Quality Assurance Project Coordinator

Title: Quality Assurance Project Coordinator
ID: TEC00026442

Description

Quality Assurance Project Lead
Lead the testing efforts of a team of Quality Assurance engineers for our flagship Scientific & Scholarly Research platform. Ensure the quality of Thomson Reuter's products by providing leadership in defining and improving core processes, managing projects, and hiring and developing staff. Develop a clear understanding of the business and technical aspects of the quality assurance function in order to support the entire organization.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
-Lead a team of 3-7 QA engineers as well as onshore and offshore contract resources on projects from high-level concept to deployment.
-Ensure the development and maintenance of test strategies, test plans, test cases, and product release reports. Will include authoring some documents and providing review and oversight of others.
-Manage multiple projects with minimal guidance, including delegating tasks, managing schedules for the QA team, and determining project resource requirements.
-Work closely with the QA Technical team with prioritization of automation, and building and maintaining of QA test environments and tools.
-Ensure that QA staff follows the established process for defect tracking and reporting.
-Coordinate on project goals with other managers, including Development, Configuration Management, Product Management, Project Management, and Editorial.
-Research, evaluate, and recommend test tools.
-Write justification documents and prepare proposals, which may include requests for capital expenditure or additional employees.
-Establish and maintain productive relationships with Development and other applicable departments.
-Accurately allocate staff within the time tracking tool and ensure that staff report time in accordance with company deadlines.
-Provide weekly status reports.
-Ensure that QA staff follows the Proposition Development Methodology.
-Conduct training and mentoring with staff members.
-Assist staff with defining and building career development plans.
-Take part in interviewing process and recommend candidates for hire.
-Provide primary input to performance reviews, recommend candidates for promotions, manage performance improvement plans. Provide input for compensation evaluations and recommend adjustments for staff.
-Stay abreast of new technologies, developments, and industry standards in the Quality Assurance field.
-Other duties as assigned

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About the IP & Science Business of Thomson Reuters
The IP & Science business is a global provider of information solutions to assist professionals at every stage of research and development and ensure they maintain and extract maximum value from their intellectual assets.

IP & Science is part of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. Scientific information solutions can be found at thomsonreuters.com.

Qualifications
- Detail oriented, excellent organizational and planning skills
- In-depth experience with advanced and multiple testing methodologies
- Understanding of automation approaches, processes, and tools
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with peers, senior staff, and internal or external customers
- Knowledge of multiple platforms
- Have an understanding of relational database concepts, technologies and tools
- Effective leadership and mentoring skills
- Proficient at presenting information in a formal manner
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks in time-critical situations.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
-5 or more years experience in software testing or quality assurance position
-2 or more years leading quality assurance projects or teams
-Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science or comparable work experience in related field
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

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Job: Technology Development
Primary Location: Philadelphia, PA, US
Organization: IP & Science Technology
Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Travel: No