Test Lead

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.

You provide software and application knowledge to support implementation of the given solutions.

How You Will Contribute

You will ensure that delivered services are optimized to meet business demands and the service operations strategy, plan, measure, report and communicate service improvement initiatives, and serve as a consultant on issues and resolutions. You will also recommend actions that can be taken to optimize investments and benefits and to mitigate risks. This role will require you to identify suppliers, evaluate them, on-board new vendors, establish and run vendor governance; collaborate with management and follow-up on requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and payments; work with project resources to provide design collateral and to configure software components so they are aligned with security policy and governance; and ensure adherence to development and configuration standards and processes.

What You Will Bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Working collaboratively with multiple vendors
• Leading complex projects - project management
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Managing infrastructure services delivery, support and excellence
• Working in global IT function with regional or global responsibilities in an environment like Mondelēz International
• Working with IT outsourcing providers using frameworks such as the IT Infrastructure Library
• Working with internal and external teams and leading when necessary
  
  
  

About the Role:

The Test Lead is a pivotal role responsible for ensuring that software products meet quality standards and are delivered successfully by effectively managing and coordinating testing activities throughout the project lifecycle. The Test Lead collaborates closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and quality assurance personnel, to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence to Test Strategy, guidelines, best practices and ways of working as defined.
• Define testing phases, testing scope, objectives, and deliverables for each testing phase.
• Standardize testing methodologies, processes and tools to be used across all teams.
• Work with business, functional owners, and IT teams to ensure testing aligns with project goals.
• Establish the testing scope, timelines, and resource requirements and collaborate with Sales application partners, stakeholders and functional teams for functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
• Lead the preparation of detailed test cases and test plans to cover all aspects of the migration confirming coverage.
• Manage test execution progress and ensure completion of testing as per the timelines.
• Collaborate with business for UAT preparation and successful completion of UAT execution.
• Act as a central point of contact for all testing-related activities, leading and mentoring teams ensuring adherence to best practices, wow and standards resulting in quality deliverables.
• Implement governance structures to monitor testing progress across teams.
• Collaborate with project teams and business to ensure timely completion of testing readiness tasks and also to ensure testing is completed within the timelines and with the expected quality.
• Define a centralized defect tracking process for all teams.
• Identify testing risks and suggest mitigation plans.
• Define key testing metrics and share status updates to relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate cutover testing activities to confirm test readiness for go-live.
• Provide post-go-live support by monitoring hypercare activities and addressing testing-related issues.
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Strong experience in implementing test strategy, processes, wow and in leading testing teams for projects with complex technical integration.
• Hand on experience with test management tools QTest and JIRA.
• Excellent leadership, decision making, communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• The ability to engage in discussions with technical experts and interpret the impact to test scope.
• Strong management skills and ability to drive the testing strategy, governance and influence stakeholders and teams to align with project and testing objectives.
• Ability to resolve conflicts, anticipate challenges, and implement solutions proactively.
• Experience in technical delivery in a FMCG organization is preferred but not essential.
  
  
  

Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy

Business Unit Summary

At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broad range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.

We have a rich portfolio of strong brands globally and locally including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the top position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy and the second top position in gum.

Our 80,000 makers and bakers are located in more than 80 countries and we sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. Our people are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen—and happen fast.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

Software & Applications

Technology & Digital