Job Title:                   Project QA Lead, Osaka

Industry:                    Information Technology

Location:                    Japan

Salary:                        Competitive Salary Package + Benefits

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage the testing process for Salesforce applications within the manufacturing domain, ensuring alignment with project requirements and timelines.
• Effectively communicate with both Japanese and English-speaking stakeholders, including customers, development teams, and onshore/offshore teams.
• Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies, plans, and cases, particularly focused on Salesforce applications and related integrations.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, Developers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into detailed test cases.
• Ensure the quality and accuracy of data by validating data sources, transformations, and loading processes within the Salesforce environment.
• Lead a team of testers, providing guidance and support, and ensuring the successful delivery of testing projects from offshore.
• Execute and oversee various types of testing, including functional, system integration, end-to-end, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Design, document, and execute test plans, scenarios, scripts, and test cases; track defects to closure.
• Act as a key point of contact for testing-related activities, providing regular updates and ensuring that testing objectives are met.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5 – 8 years of experience in software testing, with a strong focus on manual testing of Salesforce applications and web applications.
• Fluency in Japanese and English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills in both languages.
• Experience in the manufacturing domain, with an understanding of industry-specific processes and requirements.
• Proven experience in working with onshore and offshore project teams, ensuring effective collaboration and delivery of testing projects.
• Strong knowledge of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), with hands-on experience in Quality Assurance methodologies like Agile and Scrum.
• Experience in designing, executing, and documenting test cases for Salesforce applications, including functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Familiarity with Salesforce testing tools and environments, such as Salesforce Inspector, Workbench, and other related tools.
• Basic understanding of SQL, with the ability to write simple queries for data validation within Salesforce.
• Experience in identifying and documenting defects using tools like Jira, TFS, or similar bug-tracking systems.
• Leadership capabilities, with a proven track record of managing and mentoring testing teams and taking ownership of testing deliverables from offshore.