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Bring in a Test Manager for test strategy, QA governance, UAT coordination, regression planning, and defect triage across complex releases. Ideal for SAP, web, mobile, and integration projects, with fast, precise matching to vetted, available freelancers.
About the role
What they own
A Test Manager plans and steers the full testing effort around a release, project, or product change. They turn business risk into a clear test approach and make sure the right people, systems, and test cases are in place.
- Test strategy and test plan
- Scope, priorities, and risk-based coverage
- Test execution control across teams
- Defect management and escalation
- Test reporting for stakeholders
Core skills
Strong Test Managers combine structure with calm delivery under pressure. They know how to align business, development, and QA teams, and they can keep testing focused when timelines are tight.
- Risk-based testing
- Test estimation and scheduling
- Defect lifecycle management
- Stakeholder communication
- UAT coordination and sign-off support
Tools and methods
Many projects expect hands-on use of test management tools, issue trackers, and clear reporting. A good Test Manager can work with manual testing, test automation teams, and mixed delivery setups.
Common areas include test case design, regression planning, traceability, and release readiness checks. In Germany, they are often brought into enterprise IT, SAP programs, regulated environments, and large integration projects where documentation and coordination matter.
When to bring one in
Companies hire a freelance Test Manager when a release needs immediate structure or when the internal team lacks a dedicated lead for testing. This is common during transformations, system migrations, vendor changes, and peak release periods.
- A major release needs test coordination
- Testing is spread across several teams
- Defects are growing and priorities are unclear
- UAT needs an owner and clear sign-off
- The project needs temporary test leadership
What good looks like
A strong Test Manager does more than track test cases. They spot gaps early, challenge weak assumptions, and keep reporting useful for decision-makers. They also know when to push for more coverage and when to keep the scope realistic.
Good candidates are comfortable with QA Manager, Test Lead, and other related titles when the work is the same: owning test coordination, quality control, and release support. They should be able to step into a live project quickly and make progress without long onboarding.
Working model
Freelance Test Managers are often a good fit when companies need flexible support for a defined phase. They can work remotely for planning, reporting, and coordination, while joining on-site sessions for workshops, defect triage, or UAT in Germany when needed.
This role works best when responsibilities are clear. The more complex the release, the more valuable a Test Manager becomes as the person who keeps scope, quality, and delivery aligned.
Meet FRATCH Test Managers
Goran Popovic
Test Manager & Analyst
Last position:
Test Manager & Analyst at Festo / Questax GmbH
Project goal: Carrying out system tests and validating industrial communication and control systems, including requirements definition and verification.
Responsibilities:
- Test planning, test execution
- Test strategy, test cases, and test specifications
- Requirements analysis
- Ensuring traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects
- Carrying out regression and integration tests
- Defect analysis
- Simulation and validation
- NetSniffer Wireshark
- Supporting test automation (Python, CI/CD)
- Reporting
- Stakeholder coordination and agile collaboration (Scrum / SAFe / Kanban)
- V-Model
- CI/CD automation with Python, Groovy, and frameworks (Selenium, PyTest)
Technologies:: CAN, Modbus, Ethernet, PLC, PROFINET, Codebeamer ALM, Scrum, SAFe, MS Teams, Git, CI/CD with GitLab CI and TeamCity, Windows Batch, FAS, Wireshark, Python, Enterprise Architect (EA), AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot), VS Code, Tia Portal, SCL, Python (Selenium, PyTest)
Christoph Sawicki
Test Manager
Last position:
Test Manager at Logistics
- Coordination and planning, execution, documentation, and analysis of test cases
- Development of test concepts considering best practices (e.g., test pyramid) with a focus on reliable, automatable test runs
- Implementation and maintenance of test cases according to the test concepts
- Technologies: Citrix Workspace, Shopify, Jira, Xray, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Confluence, MS Office 365
René Adam
QA Lead / Test Manager / Test Engineer
Last position:
Test (Automation) Engineer at BWI GmbH
Introduced a unified test strategy to establish quality gates and define test activities for the 'ICaruS' subproject of the Bundeswehr
Built and implemented manual and automated tests, set up the test infrastructure, and introduced test management tools
Established KPIs and dashboards to present and distribute test metrics to project team members and stakeholders
Technologies used: Playwright, TypeScript, REST, PEGA Systems, Jira, HP ALM, GitLab Runner, Kubernetes, Git, VS Code, Angular, Scrum
Mert Bicer
Senior Test Manager ISTQB | Scrum Master | Business Analyst
Last position:
Freelancer at Freelancer
Consulting in testing
- Development and implementation of a test strategy for structured quality assurance
- Consulting on building and improving test processes
- Support in introducing QA standards
Ralf Barthel
Test Manager and Subproject Manager
Last position:
Test Manager and Subproject Manager at SvenMahn IT GmbH & Co. KG
- Leading the subproject Test & Acceptance & Quality Assurance
- Project/program management according to Prince2
- Create and update subproject plan
- Resource management
- Creating and carrying out tests, creating tests in Azure DevOps, MS Dynamics etc.
- Process modeling
- Documenting project progress with PowerPoint and SÖREN (in-house development)
- Acceptance of the respective tests by the end customer
- Monitoring and reporting for the subproject
- Budget: N/A
- Team: 4 people
Alexandra Grözinger
Test Coordinator Project GoDigital
Last position:
Test Coordinator Project GoDigital at Insurance company
Support of test management and consulting on replacing the existing core system for non-life insurance with a modern IT platform.
Planning and controlling test execution as well as test analysis.
Documentation of test results in JIRA/XRAY and defect management.
Creating and continuously updating checklists to ensure quality.
Creating Confluence pages to support test execution and its documentation.
Creating test completion reports after each test cycle.
Methods: process planning, status tracking, process optimization, process execution, process quality assurance.
Tools: MS Office, Outlook, JIRA, Confluence, Wiki.
Benefit: Support for test management in the preparation, execution and documentation of the different test cycles.
Aiman Ragab
Test Manager and Test Automation Engineer
Last position:
Test Manager and Test Automation Engineer at Warehouse Management Company
- Introduced test management with SolMan
- Implemented test automation with TOSCA
- Analyzed, created, and automated test cases
- Built regression test portfolio
- Stakeholder meetings and alignments
- Financial management
Martin Moser
Test Automation for Stock Trading Software
Last position:
Test automation for trading software at Martin Moser IT Consulting GmbH
- Set up GUI test framework for testers and developers to easily create GUI tests
- Implemented automated GUI tests with QF-Test for stock trading software and PDF file comparisons
- Created comparison runs between different versions
Used technologies: QF-Test, Java, Jython
Johannes Engel
E2E Test Manager / Technical Project Lead
Last position:
E2E Test Manager / Technical Project Lead at Sky Media GmbH
Iterative test planning
Providing test infrastructure
Resource planning
Test design
Coordination of test teams
Defect management
Release management
Project planning
Cohort planning
Test planning
Test execution
Trial test planning
Rollout
Business analysis
Requirements engineering
Change management
E2E test coordination
Christoph Becker
Test Manager
Last position:
Test Manager at TÜV Süd AG
- Corporate merger of TÜV Süd AutoPlus GmbH and TÜV Süd AutoPartner GmbH (ensuring the functionality of all production and billing processes within the scope of the merger)
- Creation of the test strategy to ensure the functional integrity of existing business processes after the merger
- Definition of test goals, test types and test phases (e.g., functional tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests, regression tests)
- Identification of critical business processes and derivation of appropriate test data and test cases
- Planning of the test environment and ensuring the availability of required test systems and test data
- Close collaboration with IT departments, business units and external service providers
- Execution of acceptance tests with the business units to ensure system stability before go-live.
Adem Susam
ISTQB® Certified Tester, Advanced Level - Test Analyst
Last position:
IT Consultant (Test Manager) & CEO at Trikolon Consulting GmbH
- Development and implementation of test concepts for complex, multi-layered systems
- Creation of regular management reports and presentations for stakeholders and clients
- Technical and disciplinary leadership of international test teams (coordination, coaching, resource planning)
- Responsibility for quality assurance across multiple test levels (unit, integration, system, and acceptance tests)
- Design of test cases and test plans in Azure DevOps; ensuring traceability and coverage
- Use of BDD approaches (Gherkin/Cucumber) to prepare test automation
- Building a test automation architecture with Playwright and integrating new tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Performing API tests (REST) and tests for mobile/PWA applications
- Setup and maintenance of test environments across multiple stages (integration, QA, UAT, pre-production)
- Test data management (synthetic and production-like data), ensuring consistency and reproducibility
- Collaboration with DevOps teams for containerization (Docker/OpenShift) and CI/CD integration
- Working under SAFe & Scrum, closely coordinating with product owners and DevOps teams
- Active participation in PI plannings, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Promoting an agile QA culture through coaching and knowledge sharing
- Introducing scalable test automation with Playwright → significant reduction of manual testing efforts
- Increasing test transparency through clean defect and reporting management in Azure DevOps
- Improved release quality through an end-to-end QA strategy and automated regression tests
- Strategic leadership of Trikolon Consulting GmbH and responsibility for finance, personnel, and business development
Ivan Atanasov
Module Lead ML KH (Project Manager / Test Manager)
Last position:
Module Lead ML KH (Project Manager / Test Manager) at BMW AG
- Overall responsibility for the quality of module KH
- Technical leadership and coordination of a module lead team
- Analysis of design models and alignment of technical requirements
- Preparation of risk analyses and presentations, and presenting them to decision-makers
- Test management, development, coordination and approval of current test cases and their prioritization for test events
- Test planning for different test phases
- Coordination of test phases with other departments to ensure relevant aspects of business operations
- Prioritization of handling existing bugs/tickets
- Tracking and validation of the quality of problem management
- Consistency checks, planning, prioritization and sorting of tickets
- Preparation and coordination of required test data
- Tracking ALM (QC) processes and their implementation at module level
- Collaboration with interface partners for bug fixes
- Ensuring effective communication within the team and with interface partners
- Coordination of tasks when processing tickets in ML KH
- Tracking, assignment and clarification of bug-fix scheduling
- Close collaboration and management of suppliers (at module level), the development department, and external partners
- Planning, development, execution and evaluation of functional tests
- Conducting functional end-to-end tests
- Weekly reports on current test and defect status to management committees
- Planning and executing performance and load tests to ensure that SOA applications meet expected performance and scalability requirements
- Developing test strategies and test plans for SOA-based applications
- Defining test objectives and criteria to ensure services meet requirements
- Integration of test automation
Paul Dragos
Test manager in a transformation project for a large client in the logistics sector
Last position:
Test manager in a transformation project for a large client in the logistics sector at Deutsche Bahn
- Effective leadership and coordination of agile test teams with a focus on MaKo and MaBiS.
- Development, implementation, and optimization of test strategies and concepts.
- Conducting risk analyses and quality management for MaKo/MaBiS.
- Central coordination of test phases and transparent test closure reports.
- Systematic defect and process optimization, initiation of test automation.
- Setup and consulting for complex test data management (Editor, XML Spy).
- Application of agile test methods (TDD, BDD, exploratory testing).
- Clarification of contract tests, SIT, UAT, penetration tests, LPT, FAT, E2E, and market partner tests.
- Coordination with development teams (GISA, KISTERS) for risk addressing.
- Creation of training materials and knowledge sharing on JIRA/Xray and XML Spy.
- Close alignment with stakeholders and interdisciplinary strategy development.
- Mentoring junior testers and introducing new test tools.
- In-depth knowledge of project management and ITIL V3 / ITIL 2011.
- Experience with Omnitracker, JIRA/Xray, and XML Spy.
- Fluent in German and business-level English.
Vitor Rodrigues
Test Coordinator Automation
Last position:
Test Coordinator Automation at Pro4all
- Designed and built from scratch the automation framework using Playwright, Typescript, JavaScript, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA
- Defined, developed and maintained test plans, test scripts, reports and other QA documentation in Confluence
- Created and maintained test data with SQL Server Management Studio, Toad and Faker.js
- Performed web services and API testing using Swagger Open API, SoapUI, JSON, HTML and XML
- Executed functional, smoke, regression, black box, GUI, cross-browser, UAT and E2E testing using CrossBrowserTesting and Safari Web Inspector
- Integrated and maintained automated scripts within sprints following Kanban, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, Azure Pipelines, Agile, Scrum, Kafka and Kibana
- Raised and managed defects in Azure DevOps
- Conducted mobile testing with Robot Framework and Appium
Alexej Klassen
Lead Test Manager (Freelance) – SAP Integration
Last position:
Lead Test Manager (Freelance) – SAP Integration at Louis – ZuLou
- Overall responsibility for test management in the SAP transformation project
- Developing and adapting the test strategy, test concept and test planning
- Reorganizing the test phases as part of a project realignment
- Leading and managing a test management team (6 test managers, approx. 100 business testers)
- Coordinating testing with 6 subproject leads
- Regular test reporting to the overall project management
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Test Managers statistics
Typical experience
20 years
Average project duration
2.2 years
Certifications per freelancer
4
Top business areas
Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive
Most common languages
German, English, French
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
47%
Doctorate
8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A Test Manager owns the test approach, planning, coordination, and reporting for a release or project. They make sure testing covers the agreed scope, defects are handled properly, and stakeholders know whether the system is ready to move forward. In practice, they connect business, development, and QA teams.
Look for strong test planning, risk-based thinking, defect management, and clear communication. A good Test Manager also understands UAT, regression testing, and how to work with both manual and automation testers. They need to stay structured when many teams and deadlines come together.
A Test Manager often owns the overall testing setup, while a Test Lead may focus more on day-to-day execution inside one team or workstream. A QA Manager can have a broader quality remit that includes process and standards beyond testing alone. In many companies, these titles overlap, so the actual scope matters more than the label.
A freelance Test Manager is often the better choice for a release with a clear start and end, a migration, or a peak period where quick support is needed. It also helps when a project needs senior test leadership before a permanent hire is approved. This gives the team structure without long hiring lead times.
Expect a test strategy, test plan, risk assessment, test schedule, defect reports, and release readiness updates. A strong Test Manager also keeps traceability and sign-off information clear, so decision-makers can see what has been tested and what still carries risk. The exact set depends on the project setup.
Many parts of the work can be done remotely, especially planning, reporting, and coordination. A Test Manager may still need to be on-site for workshops, UAT support, cutover preparation, or sensitive stakeholder meetings. In Germany, hybrid setups are common for larger enterprise projects.
A strong Test Manager explains how they reduce risk, not just how they track tasks. Ask for examples of difficult releases, test scope decisions, defect escalation, and stakeholder reporting. Good candidates speak clearly, stay realistic about coverage, and can show how they kept a project moving.
Projects with many interfaces, strict sign-off steps, or heavy stakeholder involvement usually benefit from a Test Manager. That includes SAP rollouts, platform upgrades, integration programs, and product releases with many dependencies. The role is most valuable when testing needs one clear owner.
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