IT Test Manager / Senior Test Lead

Quick Facts

• Role: IT Test Manager / Senior Test Lead (hands-on)

• Focus: Test strategy, end-to-end quality assurance, defect management, and Go/No-Go support for a large transformation program

Description

Lead and coordinate testing for a large transformation project that changes key business processes and spans multiple interconnected IT systems. You will ensure a unified test approach, run SIT, integration, and end-to-end tests (including UAT), analyze errors across systems, manage retesting, and support decisions from test strategy through Go-Live.

Responsibilities

• Create test strategy, test plan, and schedule; identify critical business processes, system dependencies, and risks; define test phases, acceptance criteria, and responsibilities; support preparation of test environments and data.

• Oversee end-to-end testing across systems and vendors; execute integration and end-to-end tests; run user acceptance testing (UAT); ensure critical processes are covered by test scenarios; continuously evaluate test results.

• Set up and manage defect tracking in Jira; coordinate defect resolution with Product Owners and vendors; track defect priority, deadlines, and severity; report test status, quality, and risks to project leadership.

• Evaluate readiness against test and acceptance criteria; prepare recommendations for Go/No-Go; collaborate with project leadership and the IT Operations Manager for deployment planning; coordinate verification of solution functionality after go-live.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software testing/QA

• At least 2–3 years in a Test Lead / Senior QA / Integration Test Lead / Test Manager role

• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams

• At least one major integration or technology project from SIT through UAT to Go-Live

• Strong hands-on capability to design and perform integration and end-to-end testing

Benefits

• 1-year contract with possible extension

• Competitive compensation, including 13th salary and extra bonus for personal initiative

• Hybrid work option (partial remote)

• 90 CZK/day meal allowance

• 5 weeks of vacation + sick days + additional time-off options

• Language courses and professional training

• Sport/culture/vacation contribution and Multisport card

• Company events 4× per year

• Benefits such as company gifts; coffee/tea/fruit at the workplace

• Near public transport (4 minutes from Hostivař station)