Software QA Lead

The Test Lead will be responsible for planning, managing, coordinating and executing all testing activities for company projects. The role will ensure software quality through systematic verification and validation processes, maintain end-to-end requirements traceability, manage SIT and UAT activities, and provide quality assurance governance throughout the software development lifecycle.

Test Strategy & Planning

• Develop and maintain the Master Test Plan and Detailed Test Plan

• Define SIT, UAT, Regression, Security and Performance testing strategies.

• Establish test entry and exit criteria.

• Prepare test schedules and testing milestones.

• Estimate testing effort and resource requirements.

Test Management

• Lead and coordinate the testing team.

• Manage test execution and defect resolution activities.

• Track testing progress against project milestones.

• Maintain quality metrics and reporting dashboards.

• Ensure compliance with project governance and quality standards.

Requirements & Traceability

• Ensure complete test coverage of functional and non-requirements

• Maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).

• Verify acceptance criteria are testable and measurable.

Defect Management

• Manage defect lifecycle from identification to closure.

• Facilitate defect triage meetings.

• Prioritise defects with stakeholders.

• Track defect trends and quality metrics.

Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate SIT and UAT activities with customer stakeholders.

• Present test status in weekly and monthly review meetings.

• Support project audits and quality reviews.

Security & Compliance Testing

• Coordinate security testing activities with internal and external stakeholders

• Review vulnerability assessment findings.

• Validate remediation activities.

• Support compliance verification activities.

Mandatory

• Test Planning and Management

• SIT/UAT Management

• Test Case Design

• Defect Management

• Requirements Traceability

• Web Application Testing

• SQL and Data Validation

• API Testing (Postman/Swagger)

Preferred

• JIRA

• Selenium

• Playwright

• JMeter

• OWASP Testing

• DevOps/DevSecOps