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Position Overview:

Freddie Mac has an exciting opportunity for a Testing Manager to manage and lead a Testing Portfolio. We are seeking a motivated individual who can provide leadership, direction and guidance to a focused workgroup and drive rationalization of testing frameworks across the portfolio. As a senior member of the Enterprise Operations & Technology team, the individual would either independently lead the solution delivery of a project, program or the entire portfolio from a testing perspective. The individual will be a role model and a mentor to the senior test leads, working alongside of highly collaborative, open minded, technology savvy team members.

Our Impact:We support Enterprise Operations & Technology in delivering software with high quality early and in a continual manner.  We provide testing solutions, capabilities, coaching and mentoring to project teams to achieve quality goals (like testing visibility, maturity and efficiency) across software delivery.Your Impact:As a manager, the individual is expected to develop resolutions to complex problems that require frequent use of ingenuity and creativity. She/he must exert considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of the assignment.Understand testing needs and processes, identify solutions and guide Test team in identifying best solution. Translate broad strategies into specific action plans, utilizing existing resources and information to achieve strategic objectives and improve business resultsThe individual is expected to employ extensive professional expertise with experience in creating and implementing technical test solutions, processes and practices across large projects and programs.Contribute to the enhancement of testing standards, tools and processes.Interface with business for issue resolution.  Communicate with project managers, initiative leads and test leads on the project requirements, plan detailed tasks, and schedule development effort of Test scripts and execution.Understand the test cases / scenarios across multiple projects and provides input and guidance.Lead technical transformation within the team moving from a manual testing approach to an automation approachWork closely with test teams, developers, business and vendor partners to drive and promote technical design in all our engineering processesDrive the team to become more adaptable in quality assurance through test automation, and Continuous Testing practicesProactively contribute to the growth of a high performing testing and quality engineering team.Qualifications:8-10 years of experience using Test Management, Defect Tracking, Requirements Management, and Modeling tools, including automated testing tools frameworkBS in Computer Science or Information Technology, or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience from which knowledge and skills may be obtained.    7 of experience in a test management or program management capacity or roleExperienced in creating, maintaining and utilizing reusable test harnesses and driving efficiencies across the portfolioHighly technical individual with analytical and problem-solving skills, able to work effectively under tight deadlinesExperience in leading a test team or a project team and acting as a mentor for less experienced test leads or project managersAbility to think through complex testing plans and derive solutionsAnchors defect prevention activities, implements the defect management plan. Conducts defect triage meetings. Apply broad technical knowledge and skills to analyze, develop and implement solutions for process improvements, trouble-shooting and new product development support in assigned areaEngage with the project teams at deep level when there is a need and making use of the best available test techniques, strategies tools given scope of situationUse technical expertise to identify, adopt and/or develop more effective strategies and provide thought leadership in testing and developing applicationsAbility to analyze testing metrics and trends and recommend actions to address areas of concernExperience in understanding the architecture of complex applicationsValidated knowledge of industry standard automation test tools like Selenium, Protractor etcExperience with Cucumber (Gherkin) for BDD/collaboration and test automation purposesAWS knowledge requiredExpertise in working with DevOps implementationExperience with successful Agile/SCRUM team delivering test automationSolid Project Management SkillsKeys to Success in this Role:Strong technical leadership backgroundAbility to work with and collaborate across the teamsDeep curiosity to learn about new trends and technologies to perform betterStrong verbal and written communication, negotiation, networking and influencing skills are essential because collaboration with project members, stakeholders and executive management are critical

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $138,000 - $208,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.