Position: QA Head
Location: India
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced QA Manager (15-20 years) to lead our quality assurance initiatives. This role will be instrumental in building and managing a high-performing QA team, including hiring key leadership positions and critical roles like QA Automation Architect. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical foundation in manual and automation testing while driving QA strategies, risk management, and process improvements in a dynamic development environment.
Key Responsibilities:
• Define and execute QA strategy across multiple projects, ensuring high-quality software delivery.
• Lead and mentor the QA leadership team, setting clear objectives and best practices.
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• Provide technical expertise in test automation, functional, and non-functional testing within a continuous delivery environment.
• Oversee and optimize QA processes, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure the QA vision is well understood and correctly implemented.
• Manage testing teams across offshore and in-house projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Establish and enforce risk-based testing approaches, risk identification, and risk management strategies.
• Drive continuous QA improvements, implementing cutting-edge test automation tools and techniques.
• Monitor and report QA metrics, including defect tracking, root cause analysis, and process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure that development teams adhere to QA best practices, industry standards, and compliance requirements.
• Build and maintain high-quality standards, fostering a culture of quality, innovation, and accountability.
• Lead QA hiring, training, performance evaluations, and team development initiatives.
Required Skills & Experience:
• 15-20 years of QA management experience, leading large teams across multiple projects.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of shaping and implementing QA strategies.
• Expertise in both functional and non-functional testing, including manual and automation testing.
• Extensive experience in test automation, continuous integration (CI/CD), and agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of QA risk management, risk-based testing, and defect prevention strategies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to align QA vision with business objectives.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage priorities effectively, and drive process improvements.
• Hands-on experience in test automation tools and frameworks, with a strong technical foundation.
• Proactive problem-solver, quick thinker, and assertive decision-maker.
• Passionate about mentoring teams, recognizing talent, and fostering a culture of quality and excellence.
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
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