Business Analyst – Test Management (Expert)

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:- In-depth Process Knowledge (Process & Standards)- Able to lead ethically and work well with business counterparts and development teams.- Can communicate influentially and articulately.- Can apply professional judgment and provide recommendations to the product owner.- Strong IT Knowledge - SAP Finance - JIRA (x-ray) - TOSCA- Agile methodology experience- Extensive experience in planning, execution, and management of end-to-end test lifecycles across all test phases.- Extensive experience in test automation (especially in Regression Testing), experience with Tosca is preferred.- Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:- German speaking- Flexible with travel (planned and unplanned) WHICH QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DO WE NEED FOR THE ROLE? - BCOM in Accounting or Information Systems (minimum or similar equivalent)- ISTQB certification- Tricentis TOSCA certification- Minimum 5 years + experience in business analysis and testing ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:- Assists in establishing, implementation, and steering of overall test management strategy from a business perspective across all products (both manual and automated test strategy).- Build effective relationships with senior stakeholders across the program supporting the testing activities.- Establishes the capability of test automation from a business perspective for end-to-end processes across multiple products, projects, and initiatives.- Steers & coordinate manual and automated testing (where each is applicable) from a business perspective for end-to-end processes across multiple products, projects, and initiatives.- Defines and maintains a test concept for test automation.- Ensures that the test automation process is documented and updated continuously.- Performs analysis of test processes and selects appropriate test cases for automation.- Ensures that manual test cases are migrated to automated test cases.- Ensures that automated test cases are updated and documented continuously.- Gathering test data from respective business departments and can define requirements of the data extractors for DevOps.- Ensures the execution of the automated test cases within all products and projects (with specific focus on regression testing) and analyses the test protocols and defines relevant actions.- Train employees in test automation for business.- Participates in the test planning and supports other team members with automated test cases as much as possible.- Day-to-day management of testing team and their testing activities.- Chairs testing progress meetings/calls and actively manages the resolution of identified defects and other issues blocking the completion of testing phases.- Acts in a QA role for all testing activities and resolve or escalate issues accordingly.