Test & Release Lead (software testing, quality assurance, release management )

Note:

You must be based in Belgium or France or willing to relocate for the duration of the contract which is 1 year

Job spec:

As Test & Release Manager, you will establish the end-to-end quality and release approach for D-FMI and related innovative solutions. You will ensure that changes are tested effectively, meet agreed acceptance criteria, and are introduced into production safely and predictably. Acting as the link between product, engineering, operations, security, risk, business stakeholders and external partners, you will coordinate test strategy, quality governance, release readiness, deployment planning and continuous improvement across the delivery lifecycle.

Required experience

• Proven experience in software testing, quality assurance, release management or a comparable role in financial services or another regulated environment.

• Strong understanding of test-management practices, including test strategy, risk-based testing, defect management, traceability, evidence and quality reporting.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex testing and releases across multiple teams, systems, environments and external partners.

• Understanding software delivery lifecycles, Agile Scrum, DevOps and CI/CD practices.

• Experience with functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, user-acceptance and non-functional testing.

• Experience with release calendars, deployment planning, readiness assessments, risk management and post-implementation reviews.

• Ability to understand technical dependencies and quality risks and translate them into clear business impact, decisions and communications.