Position
Test Manager
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead and manage end-to-end QA activities across multiple projects
- Define test strategies, plans, and approaches tailored to project needs
- Oversee test execution for Functional, Automation, and Performance testing initiative
- Allocate resources, track deliverables, and ensure test coverage across SDLC
- Collaborate with stakeholders, including Product Managers, Developers, Clients, and Sales Teams
- Contribute to pre-sales efforts, including delivering webinars, responding to RFPs, conducting technical talks, and authoring white papers related to QA services and solutions
- Mentor and coach QA team members; conduct performance reviews and goal setting
- Ensure adherence to timelines, SLAs, and test quality benchmarks
- Establish and report QA metrics, including defect trends and test effectiveness
- Drive continuous process improvement and implementation of best practices
- The ideal candidate will have hands-on testing knowledge along with proven team management, project leadership, and pre-sales experience
- 10+ years of experience in software testing who can lead Functional, Automation, and Performance testing teams
- This role will involve direct interaction with clients, defining and executing test strategies, resource planning, and driving quality assurance best practices across projects
- Candidate will play a key role in pre-sales activities, including preparing technical proposals, delivering webinars and tech talks, contributing to RFP responses, and creating white papers to support business development efforts in the QA domain
Mandatory Skills:
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile, and Waterfall methodologies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong leadership and team management capabilities
- Proficiency in test case design, defect tracking, and QA reporting tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail)
- Ability to analyse requirements and convert them into executable test scenarios