K Rekha Vemula

• Directed testing activities for Workday implementation at APA, focusing on People Safety and Culture modules, including onboarding, payroll, and workforce management, and also driving automation-led Grid team for continuous uplift of their existing automation framework and stability.
• Implement, review, and update test strategies and defect frameworks to align with project requirements, technological advancements, and organizational goals.
• Collaborated with product owners, business analysts, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to define testing objectives and identify risks across all phases of functional testing.
• Identify risks and ensure coverage across functional, non-functional, and regression testing using agile, hybrid, DevOps, and emphasized automation to enhance efficiency and adaptability.
• Delivered comprehensive test reporting across daily cycles, Agile sprints, testing phases, and post-go-live periods, ensuring transparency and traceability of test coverage, defect trends, and release readiness.
• Led coverage analysis and post-implementation reviews to identify gaps, assess test effectiveness, and recommend improvements for future cycles.
• Managed test team resources, focusing on workload distribution, team wellness, and sustained performance under high-pressure delivery timelines.
• Championed capability uplift initiatives, including skills assessments, targeted training, and mentoring, to elevate team proficiency across manual and automated testing.
• Conducted performance evaluations, leveraging data-driven KPIs and qualitative feedback, to support team development and ensure alignment with delivery objectives.
• Led the development and configuration of implementing a new test management tool (qTest, Tosca) to ensure a smoother transition of the tool with persistent teams and new projects organization-wide.

• Assessed and proposed essential Management roles to address gaps in Seek Project landscape.
• Recruited, onboarded, and upskilled a new testing team for both Manual and Automation support.
• Developed and maintained a manual regression framework while evaluating automation tools like Playwright.
• Established governance gateways for vendor deliverables across all QA activities in various teams.
• Accountable for developing and implementing Test strategy, Plans, and Defect Framework for multiple initiatives.
• Coordinated closely with Product owners, development teams, and project managers to ensure testing completeness.
• Created reporting frameworks for various testing phases tailored to different audiences during releases.
• Participated in risk management discussions with integrated teams regarding issues and dependencies.

• Established testing framework and artefacts for Flexiworks Programme, including strategy, test plan, and reporting.
• Managed and enhanced both client and vendor testing teams, providing necessary training.
• Governed vendor deliverables throughout all QA activities and cycles.
• Accountable for comprehensive end-to-end testing of new solutions and enhancements across all sprints.
• Coordinated onshore and offshore testing resources across multiple time zones during QA cycles.
• Supported implementation team with release notes, issue resolution, and testing assistance.
• Conducted risk management and escalated issues to management in a timely manner.
• Delivered project on time with less than three percent defects over 12 subsequent sprints, enabling major B2B2C system enhancements.

• Enhanced BAU and post-production support test team capabilities for efficient sprint cycle testing in Production.
• Coordinated Automated Regression Testing and managed Automation Backlog and remediation activities using Provar.
• Developed Test Strategy for WSV Strategy Programme, supporting Quality Assurance gateways and defect management.
• Maintained close communication with product owners, vendors, and training teams to ensure timely delivery and effective test execution.
• Executed Senior Test Management activities including planning, reporting, traceability, and defect triage using Jira and TestRail.
• Managed QA risk assessments, ensuring coverage and timely escalation of issues.
• Oversaw test resource management focusing on wellness, workload balance, and performance evaluation.
• Delivered eight releases to Production within a 12-month period, achieving a defect rate below 5%.

• Prepared test artifacts, including strategies, plans, estimations, and summary reports.
• Enhanced test maturity by emphasizing coverage, processes, knowledge management, and metrics.
• Implemented Agile test principles and best practices to streamline testing processes.
• Introduced quality control checklists for compliance with legislative and audit standards.
• Evaluated and monitored automation tools to align with client requirements.
• Cultivated relationships among team members across various programs.
• Continuously improved QA framework and processes to adapt to client culture.
• Managed risks and issues through effective escalation procedures.

As a Test Consultant, I played various roles at the clients' Carlton & United Brewers, Treasury Wine Estates, and Transurban, representing Planit. Projects include the implementation of JD Edwards, the decommissioning of legacy applications, the merging and de-merging of Beer and Wine systems, upgrading the digital platform for Transurban, as well as testing their BAU applications.