Quality Assurance Chapter Lead

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

The QA Chapter Lead is the Product Owner of Skills Development, who builds expertise in the chapter and develops chapter members. Enthusiastic about transferring knowledge to others,  coaching and oversee personal development. Responsible to create the Strategy of Testing  & maintain the backlog of the chapter, thus will contribute in designing and implementing Vodafone’s high volume and high impact digital and core it channels/platforms. Ensures knowledge transfer within chapter and boost innovation in testing practices.  

More specifically you will: 

• Guide a community of Experts that are working within squads  
• Allocating resources based on seniority and priority across organization. 
• Work with the Tribe and Tech Lead to provide workforce plans for recruitment and development 
• Organises interactions between the members of the chapter to nurture best practice and encourage knowledge & tool sharing   
• Act as a supporting leader, rather than a line manager, aiming at maturing the organisation readiness, vs. controlling the work  
• Provides guidance and harmonization of chapter best-practices (Chapter principles)  
• Acts as a mentor for Expert members of the chapter, helping them grow in expertise and experience new areas  
• Play a pivotal role in inspiring and motivating everyone in the chapter to be the best they can be 
• Ensure technical integrity and quality control consistency throughout the development life cycle  
• Own test architecture, review test code, and ensure compliance to industry best practices  
• Understand functional requirements and help creating user stories with testability in mind 
• Responsible to identify and improve Processes for Testing across Organizations

Who you are

• At least 5 years of experience in QA Engineering role (3 of which in Automation) 
• Have a passion for personal and functional development, supporting members to be the best they can be 
• Agility and willingness to track, assess, and incorporate practice and technology developments into day-to-day working  
• Looks externally /brings in best practices, experiments, tests, pushes innovation 
• Able to foster learning around agile ways of working and the overall agile mind-set 
• Strong relationship building, persuasion, and collaboration skills, acting as enabler for coordination of activities between technical teams and building of cross-functional relationships quickly and confidently 
• Solid understanding of both object-oriented programming and scripting languages 
• Experience with version control systems (GitHub, GitLab, etc.),performance, load, and test testing 
• Expert: a) in Continuous Integration / Deployment design, b) with testing tools and practices on every level in the test pyramid (unit, component, integration) 
• Can apply a range of techniques to support facilitation, training, coaching and mentoring to guide and manage a group event to ensure that objectives are met effectively 
• Clear and effective communication skills in English (written and verbal) 
• Opensource contributing will be considered a plus 

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package 
• Private Health & Medical Insurance  
• Hybrid way of working: a blend of 60% remote and 40% office-based working, including the option to work up to 20 days from abroad 
• Unlimited connectivity with our mobile, landline and Vodafone TV services – Experience first what our customers love 
• Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings 
• Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service  
• Remote work equipment to help you create a comfortable, ergonomic workspace at home  
• Spirit of Vodafone days: dedicated time to pause, develop new skills and connect with our teams, values and services 
• Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day  
• Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking 
• Special employee offers and discounts 

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.