Test Manager | National Digital Services Programme | Doha, Qatar

Test Manager | National Digital Services Programme | Doha, Qatar 6-month contract, then permanent | Onsite A government ministry in Qatar is building a national citizen-facing super app. It brings services from many government and private-sector bodies into one mobile app. Each release is tested at several levels by different parties. We need one person to make those levels work as a single, joined-up process. As Test Manager, you will own the test process for the app: the plan, the standards, the evidence and the reporting across all test levels. The delivery vendor runs unit, integration, end-to-end and regression testing, and you set what it must test and show. Your main focus is user acceptance testing (UAT) and the hand-over between levels, so that nothing is tested twice and nothing is missed. You will lead the client’s UAT testers and report to Programme Management. What you’ll do • Define the test levels, with entry and exit criteria, and keep one test plan per release • Agree what the vendor tests and what evidence it hands over, review its results before UAT starts, and send work back when the evidence falls short • Work with the vendor and the hosting team so test environments and masked or synthetic test data are ready on time • Own the regression pack: decide what is automated and what is manual, keep it current, and make sure it runs before every release • Make sure end-to-end tests cover complete user journeys, including payments and connections to partner systems • Plan and lead UAT for each release, and support the representatives of partner organisations as they test and sign off their own services • Run one defect process across all levels: severity definitions, triage with the vendor and Product Owner, and closure with evidence. Analyse defects that slipped through and tighten the tests. • Report test status in plain figures, with a readiness recommendation for each service • Give the Change and Release Manager the test evidence for each release • Support go-live readiness and the first limited release to real users What you’ll bring • 7+ years in software testing, including at least 3 years as a test manager or test lead covering more than one test level, on a system delivered by two or more suppliers • A strong record writing test strategies and plans, and judging when testing is complete enough • Experience planning and leading UAT with business users who are not professional testers • A sound grasp of test automation and CI/CD. You can judge a supplier’s automation; you don’t need to write the code. • Testing experience with mobile apps (iOS and Android), web services and APIs • Jira or a similar tool (Xray, Zephyr, Azure DevOps Test Plans) • Experience leading testers and getting results from several suppliers and organisations with different priorities • Clear written and spoken English, including reports for non-technical readers • A bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, engineering or a related field Nice to have • Testing government, regulated-sector or payment services • ISTQB Foundation or Advanced Test Manager • Arabic • Onsite at the client’s premises in Doha • Extended or weekend hours may be needed in the weeks before go-live • The role involves confidential government test data Interested? Apply here or message me directly with your CV.

7+ years in software testing, including at least 3 years as a test manager or test lead covering more than one test level, on a system delivered by two or more suppliers; A strong record writing test strategies and plans, and judging when testing is complete enough; Experience planning and leading UAT with business users who are not professional testers; A sound grasp of test automation and CI/CD. You can judge a supplier’s automation; you don’t need to write the code; Testing experience with mobile apps (iOS and Android), web services and APIs; Jira or a similar tool (Xray, Zephyr, Azure DevOps Test Plans); Experience leading testers and getting results from several suppliers and organisations with different priorities; Clear written and spoken English, including reports for non-technical readers; A bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, engineering or a related field

Define the test levels, with entry and exit criteria, and keep one test plan per release; Agree what the vendor tests and what evidence it hands over, review its results before UAT starts, and send work back when the evidence falls short; Work with the vendor and the hosting team so test environments and masked or synthetic test data are ready on time; Own the regression pack: decide what is automated and what is manual, keep it current, and make sure it runs before every release; Make sure end-to-end tests cover complete user journeys, including payments and connections to partner systems; Plan and lead UAT for each release, and support the representatives of partner organisations as they test and sign off their own services; Run one defect process across all levels: severity definitions, triage with the vendor and Product Owner, and closure with evidence. Analyse defects that slipped through and tighten the tests.; Report test status in plain figures, with a readiness recommendation for each service; Give the Change and Release Manager the test evidence for each release; Support go-live readiness and the first limited release to real users