Hybrid Project Manager

at HARMAN International

• Job title: Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hiroshima, Japan

About the role

• Lead testing initiatives for telematics software at HARMAN, mentoring a distributed team and advocating for quality assurance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the testing of multiple telematics or comparable software produced by the software development team for OEM/customers, ensuring quality standards are met for any changes deployed.
• Prepare test strategies and support project teams in the delivery of new change.
• Be the advocate for quality assurance best practices and lead initiatives such as test automation.
• Control the timeline and used budget of the test activities and participate in change management.
• Be responsible for deliveries of SW and System test to assure the delivery in time, budget and quality as well sharing the information throughout global system test team to avoid duplicate development and wrong implementation.
• Mentor a distributed team consisting of permanent and supplier test resources.
• Plan and track all SW and System test activities related to the assigned project.
• Support multiple Scrum and Waterfall delivery teams with estimation, planning and strategy for testing connectivity/telematics systems.
• Manage the creation and on-going development of an automated testing framework for use on the program.
• Advocate for QA best practices across project delivery, establishing and embedding a programs level testing strategy applicable to all changes.
• Organize and lead initiatives to improve test processes, extend the use of tools / frameworks (where appropriate) and develop team members to improve efficiency.
• Perform (project-level) test lead duties when needed including stakeholder discussions and status reporting.
• Represent the project vis-à-vis customer with respect to SW and System test content.
• Ensure test coverage and test results in time for define deliveries on weekly and release based cycles.
• Own release activities such as defect triaging from multiple projects and ensuring test packs (regression, smoke) are updated to include new functionality.
• Co-ordinate the use and maintenance of test environments for systems across the estate, ensuring best practices for data quality, data consistency and supporting needs of all projects across the programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, information systems or equivalent experience.
• At least 8 years of experience as a software developer, system engineer, test manager or system analyst.
• Solid test management background within a fast-paced business with experience using multiple testing technologies.
• Defining a test strategy including test approach, test data management and environments.
• Functional test planning, preparation and execution including experience of test design techniques.
• Managing and executing non-functional tests such as load testing, penetration testing and KPI testing.
• Leading and managing a distributed team of test analysts.
• Working with Agile and Waterfall delivery processes.
• Working knowledge of one or more source configuration management and defect tracking systems.
• Confident manner in giving presentations and workshops.
• Excellent and careful attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, as are exceptionally strong stakeholder management skills.
• A commitment to quality and a thorough approach to work.
• A proven tracked record in software testing.
• Thorough knowledge of structured test methods and delivery processes (including waterfall and agile methodologies).
• Detailed knowledge of both manual and automated testing along with automation framework definition.
• Able to organize, manage and prioritize own workload and juniors to ensure deadlines are met.
• Results orientated with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Very good written and spoken Japanese and English (due to customer interface, knowledge of Japanese language is mandatory).

Benefits

• We offer an authentic diverse, equal, and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development in a truly global organization.
• You will work on products and services that touch people’s lives and will change the industrial standards, being a part of the transformations in our industry.
• Our work environments are fast paced, challenging, empowering, collaborative, flexible and exciting.
• We offer our own HARMAN University with regular updates on the new technologies and trends by utilizing various sessions organized by Self Learning and Development Trainings to help grow and advance talent.
• We offer competitive compensation/benefit programs and recognition programs.