Hoist Group is the complete hospitality partner for hotels, health care institutions and public operations. With more than 20 years of proven hospitality experience, Hoist Group is the market leader in innovative High Speed Internet Access, Conference services, TV & Content solutions, PMS and back-office software as well as other guest-facing amenities. With the HQ based in Sweden, the company has about 600 employees and offices in 17 countries in the EMEA region.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

You will be part of a team responsible for Software Quality Assurance (QA) and testing.

60% of spent time: The management task extends from acceptance of the developed software from the Development Team, through the QA process itself with a rigorous evaluation of the product against its specifications, inclusive of error testing and resubmission back to Sys Dev for further work, right through to packaging and oversight of the release process in coordination with IT.

20% of spent time: You must be able to communicate with numerous areas of the company & you will frequently work with Product Management and Development team to ensure a smooth Product Development & release.

20% of spent time: As an important member of the Product Team you will manage a feedback loop to your colleagues on learnings, best practise and relevant suggestions to improve any points of the process that touch you, as well as offer practical suggestions for improvement of the products that pass your way.

Main job tasks:

• Ability to apply technical expertise to organize and implement black-box test efforts and to analyse requirements for software design, development, and validation.
• Expertise in developing Software Test Plans, Test Case Design, Test Scripts based on User Requirements Specification (URS) and System Requirements Specification (SRS) documents.
• Well Versed in GUI application testing, Database testing, Front-end testing, Functional Testing, System testing, Load Testing, etc.
• Expertise in QA Methodologies, SCRUM (Agile) Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) models
• Represent QA in all phases of product development including requirement, design, construction, testing, implementation, code reviews and support.
• Represent QA in all phases of product development including requirement, design, construction, testing, implementation, code reviews and support.

Successful candidate will have at least 3-5 year QA Experience

Education:

• University degree or equivalent is prefered
• Good understanding and feeling with IT – Computer Science or Engineering degree or work experience is a strong plus.
• Perfect knowledge of Office & other IT related tools
• Previous Experience with Quality Assurance tasks
  Professional experience:
• Experience is necessary for individuals who do not hold bachelor’s degree – at least 3 years of experience in the related field are recommended.
• Product Testing background developed in customer-oriented industries
• The QA & Delivery manager should ideally be familiar with the industry and the various concepts used in the field.
• Previous experience in Hospitality organisations is also a plus

Technical / job-related skills:

• Written and spoken English; other languages are a bonus
• Enjoy working in a dynamic international environment where customer satisfaction is the driver.
• Process and results oriented, self-motivated and autonomous, as well as a good communicator and team player.
• Comfortable working in an environment where English is the business language.
• Knowledge of C# will place you above other candidates. 
• Experience with Windows Forms applications is a must, experience with Software 2 Software communication is a bonus.

Competencies / Specific personal & job-related demands:

• System & Unit Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Functional Testing
• Defect & Bug Discovery
• Working with Shifting priorities
• Quick Learner
• Detail Orientated

The Position is office based, and home must be within 1 hour travel of Chiswick, London (W4)

At Hoist Group Development we develop all our PMS software in-house, at our office in Chiswick, London. PMS stands for Property Management Software, and is the industry term for software used in hotels to perform all major tasks such as room reservations, guest billing, marketing, reporting, working with groups, conferences, banqueting, allotments, and much more.

You will be working with a team of developers to provider Quality Assurance to our products to insure the highest quality in software design and releases.