Technical Project Manager - Automation QA

As a Technical Project Manager - Automation QA at our technology services organization specializing in digital transformation, product engineering, quality engineering, cloud solutions, and AI/ML-based innovations with global delivery centers, your role involves driving end-to-end delivery of multiple projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, quality, and budget. You collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success metrics. Design and implement automation testing frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines. Oversee QA strategy, including test planning, execution, defect tracking, and reporting. Provide technical leadership in automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, RestAssured. Drive adoption of Agile/Scrum methodologies, facilitating sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives. Ensure timely escalation and resolution of project risks and issues. Mentor, coach, and guide QA engineers and technical leads in automation and quality best practices. Maintain effective communication with internal teams, senior management, and clients. Track and report project health, KPIs, and regular status updates. Key Responsibilities: - Drive end-to-end delivery of multiple projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, quality, and budget. - Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success metrics. - Design and implement automation testing frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines. - Oversee QA strategy, including test planning, execution, defect tracking, and reporting. - Provide technical leadership in automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Appium, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, RestAssured). - Drive adoption of Agile/Scrum methodologies, facilitating sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives. - Ensure timely escalation and resolution of project risks and issues. - Mentor, coach, and guide QA engineers and technical leads in automation and quality best practices. - Maintain effective communication with internal teams, senior management, and clients. - Track and report project health, KPIs, and regular status updates. Required Skills & Qualifications: - Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - 11+ years of IT experience with at least 5 years in project/program management. - Strong hands-on background in test automation and QA methodologies. - Experience with frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, Cypress, JUnit/TestNG, and API testing. - Good exposure to CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes preferred). - Proven ability to lead distributed QA and development teams. - Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery models. - Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and reporting skills. - Certifications like PMP, CSM, SAFe, or ISTQB Advanced are a plus.,