomlinestaffing.com |
| URL: | http://www.wolterskluwer.apply2jobs.com |
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