Test Advocate
- Led testing efforts across various business areas (Loyalty reboot (Star Rewards), Mobile app (android), offers, private brands, PLM, assortment planning, ordering, product repository)- Managed relationships between stakeholders/business partners and rest of development team to ensure all business needs, requirements, and technical capabilities were in alignment and focused on the customer- Coordinated end-to-end testing across multiple teams (solicited estimates, obtained resource… Show more - Led testing efforts across various business areas (Loyalty reboot (Star Rewards), Mobile app (android), offers, private brands, PLM, assortment planning, ordering, product repository)- Managed relationships between stakeholders/business partners and rest of development team to ensure all business needs, requirements, and technical capabilities were in alignment and focused on the customer- Coordinated end-to-end testing across multiple teams (solicited estimates, obtained resource commitments from management, wrote & distributed e2e scenarios, obtained schedule buy-in, coordinated EDI data creation/setup)- On-boarded and formally trained new FTE hires, created “living” process and technical documents, and provided ongoing assistance to the newer team members- Led offshore testing teams (trained new hires, assigned work, documented issues, removed or escalated roadblocks, gave daily progress briefs to rest of the team)- Participated in candidate interviews to verify technical abilities as well as team fit- Assisted management during yearly SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) audits to help provide transparency between application functions and stored data to verify compliance Show less