QA TEAM LEAD

Qa Team Lead - The QA Lead should be proficient in eCommerce architecture and back-end integration with websites. The QA Lead should be able to leverage their project management skills to perform the day to day management of projects / tasks / resources, but goes beyond this remit to work across the business, Product Owners, Scrum Masters in order to produce the final deliverable on time and to budget. Must have skillsQuality assurance experience QA leads organize all aspects of the quality assurance process, and therefore, need to be familiar with that process. This knowledge comes from previous experience in a QA role. Requirement is to have a minimum of 3 years experience as a Lead. Interpersonal skills QA leads need to constantly communicate with upper management and other teams on the project. As such, they should be really good at interpersonal verbal, oral, and written communication. Throughout all phases of product development they should be proactive to report progress, plans, and problems to upper management and other involved parties and also ask feedback from upper management and implement the suggested changes in as efficient a way as possible. Automation/ Technical experience:It is preferable for a QA lead to have some kind of Technical/ automation experience so as to guide the team in framing intelligent test cases/ bug reporting and involvement in requirements discussion with project teams. Test plan development The testing plan is one of the most important parts of quality assurance. QA leads should be familiar with creating and executing quality assurance test plans to ensure the product being released is up to industry and company standards and publish test status reports. Time, Resource and project management since QA leads have to juggle multiple projects at a given time, they should be excellent at time, resource and project management so they dont delay the project. In order to maintain deadlines, QA leads should also evaluate the team throughout the life of the project to identify areas where improvement can be made. Industry-specific skills/certifications QA leads should have knowledge specific to the industry in which they are working. In this case it is retail/ eCommerce. Tool KnowledgeZephyr Test case Management toolMoonshine Framework This is Selenium based for AutomationJIRA Defect tracking and task creation toolConfluence Repository of ELC DocumentationNode js based automationResponsibilitiesPlanning and controlling the testing process and ensuring theQA processes are being followed by the team Mastering Site features functionalities with thorough understanding on internal tools and platforms (CMS / Offer manager / PIM etc)Working closely with the Product teams to clearly understand the assumptions, background and risks for all allocated pieces of deliveryClear communication on the QA plan and strategy, challenges faced and its impact in the deliverables to the stakeholdersMonitoring the QA team, ensuring that tasks are allocated and delivered according to the plan and escalate where a deviation to plan is likelyBeing commercially aware of all decisions made throughout a project lifecycle -understanding potential impact to the timescale and raise issues/concerns where appropriateMaintaining regular QA team meetings with the offshore team and communicating the updates to the teamParticipate in the requirement meetings and proactively provide feedback wherever required. Ensuring QA resource is equipped with the necessary knowledge and training required to perform his tasksCreating QA test plans/strategy for any features, rollouts or enhancements and getting sign off form the stakeholdersAccepting and clarifying the requirements and ensuring they are precisely definedEscalating issues/concerns immediately in order to avert projects running over time/budgetCompleting all required reports as identified and required in a timely and accurate mannerEnsuring that all risks and issues are communicated to stakeholdersWork collaboratively at all times ensuring that your communication style is consistent, clear and openUnderstand and work with the QA related tools and framework and provide recommendations that can help enhance the framework to support testing. Should be hands on and help out in testing when required. Should be able to debug and execute automation scripts. Work closely with the QA Manager on the strategies, improvements, recommendations, escalations, project updates, status, challenges, risks etc. Develop strong relationships with both the brand and the production team, ensuring that potential opportunities are identified and sharedAs a member of the Global QA team work collaboratively with the other onsite QA Leads on Global QA tasks. Be willing to work extended hours as required by the role and be available to occasionally implement systems out of business hours. Qualifications and Certification1 year worth Management experience and 3 years experience in Quality AssuranceWork experience with offshore/nearshore/onshore model a big plusExperience with Agile methodology is preferredRequirementsTool KnowledgeZephyr Test case Management toolMoonshine Framework This is Selenium based for AutomationJIRA Defect tracking and task creation toolConfluence Repository of ELC DocumentationNode js based automationRequirementsTool Knowledge Zephyr Test case Management tool Moonshine Framework This is Selenium based for Automation JIRA Defect tracking and task creation tool Confluence Repository of ELC Documentation Node js based automation