QA Automation - Lead

Job Description

• Playwright
• Selenium
• API Testing
• GUI Testing
• C#
• MS SQL

Key Responsibilities

• Define overall hybrid testing strategy and quality assurance framework ensuring optimal balance between manual and automation testing.
• Drive adoption of automation tools, frameworks, and best practices to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
• Establish automation governance, framework standards, and quality engineering best practices across projects.
• Lead automation initiatives using Selenium or Playwright to improve testing effectiveness and delivery quality.
• Lead multiple QA teams ensuring delivery of high-quality products aligned with business objectives.
• Identify quality risks, automation gaps, and process improvement opportunities while defining mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define quality KPIs, reporting dashboards, and release readiness criteria.
• Drives improvements in quality metrics such as defect leakage, cycle time, and release readiness.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation expansion, and continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and strategic direction to QA teams.

Behavioral Competencies

• Demonstrates leadership and accountability in driving quality outcomes.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders.
• Promotes a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Apply strategic thinking to manage quality risks and testing challenges.
• Makes informed decisions balancing quality, timelines, and business needs.
• Communicates effectively on quality status, risks, and dependencies.
• Encourages innovation and continuous learning within the QA team.
• Promotes a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Builds and mentors high-performing QA teams through coaching and guidance.
• Drives innovation, testing governance, quality best practices, compliance and excellence in testing processes.
• Maintains a customer-focused approach to delivering high-quality solutions.

Mandatory Competencies

• QA/QE - QA Manual - GUI Testing
• QA/QE - QA Manual - API Testing
• Programming Language - C# - C#
• QA/QE - QA Automation - Playwright
• QA/QE - QA Manual - Qtest, QC, JIRA and other Tools
• QA/QE - QA Automation - Xpath
• QA - Risk Management
• QA/QE - QA Manual - Test Case Creation, Execution, Planning, Reporting with risks/dependencies
• Beh - Communication and collaboration