Role Overview Responsible for defining and driving the quality strategy across enterprise-grade software platforms, ensuring the delivery of robust, high-performing, and secure digital products. Operating in a complex ecosystem of mobile applications, APIs, partner integrations, and cloud/hybrid infrastructure, this role provides leadership over functional, regression, integration, and non-functional testing practices.
This role oversees the end-to-end QA lifecycle — from test planning and automation to release governance and defect tracking — while embedding shift-left practices within Agile and DevOps workflows. The Senior QA Manager leads cross-functional QA teams and ensures quality gates are met at every phase of delivery.
Key Performance Areas
Test Automation & Engineering
- Build and maintain test automation frameworks for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
- Enforce shift-left QA practices, quality gate definitions, and cross-team collaboration.
- Use tools like Selenium, Appium, JMeter, Postman, Sentry, Firebase Crashlytics, and App Center.
Application & API Testing
- Lead testing of mobile apps and APIs.
- Manage test data, mocking/stubbing services, and ensure environment consistency across test cycles.
QA Strategy & Leadership
- Lead quality governance, define SLA/SLO-based defect handling policies, and track quality metrics.
- Drive testing strategy for infrastructure transitions, including platform cutovers, DR failovers, and performance scaling.
Cloud & Infrastructure QA
- Oversee QA in cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure environments.
- Manage QA across hybrid cloud infrastructures, including on-prem to Azure migrations and Disaster Recovery readiness validation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead quality strategy for mobile and backend systems.
- Establish automated and manual testing standards, coverage, and quality KPIs.
- Oversee release readiness, regression testing, and post-deployment validation.
- Manage testing of test/DR environment parity and sanity functionality.
- Coordinate with DevOps to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Mentor QA teams, define SLAs for defect resolution, and drive quality culture.
- Ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, and production defects.
- Be a key stakeholder in Go/No-Go decisions during critical migration phases.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, including 3+ years in a QA leadership role
- Demonstrated success managing distributed teams and complex system landscapes
- Advanced degrees or management certifications (e.g., PMP, Agile Leadership) are a plus
Technical Skills
- Testing & Automation: Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Cypress, Appium
- CI/CD & Test Integration: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, SonarQube, Allure, GitHub Actions
- Mobile & API Testing: Firebase Test Lab, App Center, Swagger/Postman
- Test Data & Environment Management: WireMock or custom middleware
Certifications (preferred, not mandatory)
- ISTQB Advanced Level or equivalent (required)
- Agile Testing Certification (e.g., ICP-TST) is an advantage
Benefits
Benefits of Working With Us
- Diverse Client Exposure across enterprise and high-growth organizations
- High-impact AI and data transformation projects
- Continuous learning and leadership development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Consulting-driven, collaborative environment
- Competitive compensation
- Strong focus on work-life balance
- Inclusive, merit-based culture
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, including 3+ years in a QA leadership role
- Demonstrated success managing distributed teams and complex system landscapes
- ISTQB Advanced Level or equivalent
- Hands-on experience with testing and automation tools: Selenium, Appium, Cypress, JMeter, Postman
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD and test integration tools: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Allure
- Experience with mobile and API testing tools and platforms: Firebase Test Lab, App Center, Swagger/Postman, Firebase Crashlytics, Sentry
- Experience with test data and environment management such as WireMock or custom middleware
- Advanced degrees or management certifications (e.g., PMP, Agile Leadership)
- Agile Testing Certification (e.g., ICP-TST)
What We Do
Anchor Bridge Consulting is a U.S.-based operational and technology consulting firm focused on helping growth-oriented organizations improve execution and scale efficiently. The firm specializes in technology services, including CRM services and staff augmentation, with a particular emphasis on leveraging remote engineering talent from Africa to align people, process, and technology for business growth.







