QA Project Manager - Capital Market

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Role Overview

QA Project Manager

QA/testing

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery from planning to closure for Capital Market applications.
• Own

  QA and testing strategy

  , including SIT, UAT, defect management, and release readiness.
• Create and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate with business users, trading teams, developers, testers, and external vendors.
• Drive requirement analysis, functional discussions, and documentation (BRD, SRS, Test Strategy).
• Manage

  UAT cycles

  , defect triage meetings, and sign-off with business stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with

  SEBI and exchange regulatory requirements

  .
• Establish project governance, status reporting, dashboards, and review mechanisms.
• Manage change requests, impact analysis, and production deployment planning.
• Drive continuous improvement in QA processes, tools, and best practices.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of overall IT experience with

  5+ years as a Project Manager

  .
• Strong background in

  QA / Testing project management

  .
• Hands-on experience in

  Capital Markets domain

  , including:
• Trading systems (Equity, Derivatives, Currency)
• Order Management Systems (OMS)
• Risk, Clearing & Settlement
• Market Data systems
• Strong understanding of

  SDLC, STLC, Agile & Waterfall models

  .
• Expertise in

  UAT management, defect triage, and release management

  .
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing

  cross-functional and multi-vendor teams

  .

Good to Have

• PMP / PRINCE2 / Agile certification.
• Experience working with

  brokers, exchanges, or investment banks

  .
• Exposure to

  SEBI compliance, audits, and regulatory reporting

  .
• Knowledge of automation testing tools (JIRA, ALM, Selenium – high level).

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Started career in

  QA / Testing

  and transitioned into

  Project Management

  .
• Has delivered

  regulatory or business-critical Capital Market projects

  .
• Comfortable interacting with

  front-office, middle-office, and back-office teams

  .
• Strong ownership mindset with delivery and quality focus.