VARITE INC · 17 hours ago
Quality Lead
VARITE INC is seeking a Quality Lead to coordinate testing and quality assurance functions in software development. This role involves leading a QA team, overseeing project quality, and fostering collaboration among project participants to ensure high-quality product delivery.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Leads the QA team for a project and is answerable to all activities conducted to ensure quality
Oversees the quality in all phases of the project including Requirement review, test script preparation and test execution and recap
Identifies gaps and confusions in the user interface and/or the workflow, etc and highlights to the project team the risks associated with technical debt, schedule slippage or other areas of concern
Schedules resources, estimates QAS portion of project estimates and forecasts, manages testing needs with Shared Services, manages the PLC tollgates, calculates and manages traceability and test coverage, assist with test result triage, reports on overall application/project health and intercedes, when appropriate, with remediation efforts
Creates a collaborative partnership with the Tech Lead, the PM, the Client and other project participants and actively engages in grooming sessions, status meetings and other project meetings. Highly valued as a thought leader contributing to the final product
Manage the human capital for a specific effort
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required
Moderate quality assurance experience with solid organizational skills and a basic knowledge of quality assurance practices and methods
Understands the test automation coverage and guides exploratory testers to fill the gaps
Base understanding of an application domain, the release schedule, the user community, and can work with the other members of the project team to drive delivery
Understands how to assess an application's functionality by risk, impact and importance in order to prioritize the test execution and concentrate test coverage appropriately
Able to leverage the resources available to them to identify the opportunities for automation, service virtualization and other shared services offered by QA
Good communication skills
Able to lead in all phases of the project and can communicate with others in the organization about the status and risks of the effort in detail
Preferred
Working across development, QAS and Lines of Business
Functional, Integration and Regression Testing Experience
Testing Traceability
Defect Triaging
Clear Communication
Solution and Data Driven
Self-Motivating
Virtual Response Unit or Contact Center Testing Experience a plus