Description of the Role
Jumo is seeking a passionate, experienced Quality Lead to provide leadership on product quality for a highly talented product development organization as they solve a challenging set of problems to bring financial inclusion to under-served consumers throughout Africa. With more than 150M consumers having access to Jumo’s services and the prospect of 10x growth in front of it, Jumo needs a seasoned Quality Lead for a team of 50+ incredibly talented software engineers, product managers and operations engineers. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to help build a high volume, highly reliable platform while demonstrating leadership in a fast growing, dynamic organization
Key Responsibilities
Drive quality as a mindset throughout the entire product development lifecycle
Define quality standards, testing practices, tools, metrics and environments
Collaborate and influence peers and management across product management, engineering and channel management teams
Be a thought leader able to make bold changes, generate new ideas and able to make good ROI decisions in support of Jumo’s business strategy
Attract, develop and lead great talent
Be a servant leader acting in the best interests of Jumo and the team
Represent quality in cross-organizational forums regarding technical, product and incident topics.
Work with teams in an Agile development environment
Make Jumo a destination for world class engineering talent
Skills and Competencies
6+ years of experience in software development with 3 years in a leadership position
5+ years in an Agile development environment
Experience working in Amazon Web Service environments (EC2, Elastic Beanstalk) is highly desirable
Understanding of basic financial concepts is desirable
Bachelor of Science or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline
Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to lead cross organizational initiatives in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment. Must be able to lead through uncertainty
Strong knowledge of testing tools, techniques and appropriate metrics
Strong ability to push quality as a mindset on all participants in the product development process
Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure
Hands on experience with enterprise class software running significant transactional volumes
Strong communication skills
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