Senior Manager: Quality Assurance

Recruiter:

A 1L Realization (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

JHB000775/Tshid

Date posted:

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Our client in the Telecom sector is looking for a Senior Manager: Quality Assurance on a contract duration of 5 months.

Responsible for defining and driving the quality strategy across enterprise-grade software platforms, ensuring the delivery of robust, high-performing, and secure digital products. Operating in a complex ecosystem of mobile applications, APIs, partner integrations, and cloud/hybrid infrastructure, the role provides leadership over functional, regression, integration, and non-functional testing practices.
This role oversees the end-to-end QA lifecycle from test planning and automation to release governance and defect tracking while embedding shift-left practices within Agile and DevOps workflows.
The Senior QA Manager leads cross-functional QA teams, collaborates closely with engineering, product, DevOps, and infrastructure teams, and ensures quality gates are met at every phase of delivery.
Beyond execution, the ideal candidate brings a balance of technical depth and managerial acumen, with a proven track record in quality automation, platform migration readiness (e.g., on-prem to Azure), and DR validation, backed by strong governance in defect management and production observability. Your contributions will accelerate time-to-market while strengthening operational maturity and platform reliability across Group and OPCO-level initiatives.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information systems, Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, including 3+ years in a QA leadership role
Demonstrated success in managing distributed teams and complex system landscapes.
Advanced degrees or management certifications (e.g. PMP, Agile Leadership) are a plus

Technical Skills

Testing and Automation Frameworks: Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Cypress, Appium
CI/CD and Test Integration: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, SonarQube, Allure, GitHub Actions
Mobile and API Testing: Firebase Test Lab, App center, swagger/Postman
Test Data & Environment Management: Wire Mock, or any custom middleware for mocking data/endpoints

Certifications (preferred, not mandatory):

ISTQB Advanced Level or equivalent (required)
Agile Testing Certification (e.g. ICP-TST) is an advantage
Experience with tools like Selenium, Appium, Postman, JMeter, or Azure DevOps test plans

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