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QA Lead, Vice President

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In-Office
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Senior level
In-Office
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Senior level
Lead QA efforts by planning tests, executing manual and automated regression tests, developing test scripts, supporting digital projects, and mentoring a team. Ensure quality in software delivery while collaborating with various teams across BlackRock.
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About this role

Background

BlackRock helps investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to investors and At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

Business Unit

The Global Digital Team, including Digital Data Platforms and Digital Experiences, is a fast-growing global function at BlackRock which seeks to engage a multi-trillion-dollar audience of investors, advisors, and institutions with our diverse range of investment products. We are at the center of a company-wide focus on expanding our footprint in the digital space and we operate at the intersection of design, technology, and data. We are constantly driving digital innovation across the domains of web, mobile apps, conversational AI, data models and analytics; while simultaneously driving their implementation, scale, and local adaptations globally.

As we take an innovative approach for our clients, we are building out our team and we’re looking for an A-player to join our Digital Experiences global team.

Primary responsibilities

  • Planning: understanding of the requirements, create test plan, test automation feasibility analysis estimation, schedule and plan

  • Test preparation: analysis & understanding of scenarios and application flows, test scenarios and cases preparation for new functionality, test data preparation and manual execution of test cases to understand the flows

  • Test execution: execution new functional test cases for the current release, execution of manual and automated regression pack, log defects and retest fixed defects

  • Test scripting & integration: test script development as per BlackRock framework, dry run of the automation scripts, Integrate automation with CI/CD pipeline, one round of full run of automated scripts

  • User documentation: create/update user manuals

  • Understanding and supporting existing systems, and resolve operations issues while working with other engineering staff located across the globe

  • Being curious and eager to learn new things, with a healthy disrespect for the status quo

  • Willing to embrace work outside of your comfort zone, and open to mentorship from others; you make mistakes, but learn from them

  • Being passionate about technology, with personal ownership for the work you do

Team Leadership:

  • Position the team for leadership in emerging areas such as AI, personalization, and dynamic digital experiences on web and mobile apps

  • Lead a team of QA developers

  • Provide technical leadership and career growth for the engineers

  • Build talent pipeline with external and internal candidates

  • Build an engineering network across BlackRock

Project Leadership:

  • Ownership mindset

  • Agile product development practices

  • Collaborate with global collaborators, product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders in the organization

  • Deliver complex digital projects on time and with high level of quality

Essential skills / experience

Is a must:

  • 6+years working experience in software testing or QA

  • Proven ability to assure the quality of the developed software and code

  • You have an analytical mind-set and can grasp complex concepts easily

  • You have experience with at least one of the following frameworks: Playwright, Cypress or Puppeteer

  • You have experience in JavaScript and TypeScript

  • You have experience with CI/CD environments

  • You are interested in extending your testing know-how

  • You are fluent in English,

  • You have experience with Jira/Azure Boards, Confluence, Git

  • Strong collaboration, communication, and time management abilities.

Is a plus:

  • Experience with Azure DevOps

  • Experience with monitoring, Grafana, K6

Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.

Top Skills

Azure Boards
Azure Devops
Ci/Cd
Confluence
Cypress
Git
Grafana
JavaScript
JIRA
K6
Playwright
Puppeteer
Typescript

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