Manual Test Lead

Job Description About Tarento Tarento is a fast-growing technology consulting company headquartered in Stockholm, with a strong presence in India and clients across the globe. We specialize in digital transformation, product engineering, and enterprise solutions, working across diverse industries including retail, manufacturing, and healthcare. Our teams combine Nordic values with Indian expertise to deliver innovative, scalable, and high-impact solutions. We're proud to be recognized as a Great Place to Work, a testament to our inclusive culture, strong leadership, and commitment to employee well-being and growth. At Tarento, you'll be part of a collaborative environment where ideas are valued, learning is continuous, and careers are built on passion and purpose. What You'll Do - Own test strategy & plan: Define scope, approach, entry/exit criteria, environments, data, and timelines per release/sprint. - IC- Individual contributor and own end to end testing and signoffs from UAT. - Azure Boards: Create/maintain testing Epics/Features/Stories, link defects, manage queries/boards, and report status using dashboards. - Azure Test Plans: Build test suites (static/requirement-based), write high-quality test cases with shared steps/parameters, manage runs, and track outcomes. - Defect management: Run daily triage with Engineering/PO, prioritize via impact/severity, ensure clear, reproducible bugs with root-cause notes. - Risk-based testing: Drive coverage for high-risk areas; ensure traceability (Req Test Defect) and measurable readiness. - Stakeholder communication: Provide crisp, data-driven updates (go/no-go, risks, mitigations) to Product/Eng leadership. - Lead automation collaboration: Coordinate with the automation engineers (e.g., Playwright/Selenium, API tests) to identify candidates for automation, review test design, and align on coverage. - Quality gates & governance: Enforce DoR/DoD, entry/exit criteria, and sign-off checklists; contribute to release readiness. - Mentor & upskill: Coach testers on test design, exploratory testing, and ADO best practices; review test artifacts. - Non-functional awareness: Collaborate on smoke, regression, UAT, compatibility, accessibility, and basic performance checks (partnering with specialists where needed). - Documentation: Maintain RTM, test summary reports, and knowledge base of known issues/workarounds. Must-Have Skills & Experience - 10+ years in software testing with 3+ years leading a QA team or workstream. - Strong articulation and written communicationable to translate complex issues into clear, executive-friendly updates. - Attention to detail with high standards for test case quality, reproducibility, and evidence. - Hands-on with Azure DevOps: - Azure Boards: work item hierarchy, queries, dashboards, reports. - Azure Test Plans: requirement-based suites, shared steps/parameters, configurations, manual runs, and analytics. - Proven defect triage leadership across cross-functional teams. - Solid grounding in test design techniques (equivalence, boundary, state transition, combinatorial, exploratory). - Experience in sprint-based delivery (Scrum/devops), release management, and go/no-go. - Exposure to test automation leadership (identifying candidates, reviewing scripts/coverage, aligning on frameworks and CI usage). Nice-to-Have - Familiarity with UI automation (Playwright/Selenium), API testing (Postman/REST Assured), and CI (Azure Pipelines/GitHub Actions). - Accessibility basics (WCAG), cross-browser/device testing, and test data management. - Knowledge of performance testing workflows (e.g., Azure Load Testing/JMeter) and security testing fundamentals. - Domain experience in SaaS/enterprise platforms (B2B, workflows, integrations). Tools You'll Use - Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Test Plans) - Postman/Swagger for API validation - Browser dev tools; device/emulator stacks - Test management & reporting add-ons as needed Success Measures (KPIs) - Requirement-to-test traceability 95% for scoped items - Escaped defect rate trending down across releases - Defect turnaround (Triage Fix Verify) within agreed SLAs - Regression coverage and cycle time improved quarter-over-quarter - Clear, consistent release readiness reporting with evidence