QA (Quality Assurance) Manager

QA Strategy & Leadership: Develop, implement, and manage the overall QA strategy, methodology, and processes across the organization

Team Management: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of QA engineers, including task assignment, performance reviews, and professional development

Test Planning: Oversee the creation of comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts for functional, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT)

Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve QA processes, incorporating automation, new tools, and best practices to increase efficiency and test coverage

Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary point of contact for all quality-related matters, providing regular reporting on test progress, defect metrics, and product quality to senior management and project stakeholders

Risk Management: Identify potential risks to product quality and timeline and develop mitigation strategies

Tool & Resource Management: Research, recommend, and manage QA tools and technologies (e.g., test management suites like Jira, TestRail; automation tools like Selenium, Cypress)

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management, Development, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is built into the product from the earliest stages of development (shift-left testing)

Release Governance: Define and enforce quality gates and criteria that must be met for a product to be released to production