Lead — QA
A Lead in the QA discipline owns test strategy, quality standards and the QA team for a project, for example as an Associate Lead QA, a QA Manager or a QA Director. The role combines test leadership with people management: owning and reviewing test strategy and plans, establishing QA processes and standards, leading and mentoring testers, planning delivery and resourcing with project leadership, and communicating quality and risk to stakeholders.
- Solid QA experience and understanding of QA methodologies, test planning, execution and bug tracking
- Ability to own end-to-end test strategy for large/complex features and to review others' test plans
- Experience establishing and maintaining QA processes, standards and best practices
- Experience leading, mentoring and managing QA testers and coordinating internal/external testing
- Ability to communicate test details, results and risks to stakeholders and to plan resourcing/budgets
Software & Tools
Jira
TestRail
Unity
Git
Python
Technical Areas
Test strategy & planning
QA processes & standards
team leadership & mentoring
delivery/resource planning with production
bug tracking & reporting
stakeholder communication of risk
Interpersonal Skills
Leadership
Communication
Mentoring
Collaboration
Attention to detail
Stakeholder management
Organisation