Test and Release Manager

**Uia mai koe te pātai, he aha te mea nui o tēnei ao? Māku koe e kii atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.**:

- If you asked me, what is the greatest thing in this world, I would say it is people, it is people, it is people._

**Ko mātou tēnei - our organisation**:
At Vodafone, we’re committed to providing you with a friendly workplace environment where you can manage home and work balance through our leading flexible working practices. We value the diversity of thought, perspective and backgrounds our people bring to work with them every day. Our vision is to create a better future for Aotearoa New Zealand through remarkable technology that simplifies lives and businesses. We support our communities through the Vodafone New Zealand Foundation with an ambitious goal to halve the number of disadvantaged rangatahi in Aotearoa by 2027.

**Ko tō tūranga - your role**:
**Ko tō mahi - what you’ll do**:

- Transform the IT Test and Release function into a highly efficient and effective function, with a high degree of automation, highly talented people and the right process measures in place to demonstrate performance
- Managing a hybrid in-house and outsourced team of 100 permanent, contractor and vendor staff, located both onshore and in India
- Build a team of highly capable engineers by hiring the very best test engineers and growing existing talent through education, training, feedback, mentoring, and coaching
- Promoting a positive work environment by driving initiatives that lift team engagement
- Work closely with Engineering and Program/Project managers to estimate, plan and execute successful releases of capability into production
- Drive culture and capability around Test Engineering
- Enable test capability into DevOps Squads by develop staff to develop more T-shaped skills
- Effectively balance regression automation, maintenance, progression and regression between onshore and offshore resources.
For existing systems, increase test & pipeline automation for regression and progression testing
- Move all legacy testing into Zephyr for Jira and move off ALM
- Own the end to end integrated test function including regression, progressing, non-functional including performance, stress and volume, UAT and post-verification testing
- Oversee the testing and release of software across Vodafone’s entire IT ecosystem which is being developed using both waterfall and agile methodologies
- Own the Release Management function that supports both converged releases as well as stand-alone releases, as well as the release train paths for agile squads
- Own and manage the integrated test environments including the schedule, code baseline, capacity and test data. Build and support as required development and system test environments.
- Play an integral role in the roll out and adoption of automated CI/CD pipeline including test and release automation
- Managing and coordinating all release and deployment activities

**Na tōu rourou - what you’ll bring**:

- Substantial experience in a senior IT leadership position leading large teams
Experiencing in transforming teams into DevOps teams with T-shaped skills
- Experience in operating in both waterfall and scaled agile environments
- Ability to research and quickly resolve technical issues
- Demonstrable ability to effectively use data driven problem solving tools and techniques such as DMAIC
- Strong skills in identifying, developing and implementing process improvement initiatives
- Strong commercial acumen and Telco or industry specific knowledge (preffered, not required)
- Strong communication skills and competent presenting to senior Exec members

**Nā mātou te rourou - what you’ll get**:

- Vodafone is leading the way by ensuring you can have a truly balanced life. Most roles allow flexibility to work from home and flex your hours to ensure you have time for those priorities outside of work.
- A fully subsidised Southern Cross Regular Care policy, which usually cover 80% of health expenses up to the policy limit, to provide health insurance cover for you and your family.
- 4% KiwiSaver employer contributions, an extra 1% more than the statutory minimum. You choose how to save for your Retirement either via KiwiSaver(KS) or SuperCash (superannuation allowance as a cash allowance paid with your salary). You can change between these at any time.
- Laptop, unlimited data plan, market leading cell-phone for business or personal use
- Discounts on Vodafone products, services and much more

Joining the Vodafone whānau will stretch you, challenge you and provide opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career. You’ll engage in unique workplace experiences, be exposed to exciting and innovative technology, and gain opportunities for learning beyond Aotearoa

**Me mahi tahi tātou mo te oranga o te katoa.**:

- “We are better together, collectively”_

Location: Auckland, Wellington