Lead-Test Manager

Bellevue, WA or Overland Park, KS/Frisco, TX
- Onsite

Hire Type: fulltime

120K/annum + benefits

• 12+ years of overall experience in Software Quality Assurance/Testing, with 4+ years in a Test Management or QA Leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of test management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Hybrid).
• Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools (JIRA, QTest or Test Rail).
• Solid understanding of automation frameworks and tools (Selenium, TestNG, Rest Assured, or similar).
• Experience with API, Functional, Regression, Performance, and UAT testing strategies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, Git).
• Working knowledge of SQL for data validation and Test data management.
• Strong leadership, people management, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and risk-assessment abilities.

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA engineers and automation testers across multiple work streams.
• Define and implement the overall test strategy, test plans, and quality metrics for projects and releases.
• Partner with product owners, developers, and business stakeholders to align testing scope with project timelines and requirements.
• Oversee test planning, execution, and defect management for functional, regression, integration, performance, and UAT testing.
• Drive adoption and continuous improvement of automation frameworks to increase test coverage and efficiency.
• Establish and monitor quality KPIs, providing regular status reports and risk assessments to leadership.
• Ensure test environments, test data, and tools are properly managed and available for the team.
• Manage resource planning, budgeting, and vendor/offshore team coordination as needed.
• Champion best practices in test governance, compliance, and process standardization across the QA organization.
• Facilitate defect triage meetings and drive root-cause analysis for critical production issues.