Software Testing ManagerMettler Toledo

Reporting to the Head of Software Engineering, this position is responsible for leading the software quality and testing function for AutoChem software products that control and integrate laboratory instrumentation. As a member of the Software Engineering leadership team, this role works closely with Software Development Managers, Product Owners, and global R&D counterparts to ensure effective software quality practices, comprehensive testing, and successful product delivery. What you will doLead, coach, and develop the U.S.-based Software Testing team, including performance management, career development, workload planning, hiring, and capability development.Provide functional leadership for offshore testing resources and partner with offshore management on priorities, staffing, performance, and resource needs.Establish and continuously improve software quality assurance practices, test methodologies, and standards in alignment with the METTLER TOLEDO PLM framework.Lead risk-based manual, exploratory, functional, regression, system, and integration testing, with particular emphasis on software interaction with laboratory instrumentation.Oversee the Software Testing Lab, including instruments, configurations, test environments, capacity, and operational readiness.Work closely with Software Development Managers, Product Owners, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and other stakeholders to integrate quality and testing throughout the Agile development lifecycle.Maintain strong alignment with global R&D counterparts on testing practices, priorities, release objectives, and continuous improvement.Partner with global R&D automation leadership to implement the organization's automation strategy and maintain an effective balance of automated, manual, exploratory, and hardware-integrated testing.Establish meaningful quality metrics and effective defect-management practices to identify risk, improve test effectiveness, and address recurring quality issues.Assess software quality and release readiness and communicate significant risks, defects, testing status, and recommendations to project stakeholders and Software Engineering leadership.All other duties as assigned.