Test coordination - Test Manager - Ghent Office

Job Description

Are you looking for a real challenge in IT and consultancy? Are you ready to grow personally and professionally, together with a diverse team of skilled colleagues? Then, please take your time to go through this opportunity.

Sogeti Belgium is looking for you! More particularly, the Ghent office, is hiring new colleagues to help and support their many clients in West and East Flanders.

We are currently looking for an intermediate or senior in test activities to join our teams and deliver high-end consultancy services to our clients on the regional level. For more information on our culture and ambition, please check our website.

Are you passionate by testing, can you work in complex environments and do you want to develop yourself to the fullest, then this vacancy is great for you.

Job description

Our regional team is looking for a test coordinator/a test Manager. As a test coordinator-/a test manager you are responsible for the testing activities, together with the developers, analysts, business testers, etc. in your project team. In strong collaboration with these people, you need to define a sound test strategy, test planning with the right test coverage considering the limits of time and budget.

Frequent reporting to management about the quality of the application and the related risks is key to assure that we are still on track with the project and to decide whether this application is ready to go live or not. So as a coordinator, manager you have an important role to play in a project: you need to adapt to the changing circumstances in the project and need to be creative to find solutions for encountered issues in order to ensure business value.

Level

Currently we are looking to enrich our teams with intermediate and senior consultants. You can count on a challenge that is equal to your abilities.

Due to our large organization, we can engage resources from all experience levels for our broad portfolio of clients, projects and assignments.

On top of this all, every person’s individual growth is assured due to our focus on T-shaped employees. They have a broad knowledge about IT and business and can go in-depth on their area of expertise. Building knowledge and expertise on both sides allow the company and the resource to grow together.

Your profile – Skills & Experiences (in accordance with your level):

• Higher Education (Bachelor - Master level),
  
• >3 years of experience in testing and a first experience in leading a team of Testers,
  
• Experience in test methodologies and techniques and a good understanding of improving test processes and deploying test tools,
  
• Experience in having discussions regarding test strategy and test process improvements. Able to execute manual testing and support junior colleagues in doing so.
  
• A true people manager/coordinator, who motivates and encourages their team to deliver quality services to our customers and help them evolve in their own career path,
  
• You can identify yourself with the basic philosophy of Sogeti: establishing long-term relationships with our customers and consultants, based on a personal and open-minded approach, focusing on customer service and the quality of our deliverables
  

Location

• Local Office: Ghent
  
• Focus area: West & East Flanders
  

Languages and mobility

• Resident in the region
• Fluent communication skills in Dutch and English (French is a big plus)

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Why should you take the leap?

Sogeti is the perfect place to bring your passion for IT into play and learn new skills. You will be given the opportunity to develop your career through working on interesting projects, our internal training & development program and by attending training courses to broaden your knowledge and obtain certifications.

That’s how we boost your personal career and encourage life-long learning in your area of expertise! Your evolution will be monitored closely by your people manager, your counselor, and your project manager/sponsor on your project.

You’ll be joining a fun team of people who are passionate about their job. You will be given a lot of trust and freedom. You will learn a lot of new things and will be able to take on new challenges. We value your personal growth and respect your private life. A lot of flexibility will be provided.

We promote a culture of diversity. We believe that working with talented individuals from different backgrounds and points of view is a strategic advantage and an ongoing opportunity. Diversity enriches our creative solutions and adds value for our clients.

With the digital tech sector growing at a rapid pace and women significantly underrepresented in the industry, we are determined to inspire and recruit more women into technology and build diverse teams that reflect the clients we serve.

At Sogeti Belgium we offer flexibility in more than one way: next to our hybrid way of working, where we offer you can work 70% from home, we also offer our flex abroad program. With this program you can work up to 45 days abroad, this to maintain a good work-life balance;

Next to this we also offer following additional benefits:

• Net expenses;
• Company car or mobility budget (whatever works best for you);
• Health insurance;
• Meal vouchers;
• Pension plan;
• Eco vouchers from €250/year;
• A flex plan where you can buy extra days off, update your insurance or buy home office supplies;
• 32 vacation days;