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Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Lead-Testing
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What they do
A Software QA Lead supervises members of the software quality assurance team and ensures compliance with applicable regulations.
$104,468 / year median in Washington
-2% projected decline
Job Description
Test Manager Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- 12+ years of overall experience in Software Quality Assurance/Testing, with 4+ years in a Test Management or QA Leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of test management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Hybrid).
- Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools (JIRA, QTest or TestRail).
- Solid understanding of automation frameworks and tools (Selenium, TestNG, Rest Assured, or similar).
- Experience with API, Functional, Regression, Performance, and UAT testing strategies.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git).
- Working knowledge of SQL for data validation and Test data management.
- Strong leadership, people management, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and risk-assessment abilities. Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA engineers and automation testers across multiple workstreams.
- Define and implement the overall test strategy, test plans, and quality metrics for projects and releases.
- Partner with product owners, developers, and business stakeholders to align testing scope with project timelines and requirements.
- Oversee test planning, execution, and defect management for functional, regression, integration, performance, and UAT testing.
- Drive adoption and continuous improvement of automation frameworks to increase test coverage and efficiency.
- Establish and monitor quality KPIs, providing regular status reports and risk assessments to leadership.
- Ensure test environments, test data, and tools are properly managed and available for the team.
- Manage resource planning, budgeting, and vendor/offshore team coordination as needed.
- Champion best practices in test governance, compliance, and process standardization across the QA organization.
- Facilitate defect triage meetings and drive root-cause analysis for critical production issues. Education Degree in Computers TCS Employee Benefits Summary
- Discretionary Annual Incentive.