QA Lead Resume Sample

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QA lead with thirteen years in software testing, the last six leading QA teams for a software company in Manchester. Owns quality for a product area — setting the test strategy, leading testers, driving automation, and being accountable for the quality of what ships. Drove the move to automated testing and CI that cut regression time and lifted release confidence. Leads and develops a QA team, defines test strategy and process, balances manual and automated testing, manages risk-based prioritisation, and reports quality to stakeholders. Strong on both the technical testing craft and the leadership to build a high-performing QA team. Pragmatic about quality versus delivery. Looking for a QA-lead, test-manager or quality-engineering-lead role with a team that treats quality as part of delivery.

Work Experience

Manchester Software Group - Manchester, UK

QA Lead April 2016 to Present 10 years & 3 months

Own the quality for a product area, setting the strategy and leading the whole QA team.
Drove the move to automated testing and CI that cut regression time and lifted release confidence.
Lead and develop the testers and define the test strategy, the process and the standards.
Balance all the manual and the automated testing and manage all the risk-based prioritisation carefully.
Report the quality and the release readiness very clearly to all the stakeholders and leadership.
Balance the quality against the tight delivery deadlines very pragmatically on each and every release.