QA Lead

Job Title: QA Lead

• *Location:** Chennai (Hybrid)
• *Experience:** 8\+yrs (3\+ years leading QA teams)
• *We are looking for a highly experienced and hands\-on Senior QA Manager to lead quality assurance initiatives across enterprise applications spanning AI/Document Intelligence, Healthcare, BFSI/Fintech, and Digital platforms.**

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This role combines

• Strategic QA leadership
• Hands\-on automation expertise
• Manual testing excellence
• Client\-facing governance
• Team management and mentoring

• *The ideal candidate should be capable of defining enterprise QA strategy, managing end\-to\-end test delivery, driving automation maturity, improving release quality, and presenting executive\-level quality dashboards to stakeholders.**

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• *Key Responsibilities**

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• Drive QA governance, quality standards, and process improvement initiatives across projects.
• Handle client communications, release discussions, and quality review meetings.
• Publish quality dashboards, defect metrics, and release status reports to stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to QA best practices, compliance requirements, and delivery processes.
• Lead defect triage, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead QA strategy, test planning, RTM management, and release governance.
• Manage and mentor QA teams across multiple projects.
• Drive functional, regression, integration, API, and UAT testing.
• Ensure defect prevention, risk\-based testing, and production quality improvement.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and client stakeholders for release readiness.
• Publish QA dashboards and quality metrics for leadership reviews.
• Support automation initiatives and CI/CD quality integration.

• *Skills Required:**

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• Strong experience in Manual Testing and QA Management.
• Expertise in:

o SDLC / STLC

o Test Strategy \& Planning

o Defect Management

o API Testing

o SQL \& Database Validation

o Agile / Scrum

• Strong AI adoption mindset with the ability to leverage AI\-assisted tools and automation in day\-to\-day workflows and delivery processes.
• Strong functional visualization, analytical thinking, and market research capability to understand business workflows, user journeys, and industry trends.
• Hands\-on experience with:

o Playwright / Selenium

o Postman / REST Assured

o Jira / TestRail

o Jenkins / GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps

• Ability to contribute to pre\-sales activities including client discussions, solution presentations, requirement understanding, estimations, and proposal support.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and team management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or related field.

• *Preferred Skills**

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* Experience in

o Healthcare

o BFSI / Fintech

o AI/OCR Platforms

* Knowledge of

o HIPAA

o GDPR

o PCI\-DSS* Exposure to automation framework maintenance and CI/CD integration.

• ISTQB certification preferred.