What is an example of a test manager’s responsibilities and roles?

Responsibility details- 

Manager's Responsibilities-

• Manage Project Initiation through Closure.
• Resource Mobilization for Projects.
• Implement and monitor processes for Offshore Testing.
• Manage Delivery by Metrics.
• Publish KPIs for all Offshore Testing Projects on weekly, or milestone, basis.
• Submit inputs for Weekly Status Reports to the Onsite Test Coordinator.
• Participate in Weekly Review Meetings.
• Submit inputs for billing of effort.
• Offshore Team Management, Mentoring and Coaching.
• Issue Management.

• Test Requirements Analysis.
• Test Case Development / Updating.
• Test Data preparation.
• Test Execution and Results logging.
• Defect Analysis & Reporting.
• Re-tests for Fixes.
• Submit daily status updates and Metrics to Offshore Leads.
• Peer Reviews.

Sap HR tester is good role for sometime.

• Expectation will you need to assist the testers (testing background people).
• People from the sap hr background in the testing projects usually preparing scenarios.
• Helping them to create the test data.
• Analysing the defects.
• Preparing the test cases and scripts (testing tool can be manual or automated).
• Validating the test results against the documents such as BPPs, Blue Prints, Configs etc.
• Execution of test cases preparing the TIRs (test incident reports) and logging them into the tool if it is in place.
• Some cases they will fix the defect also.
• Testing the interfaces, reports (custom and standard) authorisations (positive and negative).
• Integration also tested it depends on the scope of testing.
• Testings can be (system integration testing, User acceptance testing or User confirmation testings or any other different terminology).

It depends on the kind of the company environment.  For example, in IT field, test manager could be a QA/QC manager which deals with testing the company policies/standards/procedures/guidelines compliance and how the produced data from the production line would support the originally stated expected data.

You can give one or two concrete examples, like testing warehouse systems for proper packaging, testing booking and traveling procedures for air supply companies, or testing engines for emission standards in diesel-powered industries.

I agree with Mr. khaled elkholy  excellent answer.

Role & Responsibilities of the Test Manager -

Allocation of work to his resources and getting the work done accordingly as per the schedules and within the planned time as per project management.

Overseeing the test cases has been prepared as per the real business and functional needs of the system or part of it getting tested.

Overseeing the right way of maintaining the versionning of test cases through proper nomenclature as per the FRS or business requirements of the version of the system.

Overseeing the test bed data, preparation and versioning maintenance according to the version of FRS and business requirements of the system.

Managing the maintenance of test logs after the testing of test cases passed and failed.

In case of failed test case, investing the cause whether it is a show stopper and can be proceed by bypassing that particular test case and continue with testing of the system.

If showstopper, reporting the bug with high priority and assigning it to development team to look into it for fix.

If non-showstopper, proceed while raising the bug in the project management system with appropriate priority assigning it to development by continuing the testing the rest of the flows.

If test cases passed with no issues, certify with zero bug system and release it for IT or next level like IT or UAT or implementation for next phase of the SDLC.

My2 cents with regard to the few core responsibilities of test manager.

There are a great many. but to keep it simple:

 (a) pressure-testing the cables/switchgear/transformers/etc. (i.e. testing the insulation using high-voltage test sets);

(b) testing the operation of the switchgear;

(c) testing the operation of the protective relays...

.but lots more.

IF A MANGER  CAN  SOLVE PROBLEMS,  COMMUNICATION SKILL  AND  GUIDE THE  OTHERS ON  A  RIGHT  WAY  AND DEVELOP THE  COMPANY HE  CAN  ACT  AS A GOOD MANAGER