QA Lead

Job Title: QA Lead
 120k to 140k  plus 20% Bonus 
Location: US-IL-Hoffman Estates  – Hoffman Estates, IL 60192, United States
Hybrid in-office Tue-Thu
 
Overview:
Experienced Software Quality Lead to oversee and enhance our quality assurance (QA) processes, ensuring the delivery of robust, reliable, and scalable software products.
 
Responsibilities:
What You’ll Get To Do:
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Define, implement, and maintain the overall quality strategy, processes, and tools.
• Drive the adoption of automation, performance testing, and other modern QA techniques.
• Lead end-to-end testing efforts for new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
• Oversee the creation and execution of test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, timelines, and project requirements.
• Work closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and design comprehensive testing strategies.
• Provide regular status updates, reports, and insights on quality metrics to leadership and stakeholders.
• Manage and mentor a team of QA engineers, fostering growth and technical development.
• Provide technical leadership to QA team and ensure the team is aligned with organizational goals and project deliverables.

 
 
What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Business, Strategy or related fields is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in software quality testing, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing, security testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, UIPath) and tools (e.g., Jira, Xray).
• Strong understanding of the Product Development life-cycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies.
• Experience with Agile Scrum development.
• Strong leadership, project management skills, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Manage, evaluate, and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Strong communication skills in engaging global cross-functional technical teams, as well as building and developing offshore and onsite development teams
 
 For more information please reach ou to Louise Wright Director