QA Team Leader

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results.

Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences. Your role and responsibilities

• Leads a team of Quality Analysts, who works with the delivery team in performing quality reviews or audits
• Drives discussions with the leadership team on the output of the quality audit.
• Provides ongoing technical/operational guidance to lead professional work teams, conducts special projects, or manages department(s) (national or international).
• Understands department/ functional mission and vision. Utilizes expertise to directly influence people outside department or function. Sometimes no precedent exists. Defines and decides objectives within specified business concept or project and may have responsibility for tools and assigned resources.
• Monitors Quality Analyst productivity and capacity
• Involve in the creation of parameters/control points/attributes end to end process
• Ensure all parameters/control points/attributes are checked, reviewed and approved as agreed and Complete documentation of QA activities.
• Decides appropriate sampling method and percentages and obtain approval from prior to go live
• Sends update to Quality Leader daily or weekly as applicable
• Discuss findings with the Delivery Team and request for RCA and Follow-up/monitor closure of defects noted
• Collaborate with Center SME to formulate improvement opportunities
• Provide recommendations to the appropriate point of contact, if necessary
• Highlight any issues/risks/help needed
• Establish good relationships with the account. Raise to account and obtain approval for possible change in sampling, method of review and direction based on the QA results Required technical and professional expertise
• Candidates with 4+ combined years of process specifics and audit/validation experience.
• Demonstrated experience in meeting goals for accuracy and timeliness of all audit reports
• Analytical and critical thinking skills, uncovering possible reasons for defects and provide options to avoid recurrence
• Proven experience to build and utilize reports to analyze pertinent cause and effect analysis.
• Experience in collaboration and negotiation with account leaders to achieve improvements. Preferred technical and professional experience
• Proficient in MS office applications and any ERP, CRM software as end user
• Experience in facilitating team meetings
• Individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals
• Experience using six sigma methodologies
• Ability to work under tight timelines
• Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.