We are seeking a QA hands-on lead with strong leadership, good to have cybersecurity exposure, and a modern, AI-aware mindset toward quality engineering.

You will oversee the end-to-end QA lifecycle - defining test strategy, test approach, managing a team of functional testers, enabling automation, and ensuring each release meets the highest standards for functionality, security, performance, and user experience.

You will also promote AI-driven efficiency across QA planning, reporting, and execution.

Key Responsibilities :

- Define and own the QA strategy and process maturity across product releases.

- Collaborate with the Development leads, Product Manager, and CS Engineers to validate feature readiness and develop an actionable QA plan for releases.

- Work with CS/Sales to conduct demo and walkthrough sessions for UAT handover

- Manage test planning, estimation, execution tracking, and defect tracking.

- Drive NFR testing - Security, Performance, and User Experience validations.

- Author, review, and approve test plans, cases, and regression suites for completeness.

- Ensure continuous test process improvements using AI-assisted tools.

- Assist with integrating QA workflows with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.

- Conduct root-cause analyses of user incidents and ensure preventive QA measures are implemented.

- Maintain instances for Demo and for simulations

Required Skills & Competencies :

Category :

- Skills

Leadership :

- Team mentoring, stakeholder coordination, quality ownership

Testing Strategy :

- Strong understanding of QA governance, metrics, dashboards

Automation Awareness :

- Familiar with Selenium, PyTest, or similar frameworks

NFRs :

- Security, Performance, and UX testing hands-on experience

AI Awareness :

- Practical use of AI-driven test management or defect analytics tools

Tools :

- GitHub, Jira, Pytest, Selenium, Playwright

Documentation & Reporting

- Strong focus on clarity, traceability, and metrics-driven QA reports

Preferred Experience :

- Product company background primarily working in cyber security space

Preferred Qualifications :

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field.

- ISTQB Advanced Test Manager certification (preferred).

- Prior experience in Cybersecurity Product QA.

- Exposure to AI-based testing tools or quality analytics frameworks.

- Experience in Agile/DevSecOps environments