QA Lead - Manual & Functional Testing

QA Lead Manual Functional Testing | Pune ( Baner)

Mode: WFO
Experience: 10-12 Years Total Experience
Lead Experience: Minimum 3+ Years in QA Lead or Send Test Lead Role
Shift: 11 AM to 8 PM / 1 PM to 10 PM

Position Summary

The QA Lead is responsible for driving the overall quality assurance strategy, leading a team of QA Engineers, ensuring adherence to testing standards, and acting as the primary point of contact for quality-related activities across projects. This role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, Agile delivery experience, and a hands-on approach to testing and quality governance.

This position reports to the Associate VP of Application Development and is based in Pune, India.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA Engineers and Sr. QA Engineers.

• Allocate testing resources across multiple projects based on priorities and timelines.

• Conduct performance reviews, goal setting, and career development discussions for team members.

• Drive accountability, productivity, and continuous improvement within the QA team.

• Identify skill gaps and plan knowledge-sharing and training initiatives.

• Participate in hiring, technical evaluations, onboarding, and mentoring activities.

  Test Planning Execution

• Own end-to-end QA activities for multiple applications and releases.

• Define test strategies, test plans, testing scope, and testing timelines.

• Review and approve test cases, test scenarios, and test execution reports.

• Ensure complete functional, regression, integration, and UAT validation.

• Perform risk assessment and provide mitigation plans for quality concerns.

• Ensure all deliverables meet quality standards before production deployment.

  Release Quality Governance

• Act as the final QA sign-off authority for releases.

• Establish and enforce QA processes, standards, and best practices.

• Monitor testing metrics and provide leadership dashboards.

• Drive defect prevention and root cause analysis initiatives.

• Conduct release readiness reviews and post-release quality assessments.

• Lead defect triage meetings with business and development teams.

  Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Development Teams, and Project Managers.

• Participate in requirement grooming, sprint planning, and release planning sessions.

• Provide regular updates on testing progress, risks, blockers, and release readiness.

• Collaborate with clients during UAT, production validation, and issue resolution.

• Manage escalations and ensure timely communication across stakeholders.

  Process Improvement Automation

• Drive QA process maturity and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Promote automation adoption and identify areas suitable for automation testing.

• Establish quality metrics and KPIs for projects and teams.

• Ensure adherence to Agile and SDLC best practices.

• Lead implementation of testing frameworks, tools, and quality controls.

  Technical Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on validation when critical releases require additional support.

• Review complex test scenarios and defect investigations.

• Work extensively with SQL Server databases and perform database validation.

• Validate APIs using tools such as Postman, Swagger, and similar platforms.

• Analyze application performance issues and coordinate testing efforts.

• Support production issue investigations and root cause analysis.

  Required Qualifications Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 10-12 years of overall experience in Software Quality Assurance.

• Minimum 3 years of experience leading QA teams.

• Strong experience in Manual Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, and UAT.

• Proven experience managing QA activities across multiple concurrent projects.

• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.

• Extensive experience with defect management tools such as Jira.

• Strong stakeholder and client communication skills.

• Experience creating test strategies, test plans, and QA metrics.

• Hands-on experience with SQL and Database Testing.

• Experience with API Testing.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in release management and production validations.

  Preferred Qualifications

• Playwright automation experience using JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.

• Experience leading automation initiatives and test automation teams.

• Experience with performance testing tools such as K6 or NBomber.

• Experience working in Logistics, Supply Chain, Warehouse Management, or E-commerce domains.

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

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