Job Description Application QA Manager

Job Summary

The Application QA Lead Manager is responsible for leading, building, and continuously improving the quality assurance function across enterprise application portfolios. This role owns the QA strategy, test governance, automation roadmap, and team development ensuring that all application releases meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. The Application QA Lead Manager serves as the primary quality authority, partnering with engineering, product, and delivery leadership to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and own the enterprise QA strategy, standards, and testing governance framework across all application delivery programs

- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA Test Engineers setting performance expectations, guiding skill development, and driving team engagement

- Establish and maintain test processes across functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT)

- Own the test automation roadmap; drive adoption of automation frameworks across CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery cycles

- Serve as the escalation point for critical test failures, quality incidents, and release-blocking defects

- Partner with engineering leads, architects, and product owners to integrate quality gates at every stage of the SDLC

- Define, track, and report on quality KPIs (e.g., defect density, test coverage, escape rate, automation ratio)

- Oversee test environment management, data management strategies, and tooling governance

- Lead QA planning activities for major releases, platform migrations, and client onboarding programs





- Review and maintain QA documentation including test plans, SOPs, runbooks, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)

- Collaborate with DevOps and release management teams to ensure automated test execution is embedded within CI/CD pipelines

- Champion Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and shift-left testing practices across delivery teams

- Manage stakeholder communication on quality status, release readiness, and risk posture

- Participate in pre-sales and client-facing engagements as the QA subject matter expert where required

Required Skills Experience

- 8 10+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance, with at least 3 years in a lead or managerial capacity

- Demonstrated expertise in:

- Test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, RestAssured)

- Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) tools (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow)

- CI/CD pipeline integration (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

- API testing tools (e.g., Postman, SoapUI)

- Performance and load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, k6)

- Robust experience with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies and sprint-based testing practices

- Hands-on experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, qTest)

- Proven ability to design, build,



and govern test automation frameworks from the ground up

- Experience managing QA across complex, multi-tier application environments including web, mobile, and API layers

- Experience with ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM platforms for defect and release management

- Strong understanding of software development practices including version control (Git), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and microservices architecture

Preferred Qualifications

- ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM) or equivalent certification

- Experience in managed services or multi-client delivery environments

- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native application testing patterns

- Familiarity with accessibility testing standards (WCAG 2.1) and security testing basics (OWASP)

- Experience in ITIL-based service delivery environments

Professional Attributes

- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate quality goals into executable team programs

- Strong people leader with a proven ability to develop, coach, and retain high-performing QA teams

- Effective communicator and collaborator across engineering, product, and executive stakeholders

- Data-driven decision maker with a strong focus on measurable quality outcomes

- Proactive risk identifier with a relentless commitment to delivery excellence and client satisfaction

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📌 Application QA Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Technogen India
📍 Hyderabad