Technical Program Manager - QA / Testing

Job Title: Technical Program Manager
Location: San Jose, CA
Pay Range: upto $60/hr. W2 incl. benefits
Duration: 12 months

As a Technical Program Manager (TPM), you are responsible for driving the development and launch of complex, cross-functional projects. In addition, you serve as the orchestrator, managing the various stakeholders and teams involved in the project to ensure that it is delivered smoothly and efficiently.
Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, software engineering, technology management business management, or similar.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in technical program management, preferably in a related industry.
• Advanced knowledge of the full life-cycle of product development
• Experience in product development planning and providing leadership.
• Ability to collaborate with SW engineers and report to senior managers.
• Extensive experience in software product engineering, deployment, and integration.
• Ability to evaluate product performance metrics, as well as diagnose and resolve issues.
• Ability to keep up with advancements in the field of technical product development.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal as well as written.

Responsibilities

• Manage new feature tracking and progress, test requests, helping the team to land features on time and quality.
• Manage, triage, monitor and report on bugs from multiple sources.
• Draft of release notes and update known issues in coordination with TPM Leads and the QA team.
• Prepare feature demos and collect feedback and do proper follow up.
• Reporting automation.

Knowledge and skills

• Familiarity with testing process, test plan creation, and the concepts of Sanity and Regression testing.
• Excellent skills in thinking through customer scenarios - Good analytical skills.
• Familiarity with release processes, with a focus on feature release, milestone release, and internal and external communication management.
• Technical background with scripting or coding experience. For example in languages such as Python, Java or JavaScript (or other modern languages).
• Technical background handling devices.

General expectations

• Proactiveness and follow-through
• Attentive to details
• Problem solver