Title:  Principal Architect

Responsibilities

• Responsible for engagements cross-stream interdependency management
• Govern all programs/projects astutely, ensure that projects are achieving milestones and take timely recourse where required
• Ensure regular participation in execution for complex ERP and digital transformation projects within the portfolio, track outcomes and facilitate risk mitigation and issues resolution
• Provide directional inputs to Testing teams in test planning, design, preparation and execution of product quality baselines; review testability, coverage and quality focus through software testing processes, test battery setup, and execution planning
• Manage Customer communication with Senior Client Stakeholders and manage Relation ship with customer stakeholders
• Responsible for resource management and optimized utilization throughout the course of STLC lifecycle; handling team dynamics & conflicts, performance reviews, team build up and issue resolution
• Maintain engagement records and conduct periodic review of engagement performance and business plans with Birlasoft senior management
• Own value delivery, innovation, and continuous process and system improvements across portfolio engagements
• Collaborate with client leadership on technology roadmap and business plans, influence IT spend /project decisions and align and work with account managers to re-calibrate account strategy for Testing portfolio growth
• Co-lead account mining activities with account managers to support business growth for Testing services

Additional skills/requirements

• Demonstrated career commitment to testing and quality assurance is a MUST
• Familiarity with the latest testing theory and practice with commitment to on-going learning and history of applying useful testing concepts in previous positions is a MUST
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills with good customer orientation
• Hands-on experience in setting up TCOEs; implementing test process frameworks and STLC in ERP systems (preferably SAP) implementation and rollout programs; product engineering engagements; cloud migration and legacy modernization of enterprise scale applications
• Strong Program Management, Project Management and Test Management foundation with relevant professional certifications is a MUST
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
• Exhibit technical leadership and good people management skills
• Extensive customer management experience

Experience

15-20 Yrs

Education

Graduation/Post Graduation (Engineering/Computer Applications)

Location

preferable Noida/Pune)