QA Lead

The QA Lead will head a team of test engineers and will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of IT systems developed by the company. This role requires a strong focus on automation testing to drive efficiency and consistency in the testing process.

Activities

Process Implementation

• Define and implement testing policies, procedures, and standards with a strong emphasis on automation to achieve greater efficiency.
• Continuously review and improve automation testing strategies and frameworks to ensure they align with best practices and evolving project needs.
• Ensure team members prioritize, track, and manage defects and issues effectively, providing automation-based solutions where possible.
• Coach and guide team members on the adoption of automation tools and practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Contribute to the improvement of business processes, including software development life cycle (SDLC) processes, by integrating automated testing at each stage.
• Participate in interviews, induction, training, and performance evaluations, with a focus on building automation skills within the team.

Test Plan

• Meet with system users and work with the development team to understand the scope of projects and identify opportunities for automation.
• Undertake test planning, scope the testing required, work with team members to estimate testing effort and duration, and determine resource and environment requirements.
• Review test scripts, test plans and test reports prepared by team members.
• Contribute to project risk assessment, risk tracking items and risk mitigation actions.
• Use structured analysis to plan and adjust to changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
• Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Contribute to Change Request (CR) evaluation, resolution plans and scheduling activities.

Test Execution

• Define business deliverable quality verification approaches, integrating automated testing methods and documenting automated test cases.
• Coordinate own effort and efforts of assigned team members.
• Track project execution, specifically percent system test complete through analysis of total test cases planned versus test cases executed.

• Ensure that test deliverables, including automated test scripts and reports, are delivered on time and meet the defined standards.

Automation Strategy

• Develop, maintain, and optimize automation frameworks and tools to support continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Identify and implement appropriate automation tools and technologies that align with the company’s development environment and objectives.
• Lead the automation strategy, including selecting test cases for automation, scripting, and execution, to maximize test coverage and reduce manual testing efforts.
• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in automation testing, integrating new tools and techniques as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science from a recognized institution or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of QA experience, with at least 2 years focused on automation testing.
• 1+ year as lead QA, managing teams of 5+ testers.
• Proficiency in test automation tools such as Selenium, Katalon, Testsigma, or similar.
• In depth understanding of formal test and development processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong project and time management skills with a proven ability to focus on priorities, solve problems, juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Enthusiastic, positive, team oriented, and organized.
• Ability to work under tight schedules.