Project Manager- Testing (MMIS), Columbia,SC

2014-08-14 Thread Hemant Kapoor
Hi Partners

 

Please let me know if you would be interested in this position? 

If yes please reply with interested consultant and with word formated
updated resume

 

Please don't send any candidate with made up experience as we will find out.
Copy of visa will be required.

Direct Client:: Phone/skype Hire

Location: Columbia, SC

Duration: 12+ months

Rate: Open

 

Responsibilities:
The client seeks a skilled professional with a deep level of testing
management experience who can work independently and alongside project team
members, client representatives and all impacted Third Party vendors. The
client plans to be their own integrator thus all strategies of testing, up
through User Acceptance Testing will need to be planned and executed. The
Agile project methodology will primarily be leveraged which will require
significant organizational and leadership skills. The following duties will
apply for this Testing Manager position:


. Collaborate with the MMIS Replacement Testing Manager to leverage the
standardized testing process;
. Collaborate and report to the Quality Manager on all testing duties;
. Develop, execute and maintain a Test Management Plan; 
. Estimate the testing to be done and negotiate with management to acquire
the necessary resources;
. Recognize when test automation is appropriate, plan the effort, select the
tools, and ensure training of the team;
. Ensure test environments and test data are in place before test execution
and managed during test execution;
. Acts as liaison between State and vendor with testing activities;
. Resource management (allocation, monitoring, motivating etc.); coordinates
all activities and all testers related to and during all applicable testing
strategies;
. Co-operates with the State and project team(s) as required; maintains
awareness of testing alternatives at a level where they can be analyzed and
the most effective testing strategy selected and agreed;
. Provide progress/status reports on testing activities to Management;
. Ensures that any risks associated with the selected test strategy and the
test plans are clearly documented and described to the State and project
team(s). Manages all risks associated with the testing and takes
preventative action when any risks become unacceptable
. Plans, arranges and controls meetings and relations with the State and
project team(s) during test planning and throughout subsequent development
and testing activities. Takes responsibility at a high level for the proper
conduct of such relations
. Provides oversight/approval of vendor unit/system integrated test plans
and test results
. Provide guidance on the preparation/review of test plans
. Provide guidance on the preparation/review of test scripts/scenarios
. Preparation/review of test reports
. Checking progress against targets, reporting as necessary and taking
action to resolve exceptions
. Training and mentoring

Skills Needed:

. Industry knowledge of Software Testing theories and best practices
. Ability to provide oversight, planning and coordination of all system
testing including performance, stress testing, fail-over, disaster recovery,
interface testing, conversion testing, FDSH testing QA and UAT
. Team building skills to coordinate testing resources in a matrix
management environment
. Demonstrates ability to understand software requirements
. Demonstrates leadership skills on a regular basis
. Demonstrates effective communication, both orally and in writing, with
subordinates, colleagues,
clients and customers at all levels, both formally and informally
. Demonstrates ability to develop test scripts/scenarios from business
process models, use cases, requirements and business rules
. Ability to make decisions at the appropriate time, taking into account the
needs of the situation, priorities, constraints and the availability of
necessary information.
. Ability to acquire an understanding of the underlying issues in complex
problems or situations by correctly relating these to simpler or better
understood concepts, models or previous experiences

Preferred Skills

. Medicaid eligibility system/business operations experience
. Familiar with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)
. Familiar with Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT)
. Commercial insurance and/or health care data experience
. Programming knowledge is a plus
. Public sector experience is a plus
. Project Management skills are a plus

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field. Master's
degree is desirable. Years of experience can substitute for formal
education.

 

 

 

 

Thanks

Hemant

 


Hemant Kapoor

Software People Inc.

www.softwarepeople.us http://www.softwarepeople.us/ 

hemant.kap...@softwarepeople.us

kapoorinfo@G mailto:kapoori...@gmail.com Mail

Ph:  631-739-8494

Fax: 631-574-3122

Certifications: SBA 8a/SDB, NJ MWBE, NY MWBE, VA SWaM, DE OMWBE, MA MWBE

 

Project Manager- Testing (MMIS), Columbia,SC

2014-08-13 Thread Hemant Kapoor
Hi Partners

 

Please let me know if you would be interested in this position? 

If yes please reply with interested consultant and with word formated
updated resume

 

Please don't send any candidate with made up experience as we will find out.
Copy of visa will be required.

Direct Client:: Phone/skype Hire

Location: Columbia, SC

Duration: 12+ months

Rate: Open

 

Responsibilities:
The client seeks a skilled professional with a deep level of testing
management experience who can work independently and alongside project team
members, client representatives and all impacted Third Party vendors. The
client plans to be their own integrator thus all strategies of testing, up
through User Acceptance Testing will need to be planned and executed. The
Agile project methodology will primarily be leveraged which will require
significant organizational and leadership skills. The following duties will
apply for this Testing Manager position:


. Collaborate with the MMIS Replacement Testing Manager to leverage the
standardized testing process;
. Collaborate and report to the Quality Manager on all testing duties;
. Develop, execute and maintain a Test Management Plan; 
. Estimate the testing to be done and negotiate with management to acquire
the necessary resources;
. Recognize when test automation is appropriate, plan the effort, select the
tools, and ensure training of the team;
. Ensure test environments and test data are in place before test execution
and managed during test execution;
. Acts as liaison between State and vendor with testing activities;
. Resource management (allocation, monitoring, motivating etc.); coordinates
all activities and all testers related to and during all applicable testing
strategies;
. Co-operates with the State and project team(s) as required; maintains
awareness of testing alternatives at a level where they can be analyzed and
the most effective testing strategy selected and agreed;
. Provide progress/status reports on testing activities to Management;
. Ensures that any risks associated with the selected test strategy and the
test plans are clearly documented and described to the State and project
team(s). Manages all risks associated with the testing and takes
preventative action when any risks become unacceptable
. Plans, arranges and controls meetings and relations with the State and
project team(s) during test planning and throughout subsequent development
and testing activities. Takes responsibility at a high level for the proper
conduct of such relations
. Provides oversight/approval of vendor unit/system integrated test plans
and test results
. Provide guidance on the preparation/review of test plans
. Provide guidance on the preparation/review of test scripts/scenarios
. Preparation/review of test reports
. Checking progress against targets, reporting as necessary and taking
action to resolve exceptions
. Training and mentoring

Skills Needed:

. Industry knowledge of Software Testing theories and best practices
. Ability to provide oversight, planning and coordination of all system
testing including performance, stress testing, fail-over, disaster recovery,
interface testing, conversion testing, FDSH testing QA and UAT
. Team building skills to coordinate testing resources in a matrix
management environment
. Demonstrates ability to understand software requirements
. Demonstrates leadership skills on a regular basis
. Demonstrates effective communication, both orally and in writing, with
subordinates, colleagues,
clients and customers at all levels, both formally and informally
. Demonstrates ability to develop test scripts/scenarios from business
process models, use cases, requirements and business rules
. Ability to make decisions at the appropriate time, taking into account the
needs of the situation, priorities, constraints and the availability of
necessary information.
. Ability to acquire an understanding of the underlying issues in complex
problems or situations by correctly relating these to simpler or better
understood concepts, models or previous experiences

Preferred Skills

. Medicaid eligibility system/business operations experience
. Familiar with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)
. Familiar with Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT)
. Commercial insurance and/or health care data experience
. Programming knowledge is a plus
. Public sector experience is a plus
. Project Management skills are a plus

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field. Master's
degree is desirable. Years of experience can substitute for formal
education.

 

 

 

 

Thanks

Hemant

 


Hemant Kapoor

Software People Inc.

www.softwarepeople.us http://www.softwarepeople.us/ 

hemant.kap...@softwarepeople.us

kapoorinfo@G mailto:kapoori...@gmail.com Mail

Ph:  631-739-8494

Fax: 631-574-3122

Certifications: SBA 8a/SDB, NJ MWBE, NY MWBE, VA SWaM, DE OMWBE, MA MWBE