Lead QA Job Description
Lead QA
provides your team with ongoing and meaningful feedback on performance and development -- ensuring positive acknowledgement of all achievements, both big and small;.
Lead QA Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective lead QA job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included lead QA job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Lead and manage the project test strategy
Can be assigned as QA representative on complex application development, Program or maintenance projects
Working with support teams, customers and wider user community
Incumbent will lead a team of 2 to 3 QA Analysts responsible for testing applications thoroughly to ensure that the risk of promoting changes to production is minimized
Incumbent has authority to raise quality issues to protect the production environment
Excellent strategy and team approach will directly determine the success of the QA activities performed
Incumbent is responsible for coordinating and leading a test team for 1or 2 large (1M or greater) complex (high testing risk) application development projects or 2-3 small or regular size projects
Manages the testing team, effort, services, and releases for Mobile Projects (End-to-End)
Develop an effective Testing Plan/Strategy for the Franchise
Communicates QA Project Status to Stakeholders
Lead QA Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Lead QA
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ISTQB, ISEB, CQA, CSTE, QA, LSEG, DB, OS, AWS, CTFL
Education for Lead QA
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the lead QA job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Education, Information Systems, Technical, Information Technology, Science, Computer Engineering, Business, Management
Skills for Lead QA
Desired skills for lead QA include:
SQL
Tomcat and other application servers
Financial/ brokerage domain
Achievements
Both big and small
Bug tracking software and version control software like Perforce
Video games industry and common terms of reference
SDLC phases and Testing Life cycle
Biotech bulk and finished product manufacturing
LIMS
Desired experience for lead QA includes:
Must have worked in positions which have site and product releases on a frequent basis (at least one per month)
Experience with automation using Javascript, node.js, Appium or Selenium
QA Resource Planning
Manages QA Team Performance
Bug Management and Reporting
Coordinates and collaborates with QA and Dev partners (Internal & External)
Lead QA Examples
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Lead QA Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of lead QA. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for lead QA
- Reporting & Feedback – Provide clear, accurate and timely progress and status reports on Projects, Software Quality and Risks
- Tracking and supervision of day to day Dev QA tasks
- Problem Solving – Capture, analyze and propose resolutions to problems (Root cause Analysis, corrective and preventative action)
- Mentoring & Training – Provide guidance, mentoring and QA subject matter expertise to team members
- Accountability for management and tracking of project level testing risks ensuring timely communication of impacts to Project Managers
- Lead all test design and execution, both manual and automated on multiple assigned projects
- Drive review and approve test artifacts produced by the team
- Manage the team closely to maximize quality and effectiveness
- Evaluate and implement efficiencies, synergies, and promote collaboration
- Define performance test plans
Qualifications for lead QA
- Strong knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and QA Processes
- Knowledge of Agile (Scrum, XP etc…) Development Processes (Asset)
- Passion for Games (Preferably mobile/social) (Asset)
- Experience with Mobile Games or Products (Asset)
- Has initiative
- Development experience in ETL tools or Back end is a PLUS
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of lead QA. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for lead QA
- Create Test Automation Scripts as per Test Scenarios/cases by following Automation Standards and make sure that 100% Automation Code coverage is followed with respect with the Test Scenario/case Functionality
- Monitors the adherence to Automation Coding standards in development and able to produce quantifiable metrics to measure success
- Maintains an understanding of test Automation methodologies, and process
- Provide coaching and guidance to the Automation Team on “best practices”
- Develop test plans and detailed test cases for product features
- Deliver improvements to automation of tests for legacy features with gaps in automation
- Develop/execute the Test Case documents according to the Test Strategy/Test Plan if required
- Drive the development of optimized test automation and support continuous integration
- Manage the manual/automation test cases design and development, data analysis, and test execution
- Assume QA leadership for more than 1 application
Qualifications for lead QA
- Knowledge of the BRC Global Food
- Bachelors in Computer Science / B
- Passionate about solving business problems in innovative and creative ways
- Experience with Testing Tools like Test Complete, Selenium (Protractor), QTP/UFT, Junit, ALM, Jira, etc
- Familiar with different SDLC methodologies
- Strong knowledge of testing suites Selenium, Zephyr, etc
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Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of lead QA. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for lead QA
- Participate in release and iteration kickoffs, retrospectives, daily scrums, and other team meetings as necessary
- Analyze test coverage for existing and new tests regularly
- Troubleshoot issues and attempt to identify modifications needed in existing applications to meet changing user requirements
- Review and/or suggest improvements to product documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness and consistency during iterations and/or at release time
- Collaborate with product manager/owners and development team during all phases of the project to promote successful delivery of quality products to our customers
- Work with Deployment/Release Management group to schedule code deployments into Testing environments
- Ensure all defects uncovered during Functional Testing are properly logged, lead Functional Test defect triage meetings, assign tasks to appropriate resolution teams, and manage process through defect lifecycle
- Manage risks - identify, assess, address or propose mitigation/contingency plans
- Provide testing and defect status reports
- Lead development of SIT/ Functional test cases
Qualifications for lead QA
- A minimum of Five (5) years in Software Development Environment preferred, Agile knowledge a plus
- 5+ years of experience in video game testing and 2+ yrs
- Previously should have managed a team of 8-10 testers
- Should be able to work independently with very less supervision
- Passionate towards delivering the highest quality cross-platform entertainment experiences
- Extensive experience in mobile game testing (Android + iOS)
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of lead QA. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for lead QA
- Troubleshoots to resolves identified problems and issues
- Articulates implications of different solutions
- Strong QA Practitioner ( Test Strategy, Roadmaps, Execution)
- Create automation framework but also be hands on with manual testing of applicaitons
- Work with .NET & Drupal platform and developers to identify and resolve QA issues
- Must be process oriented and help the Director develop a new QA team over the long haul
- Environment is open source (Jira, GitHub)
- Leads quality initiatives and members as assigned
- Execute, Identify, communicate, and document discrepancies encountered during the testing process
- Participate in Production Support activities - research/troubleshoot issues identified in production
Qualifications for lead QA
- Experience in tesing and delivery
- Familiar with tools such as JIRA and Selenium
- Masters or Bachelors in Engineering in IT/ Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Systems
- Experience in working with Continuous Build Automation tools like Bamboo, Jenkins
- Validation knowledge of Computer Systems (CSV) – 7-10 years
- Strong academic background - BTech/MTech in Computer Science or equivalent course from top schools
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a lead QA. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for lead QA
- Participates in Design Reviews, Requirements Ambiguity & Use Case Reviews, directs the test automation activities of the team, and complete Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for any defect slippages
- Provides overall QA status reporting and escalate issues/risks in a timely manner to Management and assist in resolution
- Coordinates with impacted QA Domain leads on testing activities
- Consults with business partners when needed for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) advice and counsel
- Define the technical approach for all functional (desktop and mobile) and non-functional test automation
- Interpreting and presenting results to technical and non technical stakeholders
- Providing support and expertise on all Performance test and quality assurance related subjects
- Initiate, Influence, Ensure and Advise Scrum Teams define technical approach for “Buy” projects and initiatives
- Drive adoption of good coding conventions and standards within the scrum teams for test code, the same as for production code
- Executing tests and tracking test progress for an agile sprint/release
Qualifications for lead QA
- Excellent Knowledge of Software Testing Processes and Best Practices
- Experience in Big Data projects is desirable
- Strong emphasis on solution design with meticulous attention to detail
- Strong management experience in a changing environment
- Primary contact for German supervisory authorities
- Strong interpersonal skills including ability to build authentic relationships, constructively challenge conventional thinking, engender trust, cooperate as a team leader or team member, share information and deliver results with a team