QA and Automation Lead

Job Description

• Responsible for Defining QA strategy, approach and execution in development projects.
• Responsible for Leading and directing the QA leadership team.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise within Test Automation and Quality Assurance.
• Be accountable for the test automation projects, mentor, and provide leadership to the QA automation developers and managers
• Responsible for defining the KPIs and conducting performance evaluation of all QA Leads and QA Tester
• Provide technical leadership and expertise within the field of Quality Assurance and Testing.
• Ensuring that the development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines and best practices of the QA strategy as defined
• Focus on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, test automation.
• Building and maintenance of quality standards as well as enforcing technical and testing standards
• Monitoring of all the QA activities, test results, leaked defects, root cause analysis and identifying areas of improvement. Implement steps required to improve the processes.
• Gather and present testing metrics and testing activities for the projects to key stakeholders

Qualification

Qualifications (Diploma/Degrees/Licenses/Certifications/Relevant Work Experience)

• Masters/Bachelors in Engineering preferred
• Professional certification in ITIL Foundation or higher
• Professional certification in Six Sigma, Quality Engineer, or Quality Auditor
• 10+ years of overall experiecne with at least 5 years in Project Management / Service Delivery / Quality Assurance
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology and how QA functions within it
• QA Management experience across multiple projects, off-shore and in-house.
• Experience managing testing departments or testing functions, managing large and complex activities and processe