We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Test Manager to lead Quality Assurance initiatives across enterprise application portfolios. The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of QA experience, including 5+ years in Test Management or QA Leadership, with a proven ability to lead high-performing manual and automation testing teams. This role requires strong expertise in test strategy, quality governance, automation, stakeholder management, and Agile delivery to ensure the successful execution of complex, business-critical projects.
Test Strategy & Quality Leadership
- Define and implement enterprise-wide test strategies, quality standards, and testing best practices across multiple projects.
- Lead end-to-end testing activities throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring comprehensive test coverage and high-quality deliverables.
- Establish quality gates, testing processes, and governance frameworks aligned with organizational objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance testing efficiency, automation adoption, and overall product quality.
- Develop comprehensive test plans, test schedules, resource plans, and testing estimates for large-scale projects.
- Oversee functional, integration, system, regression, user acceptance, API, mobile, web, and performance testing activities.
- Ensure effective test environment readiness, test data management, and release validation.
- Monitor testing progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation plans to ensure timely project delivery.
- Lead automation strategy and implementation across multiple technology stacks.
- Guide teams in developing and maintaining scalable automation frameworks using industry-standard tools and technologies.
- Promote shift-left testing practices and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to improve deployment quality and release efficiency.
- Manage the complete defect lifecycle, including defect triage, prioritization, tracking, reporting, and closure.
- Conduct root cause analysis for production defects and recommend preventive actions.
- Define and monitor quality metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting to provide visibility into testing effectiveness and product quality.
- Ensure compliance with organizational quality standards and delivery processes.
- Lead and mentor cross-functional teams comprising manual and automation QA engineers.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching, and career development support to team members.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Development, DevOps, and Project Management teams to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Communicate project status, quality metrics, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 12+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
- 5+ years of experience in Test Management, QA Leadership, or equivalent leadership roles.
- Proven experience leading blended manual and automation testing teams for large-scale enterprise projects.
- Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC), Agile, Scrum, and DevOps methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex testing programs across multiple applications and technology platforms.
- Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Testing Expertise
- Functional Testing
- Integration Testing
- System Testing
- Regression Testing
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- API Testing
- Web Application Testing
- Mobile Application Testing
- Performance Testing
- End-to-End Testing
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Appium
- Tricentis Tosca
- RestAssured
- Java (Automation Development)
- Other equivalent automation frameworks
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- CI/CD Pipeline Integration
- Shift-Left Testing
- Test Environment Management
- Test Data Management
- Test Strategy & Planning
- Defect Lifecycle Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Test Metrics & Reporting
- Risk Management
- Quality Governance
- Experience working in enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.
- Exposure to cloud-based applications and modern application architectures.
- Experience implementing enterprise test automation strategies.
- Knowledge of performance engineering and non-functional testing best practices.
- Professional certifications such as ISTQB Advanced, Certified Agile Tester, or equivalent are desirable.
- Strategic quality leadership
- Test planning and execution excellence
- Automation and continuous testing expertise
- Strong project and stakeholder management
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Effective team leadership and mentoring
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to deliver high-quality solutions within aggressive timelines while aligning testing outcomes with business goals.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline
- 12+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance
- 5+ years of experience in Test Management, QA Leadership, or equivalent leadership roles
- Experience leading blended manual and automation testing teams for large-scale enterprise projects
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, Scrum, and DevOps methodologies
- Experience managing complex testing programs across multiple applications and technology platforms
- Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working in enterprise-scale digital transformation programs
- Exposure to cloud-based applications and modern application architectures
- Experience implementing enterprise test automation strategies
- Knowledge of performance engineering and non-functional testing best practices
- ISTQB Advanced, Certified Agile Tester, or equivalent certification
What We Do
Kumaran Systems is an IT Services Company with imprints in three countries. The past two decades has seen us provide our global clientele with high-end IT services that include migration support, system integration and infrastructure management solutions, providing one-stop-solution to all your IT demands. Our expertise and in-depth knowledge of businesses help us cater to a variety of industries. Our team strives to know your industry better, by observing current trends and the way it works, to tailor-make our solutions to your needs.With over 20 years of customer orientation, over 2000 engagements across Telecom, Education and Banking & Financial services spread across the globe, Kumaran stands as a key advisor to some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in their business driven technology enablement drive. Kumaran System's Customer Orientation is driven by a global delivery business model giving its customers to choose between an Onshore-Offshore mix. The delivery models enable multilevel touch points between the client, partner networks and Kumaran thereby enabling business driven customer sensitivity and agility. ENGAGE, EMERGE AND EXCEL Involving ourselves in a purposeful action, using our abilities to its maximum, helps us feel positive about ourselves. Such positivity gives raise to positive thinking and positive ideas. Ideas evolve into vision and set our aim! Our aspirations engage us with the incentive of sweet success! Every endeavor has its own pitfalls. Perseverance helps us emerge a successful entrepreneur after any deterrent. In our attempt to achieve our aim, we keep upgrading our knowledge and skill, to surface successful! A genius mind does not work to excel, but excels in work! We challenge ourselves with every next step! We change every deterrent to a stepping stone to success. We essentially, engage, emerge and excel
