Job Description : Project Manager (QA Domain)

Experience : 6 - 8 Years

Location : Kochi

Work Mode : Work From Office (WFO)

Shift : 2nd Shift - 3 : 00 PM to 12 : 00 AM IST

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with strong QA/Software Testing domain experience to lead and deliver technology projects from initiation through successful completion. The ideal candidate should have strong project management expertise along with a good understanding of QA processes, software testing, UAT, defect management, release cycles, and quality assurance practices. This is a Project Management role, not a hands-on QA/Test Engineer position.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead and manage projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring project objectives, timelines, and quality expectations are met.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements, objectives, and project priorities.

- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and delivery timelines.

- Assign and monitor tasks across cross-functional teams, including QA, development, business analysis, and other technical teams.

- Track project milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.

- Coordinate and host project meetings, document discussions, and circulate meeting notes with clear action items and timelines.

- Provide regular project status reports to stakeholders and management.

- Monitor project progress across all phases and proactively address delays, risks, and dependencies.

- Coordinate with QA/testing teams to ensure appropriate test planning, execution, UAT, defect resolution, and release readiness.

- Understand and monitor QA processes including functional testing, regression testing, UAT, defect management, and quality gates.

- Facilitate communication between QA, development, product, business, and client teams.

- Ensure testing and quality-related activities are aligned with project schedules and release milestones.

- Manage stakeholder communication regarding project status, changes, risks, issues, defects, and delivery milestones.

- Manage resource capacity and project budget.

- Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes, tools, and delivery practices.

- Conduct post-project reviews, capture lessons learned, and implement process improvements.

Mandatory Skills & Experience :

- 6 - 8 years of strong Project Management experience.

- Strong experience managing software/IT projects in the QA, Software Testing, or Quality Assurance domain.

- Experience working with QA/testing teams and software delivery teams.

- Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, QA processes, UAT, defect management, and release management.

Tech Stack :

- JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Office, SharePoint

- Strong experience in project planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, risk/issue/dependency management, and stakeholder management.

- Experience with Agile/Scrum or other project management methodologies.

- Strong communication, coordination, and client/stakeholder management skills.

- Experience managing resource capacity and project budgets.

- Must be willing and able to work in the 2nd shift : 3 : 00 PM - 12 : 00 AM IST.

Preferred Profile :

- Candidates with experience as a Project Manager, QA Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Delivery Manager, or Test/QA Manager with strong project management responsibilities are preferred.

Note :

- This is not a hands-on QA/Test Engineer position. The requirement is for a Project Manager who has substantial experience managing projects involving QA/testing teams and software quality processes.