Description
Role : QA Manager.
Location : Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
Work Mode : Work from office.
Experience : 12 - 18 yrs.
We are Looking for Immediate Joiners.
We look forward to meeting you and exploring the opportunity to work together!.
Key Responsibilities
- Define, own, and evolve the enterprise-wide QA vision, strategy, and governance framework for complex, large-scale, multi-team software programs.
- Provide strategic leadership to multiple cross-functional QA teams, including manual, automation, performance, security, and UAT teams, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Architect, drive, and oversee end-to-end Automation strategy, including framework selection, implementation, CI/CD integration, and continuous improvement of automation coverage and stability.
- Design, review, and approve comprehensive test strategies and quality plans for mission-critical, distributed, or high-availability systems.
- Collaborate with executive leadership, product owners, architects, and engineering heads to refine requirements, influence technical decisions, and establish quality standards across the organization.
- Establish and enforce QA processes, coding standards, automation best practices, and quality metrics aligned with industry benchmarks.
- Analyze test results and production issues, driving root-cause analysis, trend identification, and process improvements to prevent recurrence.
- Lead risk assessments, define mitigation strategies, and ensure rigorous adherence to entry/exit criteria across SDLC and release cycles.
- Manage resource forecasting, budgeting, vendor coordination, and capacity planning for large and distributed teams.
- Prepare high-impact quality reports and dashboards for CXOs, senior stakeholders, customers, and internal leadership.
- Continuously optimize automation coverage, stability, and execution efficiency by monitoring automation KPIs, analyzing failures, and driving framework improvements.
- Use intelligent productivity tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to streamline testing tasks and improve documentation and team workflows.
- Represent the companys voice and thought leadership on LinkedIn, showcasing QA excellence, brand value, and organizational culture.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 12 - 18 years of total experience in Software Testing, with a minimum of 5+ years in a QA/Test Manager leadership role.
- Proven success in strategic QA planning, test architecture, and leading QA departments for large enterprise or product-based environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in defining and tracking quality metrics, KPIs, defect trends, coverage analysis, and performance indicators.
- Strong command of risk-based testing, QA governance, compliance, and release readiness across Agile/DevOps ecosystems.
- Extensive experience managing and scaling medium-to-large QA teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
- Hands-on proficiency with Automation frameworks and tools (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, API automation, CI/CD pipelines, etc.
- Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-based testing, and modern software delivery models.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
Perks And Benefits
- Attractive and performance-based hikes.
- Medical insurance.
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