Role : QA Lead

Qualification - BE/Btech/MCA

Experience - 15 to 18 Years

Location : Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurugram

Industries - Software Development

Employment Type : Fulltime - Hybrid

Note - Candidate who ready to join Immidiate or 15 Days

Key Responsibilities :

Quality Strategy & Process Ownership :

- Develop, own, and execute the overall QA strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client expectations.

- Define, implement, and monitor QA processes, standards, and best practices across projects.

- Continuously assess and adopt industry best practices, methodologies, and tools suited to the organization.

- Establish and track key QA metrics (defect density, test coverage, automation coverage, defect leakage, etc.) to measure effectiveness and drive improvements.

Leadership & People Management :

- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA Engineers and Senior QA professionals.

- Define and implement a career development and skill enhancement roadmap for team members.

- Foster a high-performance culture, motivating the team and managing individual performance effectively.

- Act as a third-line people manager, serving as an escalation point for QA leads and engineers.

- Own the hiring strategy and decision-making for the QA team, ensuring strong succession planning and talent retention.

Qualifications & Skills :

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 12+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with at least 35 years in a QA leadership or managerial role.

- Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, processes, and best practices (manual and automation).

- Experience with test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr, ALM).

- Proven ability to manage and scale QA teams, driving both people and process excellence.

- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Preferred :

- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit).

- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and QA integration into DevOps.

- Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and familiarity with SAFe or other scaled Agile frameworks.

- Certification in Quality Assurance/Testing (e.g., ISTQB, CSTE, CSQA) or Project Management (PMP, CSM) is a plus.

- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and testing strategies for SaaS-based applications.