Quality, Test & Release Manager H/F

• Test leadership and delivery
• Own and lead functional test management for assigned products/projects/workstreams.
• Define test scope, approach, plans, and acceptance criteria alignment, ensuring requirements are testable.
• Drive creation, review, and maintenance of test artefacts (test plans, scenarios, scripts, evidence).
• Manage end-to-end test execution across teams (manual and automation aligned to standards).
• Provide progress, coverage, and quality reporting, including release readiness input and metrics.
• Quality governance and continuous improvement
• Assure quality of QA/test artefacts and relevant development artefacts related to releases, fixes, integrations, and project deliverables.
• Identify risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies; propose mitigation and escalate appropriately.
• Contribute to and evolve QA processes, standards, frameworks, and ways of working; strengthen test efficiency and reusability.
• Ensure adherence to defect management processes; drive effective triage, prioritisation, and remediation.
• Test data, environments, and UAT
• Coordinate test data planning, creation/curation, and test data activities across stakeholders.
• Ensure data and configuration requirements are identified early (story refinement) and considered in CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
• Lead UAT test management, including stakeholder engagement and coordination.
• People and stakeholder management
• Lead, coach, and mentor QA Analysts and Testers; identify training needs and drive capability uplift.
• Manage capacity planning and allocation of internal, remote, and third-party QA resources.
• Collaborate with Product, Delivery, Architecture, Development, and Support teams to embed quality throughout the lifecycle.
• Significant commercial experience leading QA and functional testing for enterprise systems.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, frameworks, and test management practices.
• Proven experience with test/defect management tooling (q

Test preferred).* Solid understanding of test data requirements and test environment management.* Practical experience with Agile and/or Dev

Ops delivery approaches.

• Good knowledge of CI/CD and functional testing methods.
• Understanding of TDD/BDD concepts and techniques.
• Automation and testing tools (e.g., Selenium, Load

Runner, Postman, Tricentis Tosca).

• UI and accessibility testing.
• SQL; Linux/Unix; Jenkins; Jira/Confluence.
• Azure/AWS services; XML/JSON; working with large databases.
• Knowledge of quality maturity models (e.g., TMMi), ISO 9000 series, and risk-based testing models.
• Disaster recovery, high availability testing, backup/restore (where relevant to infrastructure-oriented initiatives).
• Self-starter with strong ownership and bias to action.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain quality needs and outcomes to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Highly organised; able to plan, track, and report progress against commitments.
• Strong analytical skills: translating requirements into test scenarios and scripts with attention to detail.
• Proactive problem solver and sound decision-maker; able to present options and recommendations.
• Influencer: able to challenge constructively and drive adoption of QA/testing best practices.
• Coaching/mentoring mindset; actively supports capability growth across teams.

Cencora is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions company that is committed to improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them.

We’re a purpose-driven organization, where all of our team members around the world are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures. We work together every day to help our partners bring their innovations to patients worldwide, creating unparalleled access and impact at the center of health.2.) **Be Wary of Unrealistic Promises:** Exercise caution If a job posting offers high salaries and minimal qualifications. Legitimate jobs will have realistic expectations and provide detailed job requirements. Jobs at Cencora can be found on Cencora.com/careers

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