TEST MANAGER / TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER – MID LEVEL (REMOTE)

TEST MANAGER / TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER – MID LEVEL (REMOTE EUROPE) Portuguese company hires for remote position

📍 Location: Europe — candidates must already be based in Europe

💼 Work Model: Remote

🗣️ Language Requirements: English B2+ — spoken and written

🕓 Seniority: Mid-Level (3+ years)

🏭 Sector: Telecommunications

💲Rate Between €1700 - 2000 RV or unipessoal (gross value)

⚠️ Instructions: Please send your CV in English and make sure to include all skills and experience that match the requirements of the opportunity. This will significantly increase your chances of success.

About The Opportunity Help ensure the quality of telecommunications services through testing initiatives across Telecom Core Networks, with a particular focus on IMS for fixed and mobile environments.

In this role, you will combine test management with technical project coordination, shaping test strategies, overseeing execution and bringing internal teams and external partners together to deliver reliable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Review project deliverables to identify the appropriate testing approach.
• Define, manage and execute the project test strategy, coordinating contributions from internal teams and third-party partners.
• Ensure requirements traceability within test management tools such as ALM and Jira.
• Produce clear progress reports throughout test planning and execution.
• Manage test quality checkpoints, including TRR and TER.
• Monitor testing schedules, dependencies and delivery progress.
• Manage and track defects through to resolution.
• Develop rectification plans and apply risk-based testing approaches.
• Communicate test status, risks and issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Essential Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience managing testing activities within Telecom Core Network projects, particularly IMS in fixed and mobile environments.
• Experience developing test strategies, rectification plans and risk-based testing approaches.
• Familiarity with test management tools, including ALM and Jira, and requirements traceability.
• Experience with testing tools covering automation, tracing, debugging, traffic generation, stubs and simulators.
• Experience working with different delivery methodologies, such as Waterfall, Agile and DevOps.
• Strong communication and reporting skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across teams and external partners.
• A bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• English B2+, spoken and written.
• Currently based in Europe.

Preferred Qualifications

• Mobile telecommunications experience involving Nokia technologies or environments.
• An industry-recognised testing or test management certification, such as ISEB or ISTQB.

Ideal Candidate Profile

You combine practical knowledge of telecom core networks and IMS with the organisational skills needed to coordinate testing across multiple teams. You can translate project requirements into a clear test strategy, prioritise testing according to risk and keep stakeholders informed about progress and quality.

You are comfortable investigating technical issues, managing defects and schedules, and working with third-party partners. You bring a structured, collaborative approach and take ownership of testing activities from planning through completion.

Questions for Candidates

• Where in Europe are you currently based?
• How many years of experience do you have in test management or technical project management?
• What Telecom Core Network projects have you worked on? Please describe your experience with fixed and mobile IMS.
• Have you worked with Nokia technologies in mobile telecommunications projects? If so, in what capacity?
• Can you describe a test strategy you developed and how you applied risk-based testing or created a rectification plan?
• How have you used ALM, Jira or similar tools to manage requirements traceability, test execution and defects?
• Which automation, tracing, debugging, traffic generation, stub or simulation tools have you used?
• Have you managed TRR/TER checkpoints, testing schedules and progress reporting?
• Which delivery methodologies have you worked with, and do you hold any ISTQB or ISEB certifications?
• What is your English proficiency level, availability to start and compensation expectation?

CV Keywords

Include the following keywords where they accurately reflect your experience:

Test Manager, Technical Project Manager, Telecom, Telecommunications, Core Network, IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem, Fixed IMS, Mobile IMS, Nokia, Test Management, Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test Execution, Risk-Based Testing, Rectification Plans, Requirements Traceability, ALM, Jira, Defect Management, Test Reporting, TRR, TER, Test Automation, Tracing, Debugging, Traffic Generators, Stubs, Simulators, Waterfall, Agile, DevOps, Stakeholder Management, Third-Party Coordination, ISTQB, ISEB, English B2

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