Senior Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement the test automation strategy, roadmap, and best practices across projects.
• Design and set up scalable and maintainable automation frameworks from scratch.
• Lead and mentor test engineers in automation design, coding, and execution.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and DevOps teams to integrate testing into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Ensure robust test coverage across functional, regression, performance, and integration testing.
• Establish metrics to track and report on test progress, quality, and automation ROI.
• Drive adoption of shift-left testing practices and ensure early detection of defects.
• Manage and allocate testing resources effectively while ensuring timely delivery of quality releases.
  

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Automation testing, with at least 3+ years in a Test Manager/Lead role.
• Proven expertise in test automation frameworks and tools such as:
• Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit (UI & API automation)
• Java and/or Python (core languages for automation scripting)
• REST Assured, Postman (API testing)
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Experience in setting up automation frameworks from scratch (hybrid, BDD, keyword-driven, or data-driven).
• Proficiency in version control systems (Git) and build tools (Maven, Gradle).
• Solid understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Familiarity with cloud-based testing environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Excellent leadership, team management, and stakeholder communication skills.
  

Preferred / Additional Skills

• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner).
• Knowledge of mobile testing frameworks (Appium, Espresso, XCUITest).
• Exposure to BDD/TDD methodologies.
• Hands-on with containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) for test environments.
• Familiarity with security testing concepts and tools.
• Agile / Scrum environment experience with tools like Jira, Confluence.