Position: Head of QA/Lead
Category: QA
English level: upper
Years of experience: 9


•	Responsible for Defining QA strategy, approach and execution in development projects.
•	Responsible for Leading and directing the QA leadership team.
•	Provide leadership and technical expertise within Test Automation and Quality Assurance.
•	Be accountable for the test automation projects, mentor, and provide leadership to the QA automation developers.
•	Participate in interviews, induction, training and performance evaluation of all QA leads.
•	Provide technical leadership and expertise within the field of Quality Assurance and Testing.
•	Ensuring that the development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines and best practices of the QA strategy as defined.
•	Focus on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, test automation.
•	Building and maintenance of quality standards as well as enforcing technical and testing standards.
•	Monitoring of all the QA activities, test results, leaked defects, root cause analysis and identifying areas of improvement. Implement steps required to improve the processes.
•	Gather and present testing metrics and testing activities for the projects to key stakeholders.
•	Ensure the proper usage of available tools to gain the maximum benefit of the QA effort. This includes testing tools for functional, performance, automation, etc.
•	Manage training and continuous learning of QA staff by means of short courses, conferences, meetups, certifications, etc.
•	Be an escalation point for all matters related to testing and quality assurance and operate as a primary point of contact for the QA teams.
•	Direct the development of the QA strategy, methodology, discipline, and framework. 
•	Work with QA managers, Development managers, and the Software Development Director to develop and execute QA strategies to meet and exceed department and corporate quality goals.