Manager, Test Engineering

Medidata Solutions, Inc. ,
London, Greater London
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Medidata: Conquering Diseases Together Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences, creating hope for millions of patients. Medidata helps generate the evidence and insights to help pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostics companies, and academic researchers accelerate value, minimize risk, and optimize outcomes. More than one million registered users across 1,400 customers and partners access the world's most-used platform for clinical development, commercial, and real-world data. Medidata, a Dassault Systemes company, is headquartered in New York City and has offices around the world to meet the needs of its customers. Discover more at www.medidata.com. **Your Mission:** Medidata is the leader in developing the technologies that allow our customers to get the medicines to patients faster. Building on our long history of delivering world-class clinical applications to the life sciences industry, Medidata's Product Organization is staffed with a passionate team of product management experts, tackling the industry's most difficult technical challenges in order to push the boundaries of possibility for our clients and most importantly, for patients. Together we can deliver meaningful advanced digital transformation to the industry in order to achieve our vision. Manage testing for complex software projects, directing the activity of Testers directly, ensuring that testing is carried out in the most efficient and effective way possible. Foster and Lead good working relationship with Application Engineers, Project Mangers, Product Managers and other stakeholders in the development of high quality software. Provide leadership and direction to the team to create and execute comprehensive test plans appropriate to function, product, enhancements, etc. being tested. Provide recommendations regarding issues, processes and procedures both internally and externally. Responsible for test activities including identifying scenarios for test plans; use of automated testing tools; session based exploratory testing; review and root cause analysis for discrepancies found in test results. Demonstrate knowledge in technology and operational methods. Responsible for hiring and developing employees to ensure that the testing is carried out in accordance with the company's business processes. Provide coaching and leadership to staff on testing practices. + Manage and Lead a team of Testers for one or more products + Lead the design and development of test strategies, plans, scenarios, and charters + Evaluate and report on testing and test results as they relate to product and project health, value, and risk for product releases + Hands-on experience with automated testing, methodologies, tools and processes + Support the introduction of new testing methodologies, optimizing testing approach and leveraging context driven and exploratory testing principles + Coach and mentor team members, and peer group on software testing + Coach, develop and recruit testing team to keep up with software release cycles and company growth **Your Competencies:** + 7 years of IT experience + Experience coaching and mentoring others in testing + Experience formulating and implementing testing strategies + Hands-on experience with automated testing, methodologies, tools and processes + Proficient in Context Driven and Rapid Software Testing practices + Experience with automated testing tools, software development and testing methodologies + Prioritization skills and the ability to work within tight timelines + Project management and people management skills + Independent thinker with keen attention to detail + Ability to work through complex tasks with minimal supervision + Experience with regulatory compliance, FDA, and 21 CFR Part 11 is an asset **Your Education & Experience:** + Bachelors degree required; or equivalent years of experience Medidata is making a real difference in the lives of patients everywhere by accelerating critical drug and medical device development, enabling life-saving drugs and medical devices to get to market faster. Our products sit at the convergence of the Technology and Life Sciences industries, one of most exciting areas for global innovation. Nine of the top 10 best-selling drugs in 2017 were developed on the Medidata platform. Medidata's solutions have powered over 14,000 clinical trials giving us the largest collection of clinical trial data in the world. With this asset, we pioneer innovative, advanced applications and intelligent data analytics, bringing an unmatched level of quality and efficiency to clinical trials enabling treatments to reach waiting patients sooner. _MDSOL Europe Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, gender, gender reassignment, age, religion or belief, relationship status, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation or disability._ _\#LI-AB1_

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