Performance Test Manager

The role of a Performance/Non-Functional Test Manager is to effectively lead a Performance/Non-Functional project for Expleo's customers. They will lead the testing effort and be accountable for any Performance/Non-Functional Test related activity on a project. Feed into centralised projects review meetings to update stakeholders on status of projects.

• Works and co-ordinates with Project Manager, Lead Architect and Delivery Manager to deliver a project
• Reviews and contributes to the scope, Performance/NFR projects, test design, estimates and closure artefacts
• Manages, leads & co-ordinates actions on test domain with support of Lead Architect
• Creates and delivers Plan, Strategy and in relation to the Project Plan, the Performance/NFT process, criteria, templates, tools and standards
• Provide escalation support and quality assurance check thought-out the project
• Reviews, leads & co-ordinates pre-requisites, dependencies, estimates, test design, execution and reporting
• Collaboratively manages the service partners and vendors to deliver projects to high quality and on time
• Provides key stakeholder management with objective view in a multi-vendor, multi-test discipline environment
• Manages the test life cycle and co-ordinates Test Leads and Testers both onshore and offshore

• Additional course or certification in Quality Engineering or IT Management
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager, preferred

• Excellent communication skills, maintain confidentiality, shares ideas and information, facilitates discussions and transfers knowledge to diverse audiences to achieve collective objectives.
• Has achieved trusted advisor status at a senior level with the client.
• Excellent client-facing skills and takes time to establish underlying needs of client beyond those initially expressed.

• Experience in leading a Performance/NFT project.
• Experience in managing upwards with multiple people, gaining their trust quickly.
• Experience in managing a team and coordinating time and budget.
• Good people skills, with experience of introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other. Encourages mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions.
• Takes on high commitments and works to achieve results. Keeps momentum going over time despite setbacks, showing resilience in the face of challenges and looking for ways to beat previous standards.
• Good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge with practical experience of engineering/development tools and platforms required to deliver.
• Solid understanding with respect to performance/non-functional test specification, analysis and design, implementation and system integration, execution as well as results evaluation, problem resolution and planning.
• Experience in designing, coding, testing and correcting scripts from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result.
• Experience in implementing robust error handling and clear/consistent reporting functionality.
• Knowledge of relevant testing tools in performance/NFT and test automation: LoadRunner, JMeter, NeoLoad, Gatling, LoadUI, ALM, Dynatrace, SiteScope, Cucumber or Selenium.
• Knowledge and experience of such tools as Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus, AppDynamics or Grafana
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD concepts and tools
• Strong knowledge of databases.
• Exposure to Test Management tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA or ALM.

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

"We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age".

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV's and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.