Quality Assurance Manager – Lead QA Strategy

About the role

The Quality Assurance Manager is a leadership role responsible for defining and driving the overall quality strategy for the organization’s products. This individual leads a team of QA engineers and testers, establishing processes and standards to ensure that all software products meet business requirements, are user‑friendly, and are released with the highest level of quality and reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and manage the overall QA strategy, methodology, and processes across the organization.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of QA engineers, handling task assignment, performance reviews, and professional development.
• Oversee creation of comprehensive test plans, cases, and scripts for functional, regression, performance, and user‑acceptance testing.
• Continuously evaluate and improve QA processes, incorporating automation, new tools, and best practices.
• Act as primary point of contact for quality‑related matters, providing regular reporting on test progress, defect metrics, and product quality.
• Identify potential risks to product quality and timelines, developing mitigation strategies.
• Research, recommend, and manage QA tools and technologies such as Jira, TestRail, Selenium, and Cypress.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Development, and DevOps to embed quality early in the development lifecycle (shift‑left testing).
• Define and enforce quality gates and criteria required for production releases.

Required profile

• 8+ years of software quality assurance experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership or management role.
• Deep understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies (Agile, Scrum).
• Proven experience with test automation frameworks and tools.
• Strong knowledge of various testing types, techniques, and best practices.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and decision‑making abilities.

Required skills

• Selenium
• Cypress
• Postman
• Jira
• TestRail

What we offer

• Grants for fitness and communication.
• Healthy, free, provided snacks.