QA Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Lead QA strategy, execution, and reporting across multiple projects.
• Manage and mentor QA team members, driving best practices and collaboration.
• Define and implement test plans for web, mobile, and backend systems.
• Drive automation adoption using Selenium and maintain scalable frameworks.
• Integrate QA workflows into CI/CD pipelines to ensure early defect detection.
• Oversee functional, regression, smoke, and cross-browser testing.
• Manage defect tracking, dashboards, and reporting via Jira and Confluence.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, developers, and stakeholders to align QA with business needs.
• Provide regular quality metrics and release health updates to leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA experience with at least 2+ years in a lead/manager role.
• Strong background in automation (Selenium, Postman, SQL).
• Experience building and scaling QA teams.
• Solid knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and related tooling (Jira, Confluence).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cross-browser/mobile testing.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferred: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Product Owner (CSPO).

Technology Stack (Typical)

• Selenium, Automation Frameworks (Web/Mobile)
• Jira, Confluence, Postman
• SQL, API Testing
• CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Manual & Exploratory Testing Tools