Senior Functional Tester
Dicetek LLC • Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
**Role & seniority: ** Test Lead (QA/Test Governance / Quality Authority) — ~7+ years total; 3+ years in Test Lead or QA governance
**Stack/tools: **
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Testing lifecycle: STLC, SDLC
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Test governance artifacts: test strategies/plans, acceptance criteria, quality gates, traceability, dashboards/status reporting
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(No specific automation tools listed)
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Top 3 responsibilities:
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Establish/enforce testing governance (quality gates, acceptance criteria) and ensure vendor testing aligns with standards/policies/regulatory requirements.
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Approve and independently verify vendor test activities (review test strategies/plans; perform independent verification; validate defect RCA and exceptional acceptance).
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Provide end-to-end testing visibility/control: maintain requirement-to-test traceability, monitor vendor KPIs/quality metrics, and report risks/status to stakeholders; support Go/No-Go decisions and defect triage.
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Must-have skills:
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Strong knowledge of STLC/SDLC
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Test governance and QA quality authority across stakeholders
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Traceability between requirements and test coverage
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Defect management, RCA validation, and acceptance decisioning (including exceptional acceptance)
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Cross-team/vendor coordination and clear stakeholder reporting
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Arabic and English communication
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Nice-to-haves:
- Experience with multi-vendor and government environments
Full Description
The Test Lead is responsible for governing and assuring the quality of testing activities delivered by external development and testing vendors, ensuring alignment with the organisation standards, policies, and regulatory requirements. The role provides end-to-end visibility and control over testing activities and acts as the quality authority across stakeholders.
In addition to normal testing activities.
Responsibilities
Establish and enforce testing governance, quality gates, and acceptance criteria. Review and approve test strategies, plans, and approaches from vendors. Ensure full traceability between requirements and test coverage. Perform independent verification after vendor testing. Govern defect management, RCA validation, and exceptional acceptance. Monitor vendor KPIs and quality metrics. Prepare and present clear testing status reports, quality dashboards, and risk summaries to management and stakeholders. Communicate testing progress, quality issues, and release readiness transparently and in a timely manner. Coordinate testing activities across Business, Technical teams, PMO, Release Management, and external vendors. Facilitate defect triage, quality review, and Go/No-Go meetings, ensuring decisions and actions are clearly documented. Act as the primary QA communication focal point between the organisation and development/testing vendors. Ensure alignment and shared understanding of testing scope, priorities, and risks across all stakeholders. Review, design, and validate functional, integration, regression, and UAT test scenarios in alignment with BRD, FSD and SRS Create strategies, plans and test cases. Test execution share results and provide closure reports.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent Strong knowledge in STLC and SDLC 7+ years in software testing with at least 3+ years in Test Lead or QA governance roles Experience with multi-vendor and government environments is preferred. Arabic and English language Preferably previous experience in SAP testing
