Blue Star Partners · 11 hours ago
Quality Assurance Test Lead (Contract)
Columbus, OH
Full-time, Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
$65/hr - $75/hr
5+ years expBlue Star Partners is seeking a Quality Assurance Test Lead who will be responsible for leading testing activities across enterprise applications. This role involves providing strategic oversight of QA practices and being hands-on with test planning, execution, and reporting in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
ConsultingE-LearningProject Management
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead and govern testing activities in alignment with PMO and QA frameworks
Define and enforce testing best practices, standards, and methodologies
Act as escalation point for all testing-related risks, issues, and defects
Identify opportunities for process improvement and drive adoption
Facilitate creation of test strategies, approaches, and plans
Define scope of testing for releases, phases, and cycles
Develop, review, and maintain manual and automated test scripts
Ensure full traceability between requirements and test cases
Define entrance and exit criteria and track completion
Provide daily and weekly testing status, metrics, and dashboards
Track test execution progress, defect aging, and SLA compliance
Run audit reports to ensure QA compliance and readiness
Partner with PMO, Deployment, and Release teams to ensure delivery readiness
Establish defect standards, severity, and prioritization
Facilitate daily defect triage meetings
Monitor defect resolution and enforce SLAs
Support mitigation and remediation planning
Conduct daily tester standups and weekly status meetings
Determine testing resource needs and staffing plans
Train testers on tools, processes, and defect management
Coach and mentor junior QA team members
Collaborate with OCM, training, deployment, and business leads
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
5–7+ years of progressive experience in Quality Assurance, testing leadership, or test program delivery
Strong experience leading QA efforts on complex projects with distributed teams
Extensive experience with test and requirements management tools (Tricentis qTest, JIRA)
Demonstrated ability to lead QA strategy while executing tactical testing activities
Proven experience acting as a change agent within large, cross-functional environments
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, matrixed environments
Deep understanding of QA best practices across the SDLC
Awareness of current QA tools, trends, and industry best practices
Preferred
Performance testing experience (OpenText LoadRunner / Performance Center)
Automation testing experience (Tricentis Tosca, Gherkin, Jenkins, Postman)
SQL querying or data validation experience
Experience supporting Agile delivery teams and CI/CD pipelines
Benefits
401(k) with 4% company match
Company
Blue Star Partners
Blue Star Partners is a consulting company that provides leadership development, project management and organizing for innovation.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Jamal Baggett
Partner
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2025-06-30
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