QA Lead - Banking - Onsite - Brooklyn, OH - Direct Client - W2

Leads the QA team for a large transformational project and may lead multiple quality leads and is answerable to all activities conducted to ensure quality.

Oversees the quality in all phases of the project including Requirement review, test script preparation, and test execution and recap.

Identifies gaps and confusions in the user interface and/or the workflow , etc and highlights to the project team the risks associated with technical debt, schedule slippage or other areas of concern.

Schedules resources, estimates QAS portion of project estimates and forecasts, manages testing needs with Shared Services, manages the PLC tollgates, calculates and manages traceability and test coverage, assist with test result triage, reports on overall application/project health and intercedes, when appropriate, with remediation efforts.

Creates a collaborative partnership with the Tech Lead, the PM, the BAs and other project participants and actively engages in grooming sessions, status meetings and other project meetings. Highly valued as a thought leader contributing to the final product.

Three plus years of experience in quality assurance with keen organizational skills, an ability to both delegate, lead and “dig in” with extensive knowledge of quality assurance practices and methods.

Understands the test automation coverage and guides exploratory testers to fill the gaps.

Intimate understanding of an application domain, the release schedule, the user community, and can work with the other members of the project team to drive delivery.

Understands how to assess an application’s functionality by risk, impact and importance in order to prioritize the test execution and concentrate test coverage appropriately.