Quality Manager IVVQ
Job Summary
The Quality Manager (IVVQ) will lead the integration, verification, validation, and qualification strategy for complex public security and systems integration projects. This role involves managing technical requirements during bid and tender phases while ensuring full compliance and project competitiveness. You will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive successful project acquisition and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead IVVQ strategy and planning for complex systems.
- Manage technical requirements and compliance for bids/tenders.
- Oversee system integration and testing architectures.
- Drive stakeholder collaboration and process documentation.
Required Skills
- 5+ years in QA/IVVQ with leadership experience.
- Expertise in systems engineering lifecycle and IVVQ standards.
- Proficiency in test automation tools (Selenium, JMeter, etc.).
- Experience in large-scale government IT/Security projects.
Job Details
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of IVVQ strategies and plans aligned with customer requirements and project scope.
- Analyse technical and contractual requirements and ensure full compliance in bid proposals.
- Define methodologies, schedules, resource plans and cost estimates for IVVQ activities.
- Identify potential risks and mitigation strategies to strengthen bid competitiveness.
- Ensure the IVVQ plan integrates with the overall project management and engineering plans.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, and Quality teams to integrate IVVQ into overall project plans.
- Act as IVVQ SME during bid reviews and customer engagements.
- Evaluate internal IVVQ capabilities and resources required for the project.
- Oversee system integration activities, ensuring interoperability across software applications, hardware systems and IT infrastructure.
- Develop and implement integration and testing strategies to enable secure, efficient data exchange and seamless workflows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather integration requirements and translate business needs into technical specifications.
- Monitor the performance of integrated systems, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimisation.
- Ensure proper version control, configuration management, and compliance with data security and privacy standards.
- Deliver training sessions and develop clear documentation to equip IT staff and end-users.
Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science, IT, Electronics Engineering, or related discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in software QA/IVVQ, with at least 2 years leadership experience.
- Knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle and IVVQ methodologies, standards and best practices.
- Proven experience in bid/tender support, IVVQ planning, and estimation.
- Experience in IT, Security, or C2-related projects with understanding of large-scale government project delivery.
- Familiarity with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, JMeter, TestNG, Gatling).
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working on large-scale, complex system integrations.
- Desirable: Certifications such as PMP, ITIL, INCOSE, ISTQB or similar.