Overall Profile
At least 3 years of experience in software testing, including coordination of testers in several teams of one IT program
Proven track record in designing and implementing project-overarching / program wide test strategies
Experience in software release management or willingness to learn the tasks involved in coordinating the release of different dependent applications. Ability to stand in for the release manager during absences.
Excellent communication skills, particularly in a business and stakeholder-facing context
Self‑driven and independent working style
Fluent in English, German as a plus
Located in Munich area (for regular participation in e.g. UAT testing sessions)
Responsibilities
Coordination of testing for releases in the integration environment, user acceptance testing environment, and production environment, including:
Creation and maintenance of test plans
Cross‑system coordination of the test execution
Run of overarching smoke, integration, and E2E test plans
Overall responsibility for test reporting, including go‑live test reports
Ownership of quality gates for deployment in the user acceptance testing and production environments, including Go / No‑Go decision meetings
Facilitation of Test and Bug Status Meetings, particularly around production releases
Establish and continuously maintain a whole team Quality approach within the projects
Give Guidance, coordination, and support for testers throughout all test phases
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of experience in software testing, including coordination of testers across multiple teams
- Proven track record designing and implementing program-wide test strategies
- Experience in software release management or willingness to learn and stand in for release manager
- Creation and maintenance of test plans and execution of smoke, integration, and end-to-end tests
- Overall responsibility for test reporting, including go-live test reports and quality gate decisions
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-facing skills
- Self-driven, independent working style
- Fluent in English
- German language skills
- Located in Munich area for regular in-person participation (e.g., UAT sessions)
What We Do
Ascent is a design-led software, data and cloud business that specialises in advanced analytics and AI. We design, build and manage cloud-native products, solutions, platforms and experiences on Azure. Our community of engineers, architects, data scientists, experience designers and consultants is here to help customers do something new, or do something better. Ascent is home to 450+ technology specialists across 5 key European locations (UK, Germany, Portugal, Malta and Bulgaria). Our talented, consultative teams deliver a range of solutions, from digital product and service design to mobile app development, API integrations, data engineering, AI and data science. Our modern app, data and infrastructure platforms help businesses leave legacy behind and enable rapid, efficient innovation
