Quality & Release Lead - Codebeamer Platform

Role overview

Quality & Release Lead - Codebeamer Platform at BMW TechWorks India

Responsibilities

• Test Environment & Execution Coordination – plan which environment is tested when and by whom; sequence regression, integration, and acceptance testing across teams.
• Test environment & execution planning – coordinating what is tested where, when, and by whom across teams and environments.
• Test automation – defining a strategy and working with automation frameworks (e.g. UI automation: Selenium, Playwright, or a vendor framework); able to evaluate build vs. buy.

Required qualifications

• Must have technical skill Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. 7+ years in test/quality management and/or release/upgrade coordination on enterprise platforms.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Good to have technical skills Hands-on Codebeamer experience – especially its test management module and upgrade experience.

Employment details

• Location Experience 7–12 years Number of openings 1 What awaits you/ Job Profile We are looking for a strong Quality & Release Lead to own the upgrade/release process and the test and quality management for the Codebeamer Platform at BMW.
• Experience testing through a cloud migration (on-premise to Azure/OCI) and across hybrid environments.
• Location: Pune [Maharashtra] [India]

Application details

• Codebeamer (PTC) is BMW's enterprise-wide Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) system, used by thousands of users across multiple business units.

Additional role details

• Role Quality & Release Lead – Codebeamer Platform About the UNIT/ Unit Overview ALM – Codebeamer Platform.
• It is a purchased product whose standard releases must be assured and rolled out several times a year; the platform is currently hybrid and migrating to cloud (application to Azure, Oracle database to OCI).
• Codebeamer is a purchased product, and PTC ships standard releases that we must assure and roll out several times a year.
• Each upgrade is a multi-party undertaking across BMW IT, our business units, and PTC.
• You design, align, and accompany the upgrade process end to end – from concept to production rollout – and you own the test evidence on which every go/no-go decision rests.
• Your scope is continuous: upgrade and release orchestration (including which environment is tested when and by whom), regression test management and quality sign-off, the separate PTC workstream on which BMW-specific regression tests PTC can absorb, and a test-automation strategy (evaluating tooling such as PTC's UI test framework and where AI can accelerate).
• You lead the quality team and act as the quality and release anchor for the platform.
• This is not a purely steering role: you lead the team and stay hands-on on the key test and release topics.
• You also help assure the platform through its cloud migration.
• Support model: 08:00–17:00, Mon-Fri (CET/CEST), On-Call support after working hours (if required) What should you bring along Upgrade / Release Process Orchestration – design, align, and accompany the end-to-end upgrade for PTC standard releases; coordinate BMW IT, business units, and PTC; provide the quality go/no-go recommendation.
• Regression Test Management & Quality Sign-off – own the regression strategy; steer execution (manual and automated); manage defect triage; provide a documented sign-off.
• Test Automation Strategy – define the strategy; evaluate tooling (including PTC's framework for automated UI tests); explore where AI can accelerate test creation and maintenance.
• PTC Vendor Collaboration – drive the separate workstream on which BMW-specific regression tests PTC can absorb into their own suite; track commitments and vendor accountability.
• Business Analysis & Change Impact – understand and translate the functional impact of a release; ensure traceability between requirements/configurations and test coverage.
• Go-Live Gateway – review and understand what and how business units tested; expand the test/quality acceptance criteria; form a joint platform position with the Operational and Platform Engineering Leads.
• Quality Team Leadership – lead, mentor, and grow the quality team while staying hands-on on key test/release topics.
• Documentation & Knowledge Management – maintain the test strategy, regression catalogue, upgrade runbooks, and quality records; ensure traceability and knowledge transfer.
• Proven ownership of upgrade/release processes with multiple parties (internal IT, business units, and an external vendor).
• Regression test management – strategy, coverage, execution steering, defect management, and quality sign-off.
• Business analysis – eliciting/understanding requirements and assessing change impact on users and processes.
• Stakeholder & vendor coordination – aligning many parties and holding a vendor accountable to commitments.
• ALM / test tooling – hands-on with an ALM/test-management tool (Codebeamer strongly preferred; or Polarion, JIRA/Xray, Azure DevOps Test Plans, qTest).
• Traceability mindset – requirements to configurations to tests to results.
• Strong analytical, planning, and communication skills – clear, evidence-based reporting to technical and business audiences.
• Team leadership – leading a small quality/test team while staying hands-on.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); German is a plus.
• PTC product experience and vendor collaboration (test handover, supported configurations, roadmap).
• AI in testing – using AI/GenAI to generate or maintain tests, analyse coverage, or triage defects.
• CI/CD integration of tests – running automated regression in pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• ISTQB (Foundation/Advanced – Test Manager) or comparable certification.
• Knowledge of BMW IT processes and the system landscape.
• Knowledge of automotive compliance & standards (ASPICE, ISO 26262, ISO 27001, TISAX) and audit-grade test evidence.
• Experience with requirements/ALM domains (traceability, baselining, variants).
• Familiarity with agile delivery (Scrum/SAFe) in distributed Germany–India setups.
• Scripting (Python, Groovy, or similar) for test data and automation glue.