GN - Quality Assurance Lead & Project Manager - 196

We are seeking a highly organized and technically skilled individual to take on a hybrid Quality Assurance Lead and Project Manager (PM/QA) role. This position's primary goal (accounting for 80% of the role) is to own and ensure the ongoing quality of the nearshore development team's product, while also handling essential project management and coordination duties (20% of the role).

This is a critical, hands-on role requiring strong skills in both QA execution and project leadership, particularly in environments managing complex, multi-version on-premise products.

Responsibilities:

Quality Assurance (80%)

• QA Strategy & Planning: Plan and perform all QA activities for the product developed by the nearshore team. Define and implement QA best practices from the ground up.
• Test Automation: Develop and execute a comprehensive test plan for the product. Design and build the necessary infrastructure and tools to automate tests over time, establishing robust automated testing where little currently exists.
• Release Management: Own the release planning process for an on-premise product that requires maintaining support for multiple versions deployed at different customer locations.
• Execution: Actively execute test cases, manage defects, and provide detailed reporting on product quality and stability.

Project Management & Coordination (20%)

• Knowledge Transfer (KT) Management: Handle all logistical project management for the initial knowledge transfer stage. This includes coordinating and tracking numerous KT sessions between the core teams (Vizabli, Thaloz, and the existing Pakistani team), ensuring all meetings are tracked by topic, recorded, and thoroughly documented.
• Team Management: Provide ongoing project management and support for the nearshore development team.
• Agile Leadership: Lead essential Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, demos) to ensure teams are aligned, productive, and adhering to process.
• Coordination & Communication: Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams to ensure successful project execution. Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates and reports.
• Risk Management: Proactively manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Process & Alignment: Ensure quality standards are met, project deliverables are completed on schedule, and facilitate meetings/presentations of work to align teams and stakeholders. Interface effectively with our internal geniant processes.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a QA or Software Testing role with significant responsibility for quality planning and strategy.
• Demonstrable skills in test automation (planning, designing, and building frameworks/scripts).
• Solid experience in project management, particularly coordinating cross-functional technical teams.
• Experience with release management for software, preferably in an on-premise or multi-version environment.
• Expertise in Agile methodologies and leading ceremonies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential for documentation, stakeholder management, and team coordination.