Software Quality Assurance Lead

Quality Assurance Team Lead

Objectives of this Role

A QA team lead is the person in charge of the quality assurance team, and he is responsible for assessing services and products to ensure that quality standards are met. The quality assurance team lead develops, implements and manages test plans. This position is typically offered full time and reports to Quality Manager. Those well-suited to this career enjoy problem-solving and working collaboratively with others.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Leading a team, working closely with other leaders and several non-direct reports to establish best practice initiatives.
• Developing and implementing quality standards, auditing functionality, establishing frameworks and templates, monitoring outcomes against agreed success measures and providing detailed reports.
• Identifying areas for business improvement, developing and implementing plans to support positive solutions for the business and our customers.
• Representing and providing advice and communication to internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinating a range of working groups and consultations to facilitate the exchange of information to support and implement a harmonised / standardised approach to meet business objectives.
• Work with Team Members : work collaboratively with QC, development, and business groups to complete testing.
• Participating in full life cycle development.
• Performing business requirements review and verification.
• Problem Solving.
• Conduct UAT.
• Mentors and trains junior, Mid and / or senior quality control engineers on policies and procedures and create tasks for them.
• Identifies the root cause of quality problems, and coordinates modifications or other corrective actions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Architecting new automated test strategies and frameworks, in addition to creating, implementing and automating testing in support of software test requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance the test automation framework and automation infrastructure
• Execute and report on planned tests, report and manage defects, regress software fixes for new and existing products
• Assist development with replicating and debugging problems and develop new test automation solutions as needed.
• Demonstrates innovation, leadership, and mentorship skills in addition to possessing a strong technical and programming / test automation skill set.
• May assist with performance evaluations