Manager, QA, IT
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We believe that difference sparks brilliance so we welcome people and ideas from everywhere to join us in stretching whats possible.
At Tapestry being true to yourself is core to who we are. When each of us brings our individuality to our collective ambition our creativity is unleashed. This global house of brands Coach Kate Spade New York Stuart Weitzman was built by unconventional entrepreneurs and unexpected solutions so when we say we believe in dreams we mean we believe in making them happen. Were always on a journey to becoming our best but you can count on this: Here your voice is valued your ambitions are supported and your work is recognized.
A member of the Tapestry family we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. VisitOur Peoplepage to learn more about Tapestrys commitment to equity inclusion and diversity.
Primary Purpose:
We are seeking a dedicated and experiencedQuality Assurance Managerto lead our QA efforts across Tapestry brands in the Japan region. The ideal candidate will be a results-driven professional with strong leadership organizational and interpersonal skills. This role requires a collaborative mindset attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions. The QA Manager will oversee the full QA lifecycle manage regional QA teams and ensure alignment with global standards while respecting local business practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and contribute hands-on to QA activities (as necessary) in a fast-paced Agile/Scrum environment ensuring timely and high-quality software delivery.
- Participate in planning meetings and proactively identify quality risks and testing needs.
- Define test strategies and maintain comprehensive test plans and regression suites.
- Provide timely reporting on testing progress risks and defects to stakeholders.
- Coordinate with regional and global teams to plan and execute End-to-End (E2E) testing across regions.
- Foster strong partnerships with cross-functional teams ensuring clear and respectful communication.
- Collaborate with required technical teams to analyze production issues and drive continuous improvement.
- Contribute to company-wide quality initiatives and process enhancements.
- Lead and mentor QA team members (onsite and offshore) providing clear direction and constructive feedback.
- Promote a culture of quality accountability and continuous learning.
- Work effectively with global teams across different time zones and cultural contexts.
- Support the development of automation frameworks in partnership with the automation team.
- Support quality assurance efforts across Japan Korea SEA and broader Asia-Pacific markets with the flexibility to extend to additional regions as business needs evolve.
Qualifications:
- 6 years of experience in Quality Assurance with at least 4 years in the retail industry
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a managerial or team leadership role.
- Proven experience in Agile environments and enterprise-wide testing.
- Strong knowledge of QA methodologies SDLC and test strategy design.
- Proficiency in test management tools (e.g. JIRA Xray)
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with experience managing global teams.
- Business level proficiency in both English and Japanese (both written and spoken) is required
- Culturally aware and respectful of Japanese business practices and communication styles.
- Nice to have: Experience using automation tools (e.g. Selenium TOSCA Jenkins) for continuous regression testing
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
Preferred Systems Experience:
- Familiarity with systems commonly used at Tapestry is a plus including:
- SFCC (Salesforce Commerce Cloud)/Ecommerce Platform
- IBM Sterling Order Management System
- Customer Engagement tools: Clienteling tools
- Retail Systems: POS SAP MIM
Ideal Candidate Traits:
- Strong sense of responsibility and commitment to quality.
- Collaborative and respectful team player.
- Adaptable and open to feedback.
- Passionate about continuous improvement and innovation.
- Comfortable working in a multicultural global environment.
Our Competencies for All Employees
- Courage: Doesnt hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current direct complete and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
- Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isnt upset when things are up in the air; doesnt have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people up down and sideways inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
- Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
- Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each persons career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
- Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Tapestry Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment hiring promotion compensation transfer training discipline and termination) are based on the applicants or employees qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic characteristics race color creed religion ethnicity national origin alienage citizenship disability marital status military status pregnancy or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Tapestry Inc. at Experience:
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