Responsibilities:

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of QA Engineers
Define and implement QA processes, standards, and best practices to ensure consistent quality across all projects.
Design and maintain test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
Oversee and optimize test automation frameworks and tools to improve testing efficiency.
Collaborate with Project Managers, Developers, Business Analysts, and Product Owners to define acceptance criteria and ensure full test coverage.
Monitor and report QA metrics (e.g., defect density, test coverage, release readiness) to management.
Ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum or Waterfall methodologies, depending on project requirements.
Conduct code reviews for automated test scripts and ensure continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) practices are maintained.
Manage QA team resources, schedules, and workloads effectively.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in QA or software testing, with at least 2–4 years in a leadership or managerial role.
Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC, STLC, and test automation frameworks.
Hands-on experience with automation tools (e.g., Katalon, Selenium, Postman, JMeter, Cypress, Appium, Robot Framework).
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Familiarity with DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high quality standards.