We are looking for a hands-on Senior QA Lead to independently own the end-to-end QA function across multiple software products. The role will lead QA strategy, execution, automation, AI-assisted testing, reporting, release governance, and continuous improvement.

- The ideal candidate should combine solid technical expertise with leadership maturity, accountability, stakeholder influence, and the confidence to protect quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

Own QA strategy, planning, execution, reporting, and process improvement across multiple products and release cycles.

- Review plan.md documents, requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and missing test scenarios.
- Define risk-based test plans, quality gates, entry and exit criteria, and release-readiness standards.
- Lead manual, functional, integration, regression, API, system, and end-to-end testing.
- Build and improve test automation frameworks, preferably using Playwright, and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive AI-assisted testing for test case generation, edge-case identification, test data creation, defect analysis, and test optimisation.
- ReviewAI-generated test cases and prompts to ensure accuracy, relevance, completeness, and appropriate coverage.
- Maintain regression suite health and continuously convert high-value manual test cases into automation.
- Own QA sign-off for releases by reviewing test completion, automation results, defects, risks, and overall product readiness.
- Push back on unrealistic timelines when testing coverage or quality gates are at risk.
- Build QA dashboards and release reports covering test coverage,



pass/fail rates, automation levels, defect leakage, regression health, and release readiness.
- Analyse quality trends, production defects, and recurring issues to drive preventive improvements.
- Lead, mentor, and guide QA engineers while establishing clear ownership and quality expectations.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, business, and leadership teams to influence quality and release decisions.

Required Skills

- Strong experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Engineering.
- Proven ability to independently manage QA across multiple products.
- Hands-on expertise in manual testing and test automation.
- Strong experience with Playwright is preferred.
- Experience with API testing, database validation, web applications, integrations, and CI/CD.
- Practical knowledge of AI-assisted testing and AI-generated test cases.
- Strong understanding of QA metrics, dashboards, defect analytics, and release governance.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, products, teams, and release timelines.

Preferred candidate profile

- Around 10-12 years or more of relevant QA experience is preferred.
- Experience as a QA Lead, Test Lead, or Quality Engineering Lead.
- Experience managing parallel product releases and distributed teams.
- Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, cloud applications, and continuous testing.
- Selection will focus primarily on leadership maturity, technical capability, end-to-end ownership, automation expertise, AI-assisted testing experience, and stakeholder influence, rather than years of experience alone.

📌 Senior QA Lead (Hyderabad)
🏢 SENECA GLOBAL IT SERVICES
📍 Hyderabad