Testing CoE Test Manager

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and
automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization
that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to
improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live
by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe,
convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world
has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader
with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and
others.  KONE’s vision is to create the Best People Flow experience by providing
ease, effectiveness and experience to our customers and users. In line with our
strategy, Sustainable Success with Customers, we will focus on increasing the
value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed
sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. By closer collaboration
with customers and partners, KONE will increase the speed of bringing new
services and solutions to the market. KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI)
is where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart
and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of
people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and
develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies. KONE IT
is a global team of expert professionals working along with business functions
and area teams to develop new capabilities and enable new business
opportunities. We are trusted partners of KONE business lines and functions to
develop, transform, manage and run their information technology solutions. We
support KONE in its digital transformation journey by introducing e.g. digital
cloud-based IT services, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to support
productivity, business growth and technological disruption. Sustainability,
curious mindset and innovation are at the core of everything we do, and this
makes us an integral part of KONE’s success. IT Professional - KONE Corporation
Job Description: · Should have 15+ years of experience in application
development specific to quality assurance and quality engineering. · 15+ years
of experience and proficient in test definition, capable of developing test
plans and test cases from functional, technical specifications · 15+ years of
working knowledge (preferably hands on experience) with test automation and
driving test automation plan with the tools like Selenium, Java, exposure to
robot framework, Jenkins, Azure DevOps. · Extensive experience in coordinating
and managing the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and End-to-end testing. ·
Knowledge of GenAI based solutions is preferred · 6+ years of experience in
handling communication with stakeholders · Excellent problem solving, analytical
and communication skills · Excellent stakeholder management skills. · Skills to
engage with the team to expand areas of testing and quality · Self motivator,
able to learn quickly, meets deadlines and demonstrates problem-solving skills ·
Strong sense of accountability and commitment · Knowledge of software
development lifecycle within Agile environment. · Working knowledge of
non-functional testing · Experience with SAP testing. · Exposure in working with
the test requirement and management tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps · Experience
in working in and managing teams who are following Agile and DevOps ways of
working with geographically distributed teams · Knowledge of release and
deployment processes · Experience in vendor management for testing services ·
Right attitude and spirit of accountability · Excellent communication skills Key
Responsibilities: · End to end test management activities · Be First point of
contact to plan and manage test execution and responsible for timely delivery ·
Monitor daily operations, create execution reports and communicate to
stakeholders on regular basis. · Maintain QA metrics, implement innovations and
processes, monitor the improvements · Regular connect with stakeholders to
understand the test progress outcome and improvement areas. · Regular connect
with vendors on the focus points, discuss the improvement areas. Manage cross –
vendor teams and making sure they are delivering to the best of the business
needs. · Accurately plan to achieve the business objectives while closely
working with the business stakeholders · Actively communicate all relevant
information to/from the team, ensuring close collaboration within team and with
other relevant stakeholders. · Lead, direct, evaluate and develop your team to
achieve the agreed objectives on time and according to budget. · Ensure that
KONE and testing practices, policies, procedures and processes are met by
yourself and your team members (including external providers). · Gather best
practices to share amongst the teams. · Understand and manage the SLAs, as
appropriate. · Provide accurate reporting on project delivery. · Establish
processes and procedures that increase internal efficiency and effectiveness. ·
Supervision and mentoring the testing team members · Training the testing team
members and customer stakeholders At KONE, we are focused on creating an
innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of
each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage
participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an
integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business
practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers
trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a
great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and
opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and
enable you to live a healthy and balanced life. Read more on
https://careers.kone.com/en/ At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of
cities. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we move two
billion people every day, making their journeys safe, convenient, and reliable
with smart and sustainable People Flow®. In 2025, KONE had annual sales of EUR
11.2 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees in close to 70
countries. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in
Finland.