Quality Assurance Manager

Job Description Role : QA Manager Location : Gachibowli, Hyderabad Work Mode: Work from office Experience : 12 - 18 yrs Interview Mode : Face to Face Interview Timing : 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM sharp Date : 22nd Nov 2025. We are Looking for Immediate Joiners. We are excited to announce thatwalk-in interviews will be held tomorrow (22nd Nov 2025) at the Frugal Testing office from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM sharp. All candidates are requested to bring their relevant documents, either inhard copy or soft copy, for verification. We look forward to meeting you and exploring the opportunity to work together Key Responsibilities: - Define, own, and evolve the enterprise-wide QA vision, strategy, and governance framework for complex, large-scale, multi-team software programs. - Provide strategic leadership to multiple cross-functional QA teams, including manual, automation, performance, security, and UAT teams, ensuring alignment with business goals. - Architect, drive, and oversee end-to-end Automation strategy, including framework selection, implementation, CI/CD integration, and continuous improvement of automation coverage and stability. - Design, review, and approve comprehensive test strategies and quality plans for mission-critical, distributed, or high-availability systems. - Collaborate with executive leadership, product owners, architects, and engineering heads to refine requirements, influence technical decisions, and establish quality standards across the organization. - Establish and enforce QA processes, coding standards, automation best practices, and quality metrics aligned with industry benchmarks. - Analyze test results and production issues, driving root-cause analysis, trend identification, and process improvements to prevent recurrence. - Lead risk assessments, define mitigation strategies, and ensure rigorous adherence to entry/exit criteria across SDLC and release cycles. - Manage resource forecasting, budgeting, vendor coordination, and capacity planning for large and distributed teams. - Prepare high-impact quality reports and dashboards for CXOs, senior stakeholders, customers, and internal leadership. - Continuously optimize automation coverage, stability, and execution efficiency by monitoring automation KPIs, analyzing failures, and driving framework improvements - Use intelligent productivity tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to streamline testing tasks and improve documentation and team workflows - Represent the company's voice and thought leadership on LinkedIn, showcasing QA excellence, brand value, and organizational culture. Qualifications : - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. - 12 - 18 years of total experience in Software Testing, with a minimum of 5+ years in a QA/Test Manager leadership role. - Proven success in strategic QA planning, test architecture, and leading QA departments for large enterprise or product-based environments. - Demonstrated expertise in defining and tracking quality metrics, KPIs, defect trends, coverage analysis, and performance indicators. - Strong command of risk-based testing, QA governance, compliance, and release readiness across Agile/DevOps ecosystems. - Extensive experience managing and scaling medium-to-large QA teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management. - Hands-on proficiency with Automation frameworks and tools (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, API automation, CI/CD pipelines, etc.). - Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-based testing, and modern software delivery models. - Exceptional leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills. Perks and Benefits - Attractive and performance-based hikes - Medical insurance Recruiter: Priyanka Mobile no: 97014 96077