QA Lead – Agile

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead and manage QA activities within Agile and DevOps environments. In this role, you will develop test strategies, guide QA teams, and collaborate with customers and leadership to ensure high-quality software delivery. You will also support professional growth for testers and promote best practices across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end quality assurance processes within Agile and DevOps software development lifecycles.
• Develop and own test strategies and plans, track progress, and provide accurate reporting to the team.
• Lead QA teams on Agile projects using deep knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Collaborate with customers to define effective Agile QA processes, workflows, metrics, and reporting.
• Lead daily scrum meetings and drive quality objectives during these sessions.
• Facilitate communication across multiple Agile project teams.
• Present aggregated testing utilization reports to senior management.
• Provide mentoring and professional development support for testers, regularly reviewing career goals and progress.
• Serve as an escalation point for testing-related issues.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting for testing services as needed.
• Share Agile practices, tools, and approaches to establish a center of excellence for knowledge sharing and technology adoption.
• Advocate for the importance of testing to senior leadership, aggregate quality metrics, educate leadership on tester roles in Agile teams, and manage test tools, training, and budgets.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years managing QA for Agile projects.
• Over 10 years of overall test management experience, including both automation and manual testing.
• Scrum certification from a recognized organization.
• Educational background such as BE, M.Sc., or MBA in Systems from reputable institutes.