Quality Assurance Leader

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• Responsible for Defining QA strategy, approach and execution in development projects.
• Responsible for Leading and directing the QA leadership team.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise within Test Automation and Quality Assurance.
• Be accountable for the test automation projects, mentor, and provide leadership to the QA automation developers and managers.
• Ensuring that the development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines and best practices of the QA strategy as defined.
• Focus on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, test automation.
• Building and maintenance of quality standards as well as enforcing technical and testing standards.
• Monitoring of all the QA activities, test results, leaked defects, root cause analysis and identifying areas of improvement. Implement steps required to improve the processes.
• Gather and present testing metrics and testing activities for the projects to key stakeholders.
• Ensure the proper usage of available tools to gain the maximum benefit of the QA effort. This includes testing tools for functional, performance, automation, etc.
• Manage training and continuous learning of QA staff by means of short courses, conferences, meetups, certifications, etc.
• Be an escalation point for all matters related to testing and quality assurance and operate as a primary point of contact for the QA teams.
• Direct the development of the QA strategy, methodology, discipline and framework. Driving and improving the QA team in areas of automated testing and agile testing.
• Provide technical expertise in Test Automation, Testing Methodologies, Testing Processes, Tools and Techniques across the teams.
• Work with QA leadership, Development managers and the Software Development Director to develop and execute QA strategies to meet and exceed department and corporate quality goals.

• Looking for a software quality assurance leader to support the overall growth of the organization
• This position will be primarily responsible for reviewing software quality standards, establishing best practices and leading the software testing organization
• Responsible for Defining QA strategy, approach and execution in development projects
• Provide leadership and technical expertise within Test Automation and Quality Assurance
• Be accountable for the test automation projects, mentor, and provide leadership to the QA automation developers and managers
• Participate in interviews, induction, training and performance evaluation of all QA leads
• Ensuring that the development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines and best practices of the QA strategy as defined
• Focus on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, test automation
• Building and maintenance of quality standards as well as enforcing technical and testing standards
• Monitoring of all the QA activities, test results, leaked defects, root cause analysis and identifying areas of improvement
• Implement steps required to improve the processes
• Gather and present testing metrics and testing activities for the projects to key stakeholders
• Ensure the proper usage of available tools to gain the maximum benefit of the QA effort
• This includes testing tools for functional, performance, automation, etc
• Manage training and continuous learning of QA staff by means of short courses, conferences, meetups, certifications, etc
• Be an escalation point for all matters related to testing and quality assurance and operate as a primary point of contact for the QA teams
• Direct the development of the QA strategy, methodology, discipline and framework
• Driving and improving the QA team in areas of automated testing and agile testing
• Provide technical expertise in Test Automation, Testing Methodologies, Testing Processes, Tools and Techniques across the teams
• Work with QA managers, Development managers and the Software Development Director to develop and execute QA strategies to meet and exceed department and corporate quality goals
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.However, the employee may choose to stand and move within cubicle area

• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse
• Physically able to participate and lead training sessions, presentations and/or meetings.
• Reasoning and analyzing complex information
• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Overtime may be required to meet deadlines
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds

• Financial Services industry experience preferred
• MBA/MS in computer science, engineering, or related field preferred

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