Senior Consultant

About the Role

Elm Company is seeking a Senior Consultant to lead software quality assurance activities across its digital products portfolio. This full-time role, based in Riyadh, involves establishing quality practices, planning and governing testing activities, and ensuring product readiness. The Senior Consultant will maintain high standards of software quality for mobile and web applications, supporting increased testing demand and improving product reliability and user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement software quality assurance standards, methodologies, and testing frameworks across digital products.
• Establish testing governance practices to ensure consistency and quality throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead test planning activities across multiple products, releases, and enhancement initiatives, defining scopes, schedules, and resources.
• Ensure adequate test coverage across functional, integration, regression, usability, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Lead and coordinate functional testing and UAT activities, validating applications against business and user requirements.
• Manage the defect lifecycle, including identification, documentation, prioritization, and resolution tracking.
• Oversee testing activities for mobile and web applications, validating functionality, usability, compatibility, and performance.
• Establish release quality gates and readiness criteria for product deployments, verifying products meet all requirements.
• Develop quality dashboards, testing reports, and performance metrics for management visibility.
• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, developers, and technical teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Comply with all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and information security practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated ability to define and implement quality assurance strategies and testing frameworks.
• Experience in leading test planning and management activities for digital products.
• Proficiency in managing defect lifecycles and performing root cause analysis.
• Strong understanding of mobile and web application quality assurance processes.

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to drive continuous improvement in testing processes and quality practices.
• Strong coordination and communication skills for stakeholder collaboration.
• Capability to develop and present quality reports and performance metrics.
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of software quality and product reliability.

Work Environment

This role is based in Riyadh and operates on a full-time basis. The Senior Consultant will work within a dynamic environment focused on delivering high-quality digital solutions that meet business and customer expectations.