Testing, Team Lead

Freddie Mac • McLean, VA

2d • $126,000 - $188,000

About The Position

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose. Position Overview: Freddie Mac has an exciting opportunity for a Testing Team Lead to manage and lead a Testing Portfolio. We are seeking a motivated individual who can provide leadership, direction and guidance to a focused workgroup and drive rationalization of testing frameworks across the portfolio. As a senior Operations & Technology team member, the individual may independently oversee solution delivery for projects, programs, or the portfolio from a testing perspective. The individual will be a role model and a mentor to the senior test professionals, working alongside highly collaborative, open-minded, technology savvy team members. Our Impact: We support Enterprise Operations & Technology Offices in delivering software with high quality early and in a continual manner. We provide testing solutions, capabilities, coaching and mentoring to project teams to achieve quality goals (like testing visibility, maturity and efficiency) across software delivery. Your Impact: As a Tech lead, the individual is expected to develop resolutions to complex problems that require frequent use of ingenuity and creativity. She/he must exert considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of the assignment. Understand testing needs and processes, identify solutions and guide Test team in identifying best solution. Translate broad strategies into specific action plans, utilizing existing resources and information to achieve strategic objectives and improve business results The individual is expected to employ extensive professional expertise with experience in creating and implementing technical test solutions, processes and practices across large projects and programs. Contribute to the enhancement of testing standards, tools and processes. Interface with business for issue resolution. Communicate with project managers, initiative leads and test leads on the project requirements, plan detailed tasks, and schedule development effort of Test scripts and execution. Understand the test cases / scenarios across multiple projects and provide input and guidance. Lead technical transformation within the team moving from a manual testing approach to an automation approach Work closely with test teams, developers, business and vendor partners to drive and promote technical design in all our engineering processes Drive the team to become more adaptable in quality assurance through test automation, and Continuous Testing practices Proactively contribute to the growth of a high performing testing and quality engineering team

Requirements

• 8-10 years of experience using Test Management, Defect Tracking, Requirements Management, and Modeling tools, including automated testing tools framework.
• 5+ years of management experience
• BS in Computer Science or Information Technology, or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience from which knowledge and skills may be obtained.
• About 5-7 years of experience in a test management or program management capacity or role.
• Experienced in creating, maintaining and utilizing reusable test harnesses and driving efficiencies across the portfolio.
• Highly technical individual with analytical and problem-solving skills, able to work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Experience in leading a test team or a project team and acting as a mentor for less experienced test leads or project managers.
• Ability to think through complex testing plans and derive solutions.
• Validated knowledge of industry standard automation test tools like Selenium, Protractor etc
• Experience with Cucumber (Gherkin) for BDD/collaboration and test automation purposes
• AI/ML knowledge required
• Experience with successful Agile/SCRUM team delivering test automation
• Solid Project Management Skills

Nice To Haves

• Strong technical leadership background
• Ability to work with and collaborate across the teams.
• Deep curiosity to learn about new trends and technologies to perform better
• Strong verbal and written communication, negotiation, networking and influencing skills are essential because collaboration with project members, stakeholders and executive management are critical

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a Testing Portfolio
• Provide leadership, direction and guidance to a focused workgroup and drive rationalization of testing frameworks across the portfolio
• Independently oversee solution delivery for projects, programs, or the portfolio from a testing perspective
• Be a role model and a mentor to the senior test professionals
• Develop resolutions to complex problems that require frequent use of ingenuity and creativity
• Exert considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of the assignment
• Understand testing needs and processes, identify solutions and guide Test team in identifying best solution
• Translate broad strategies into specific action plans, utilizing existing resources and information to achieve strategic objectives and improve business results
• Employ extensive professional expertise with experience in creating and implementing technical test solutions, processes and practices across large projects and programs
• Contribute to the enhancement of testing standards, tools and processes
• Interface with business for issue resolution
• Communicate with project managers, initiative leads and test leads on the project requirements, plan detailed tasks, and schedule development effort of Test scripts and execution
• Understand the test cases / scenarios across multiple projects and provide input and guidance
• Lead technical transformation within the team moving from a manual testing approach to an automation approach
• Work closely with test teams, developers, business and vendor partners to drive and promote technical design in all our engineering processes
• Drive the team to become more adaptable in quality assurance through test automation, and Continuous Testing practices
• Proactively contribute to the growth of a high performing testing and quality engineering team
• Anchors defect prevention activities, implements the defect management plan
• Conducts defect triage meetings
• Apply broad technical knowledge and skills to analyze, develop and implement solutions for process improvements, trouble-shooting and new product development support in assigned area
• Engage with the project teams at deep level when there is a need and making use of the best available test techniques, strategies tools given scope of situation
• Use technical expertise to identify, adopt and/or develop more effective strategies and provide thought leadership in testing and developing applications
• Ability to analyze testing metrics and trends and recommend actions to address areas of concern
• Experience in understanding the architecture of complex applications

Benefits

• Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs.
• This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $126,000 - $188,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees