By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?
Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good!
Job Description:
WHY CHOOSE US?
As one of the nation's premier humanitarian organizations, the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. When you join our team, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission, and you can help save lives every day. If you share our passion for helping people, join us in this excellent career opportunity. Work where your career is a force for good.
We are committed to the diversity of our workforce and to delivering our programs and services in a culturally competent manner reflecting the communities we serve. Our work environment is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive with a focus on building allyship and a culture of belonging that empowers all team members. Come to learn, grow, and succeed while sharing your passion for making a difference.
The Red Cross supports a variety of cultural and community resource groups for employees and volunteers. From the Ability Network, our Asian American & Pacific Islander Resource Group, the Latino Resource Group, and Red Cross PRIDE, to the Umoja African American Resource Group, our Veterans+ Resource Group, and the Women's Resource Group, these networks provide connections, mentoring and help give voice to important concerns and opinions.
At the American Red Cross, your uniqueness can shine!
***The work location for this exciting opportunity is virtual. The selected candidate will work 100% remotely from home and can be located anywhere in the United States with a preference to work East Coast hours.***
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JOB:
The American Red Cross seeks a creative and energetic User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Associate to join our enterprise digital marketing team in testing and validating websites and applications that help to deliver the American Red Cross's mission to "prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors." The Red Cross's flagship public-facing websites include redcross.org and RedCrossBlood.org and we are seeking a talented UAT specialist to support testing initiatives across these platforms.
Top candidates for this role will have recent, significant experience with Adobe Experience Cloud products, and will be responsible to:
understand, document, and communicate testing requirements.
provide test estimates.
create, review, and execute test cases.
create and submit test reports to stakeholders.
WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):
Coordinate the planning, monitoring, and control of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities and tasks.
Collaborate with stakeholders; devise the test objectives, organizational User Acceptance test policies, test strategies and test plans.
Estimate the testing to be done and negotiate with management to acquire the necessary resources.
Lead, guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the UAT test cases, test procedures and test suites.
Conduct organized handling of test artifacts and establish a clear connection between tests and their associated specifications or requirements.
Ensure the test environment is established before test execution and actively managed during test execution.
Schedule the tests for execution, monitor, measure, control and report on the test progress, the product quality status, and the test results. Adapt the test plan and compensate as needed to adjust to evolving conditions.
Create summary reports on test status.
Participate in Agile events such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, grooming, and sprint retrospectives
Report and document all UAT activities, including defect management and resolution
Provide multi-disciplinary team support. Pursue cross-functional training to build proficiency in additional areas of the digital organization, obtaining a versatile skill set that can be leveraged to provide support and contribute to different teams when needed.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (required/minimum qualifications):
Bachelor's degree in marketing, computer science, information technology, engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience.
3-5 years of exp. in digital marketing, specifically with experience in planning, managing, and executing UAT.
Proficient in detailed planning, management, and execution of business testing (UAT) activities
Software quality assurance, business analysis and/or systems/application testing experience
Ability to provide technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and resolving highly complex test problems.
Experience in Agile/Sprint delivery testing methodology
Working knowledge of testing lifecycle (unit, functional, SIT, E2E, UAT, regression)
Familiarity with software development life cycle (SDLC) and testing methodologies
Ability to manage test-related activities in Atlassian JIRA
Experience with content publishing/reuse/syndication with Adobe Experience Manager
Knowledge of page layout and composition principles
Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as customer relationship building skills.
Adapt to and work effectively with a variety of stakeholders and in challenging situations.
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The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
