Vignesh Manohar

Background

About Vignesh Manohar

As Head of Test & Release Management, I bring a detail-oriented approach and strong people management skills to ensure the highest quality standards in software delivery across diverse domains, including Web applications, payment solutions, Digital eCommerce, supply chain, medical devices, and banking. Core skills: • Successfully leading and managing project quality in large, complex, and cross-disciplinary projects within Scrum-based Agile software development environments. Ensuring alignment with quality systems and validation concepts within IT landscape. • Thorough Experience in IT with focus on Quality management including test strategy, planning, tracking, and reporting on software systems. Expertise in Manual and Automated testing, Non-functional tests, and acceptance of software deliveries. • Expertise and specialization in Test and release management, Implementing test strategy and Test processes for big scale IT projects in Ecommerce, Banking, Financial and Medical devices domain. • Ensuring QA team supports testing and releasing software products at highest quality standards following GxP validation requirements, FDA and ISO13485 for medical devices. • Proven skills of guiding Agile teams with release management and coordinating releases. • Demonstrated ability to support audits in both test and release capacities, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Skilled in providing necessary documentation and evidence to facilitate successful audit outcomes. • Proven ability to act as the primary contact for internal stakeholders including R&D departments, project teams, customer support, and product management. Represent software project deliveries in terms of quality and release status to system integration teams, Steerco, PMO and domain experts. • Provide training and coaching to project teams on change processes, test processes, and best practices. Participate in certification tests across industry domains. • Skilled people manager leading team of testers(Onsite & Offshore) in Agile functional teams. Soft skills highlights: • Planning and Organizing: Managing my time effectively using action planning skills • Communication: Accurately listening what people are saying and able to clarify/summarize them • Co-operation (Team work): Accepting and learning from constructive feedback and giving positive/constructive feedback to others • Analysis and Investigation: Clarifying nature of a problem before deciding what action to take; Collecting, collating, classifying and summarizing data