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Applause | Testing Services Manager - Lead and manage testing projects across multiple accounts, ensuring operational excellence and client satisfaction. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams on customer end, including Test Engineers and Test Team Leads within Applause teams, to ensure successful delivery of testing services. - Oversee test projects for gambling clients, managing end-to-end flows such as registration, verification (KYC), deposits/withdrawals, and betting. - Define success criteria and provide actionable insights through real-time reports and detailed user experience assessments. - Specialize in various testing methodologies including functional, usability, and exploratory testing, with a focus on crowdsourcing, regression, and UAT. - Lead a team of 10+ engineers, manage budgets, and ensure accurate documentation and strategic planning for software testing.Key Achievements - Managed 15+ accounts simultaneously, delivering high-quality results within strict deadlines. - Improved test project efficiency by implementing optimized testing strategies.

Romania

Applause is the global leader in empowering companies to deliver great customer experiences by testing their products and consulting for them.As a Test Engineer I am responsible for operational excellence of our test projects. Therefore, I analyze incoming testing requests and manage the test project within the Applause platform by building it on the appropriate schedule, create easy to understand instructions, assemble the appropriate test team, and ensure accurate documentation and builds are provided. During active projects, I monitor the project’s progress towards its goal. In addition, I attend customer meetings (i.e. scrum meetings) to align QA needs early on and work directly with the project management team to achieve strategic goals.- Designed and managed testing projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with client goals and project timelines.- Created detailed documentation and instructions for test teams, ensuring clarity and precision.- Collaborated with project management teams and attended scrum meetings to identify and integrate QA needs early in the process.- Responsible for functional, usability, and user experience testing, leveraging exploratory and error-guessing approaches to enhance product quality.

Bucharest, Romania

- Managed quality control projects for Ubisoft's major game titles, including overseeing the testing of Far Cry projects.- Coordinated with internal teams to ensure adherence to project timelines and quality standards.

Bucharest, Romania

Led quality control teams for various AAA projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality games.

Bucharest, Romania

Responsibilities :- Developed and executed test plans for WowApp features, focusing on manual and automated testing.- Feature testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, automation testing on Desktop application.- Worked closely with developers to address issues and ensure smooth product releases.

Bucharest, Romania

Key contributor to quality control efforts for flagship titles including:Assassin's Creed 3 - X360Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag - X360Far Cry 4 - PCRainbow Six Siege - PC