Manager - Release & Test Management
- PLACE OF WORK
- 1112 Budapest, Boldizsár utca 2.
- AREA OF EMPLOYMENT
- IT
- START OF WORK
- as soon as possible
- EMPLOYMENT TYPE
- Full-time
My Responsibilities
• Leading, developing and supporting the Release & Test Management team
• Creating clear direction, priorities and objectives for the area and translating them into actionable plans
• Establishing and continuously improving Release and Test Management standards, practices and governance
• Ensuring transparent and reliable release planning and coordination across products, teams and relevant stakeholders
• Driving a risk-based approach to testing and release readiness
• Supporting teams in building quality into the development lifecycle rather than treating testing as a final separate step
• Defining and monitoring meaningful quality, testing and release metrics and using them to drive improvement
• Increasing test automation and supporting the effective integration of automated testing into delivery pipelines
• Identifying systemic quality and release issues and coordinating improvement activities across organisational boundaries
• Supporting effective handling of dependencies, risks, defects and release-related impediments
• Working closely with Product Owners, Development teams, DevOps specialists and other technology leaders
• Ensuring lessons learned from releases, incidents and quality issues are translated into sustainable improvements
• Contributing to the further development of our Target Operating Model and engineering practices
• Creating transparency towards management regarding quality, risks, release readiness and improvement priorities
• Building a strong professional community in which experts share knowledge, standards, tools and best practices
• Developing employees through regular feedback, coaching, clear expectations and individual development plans
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding and talent development within the area
The knowledge I own
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to develop both people and professional capabilities• Solid understanding of software development and modern software delivery lifecycles
• Practical knowledge of software testing principles, test management and quality assurance
• Good understanding of release management and deployment processes
• Understanding of CI/CD, test automation and modern DevOps practices
• Ability to define and use meaningful KPIs and quality metrics without creating unnecessary reporting overhead
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to distinguish between process symptoms and underlying systemic problems
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to influence decisions across organisational boundaries
• Experience working with agile product and development teams
• Solution-focused leadership and a continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to balance delivery speed, quality, risk and business priorities
• Comfortable giving clear and direct feedback and equally open to receiving it
• Fluent English language skills
The offer that would convince me
- A leadership position with real influence on how software quality and releases work across AIIS
- The opportunity to shape Release & Test Management rather than simply administer existing processes
- A strong engineering environment where quality, automation and continuous improvement matter
- Professional peers and leaders with whom I can openly discuss complex delivery and organisational challenges
- Space to introduce pragmatic improvements based on data, experience and feedback
- Clear expectations and meaningful feedback regarding both leadership and professional impact
- Opportunities to develop my team and build a strong professional community
- A working environment focused on outcomes rather than unnecessary bureaucracy
- Flexible working hours with home office possibility
- Competitive compensation and development opportunities
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