QA Director

QA DirectorFull-timeCompany DescriptionConsulting firm with 10000+ employees & $10+ billion Revenue..Job DescriptionMandatory Technical / Functional Skills• Software Quality Assurance consultant with at least 10 years' experience in playing QA DirectorTechnical/Functional Skills• Experience in formulating QA strategy and leading QA execution for large programs• Ability to play advisory role to customer on how to manage testing in an end to end scenario (right from planning and requirement phase to User acceptance testing)• Excellent understanding of QA metrics, entry/exit criteria• Experience in Insurance or Financial services industry sector will be good to haveRoles & Responsibilities• Formulate Software Quality Assurance strategy (QA and UAT)• Establish quality standards• Establish quality documentation by writing and updating quality assurance procedures• Participate in Requirement analysis, Test strategy sessions of the program to understand and gather the necessary details to ensure its alignment to quality strategy, standards and procedures• Review all the program testing deliverables across Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)• Ensure testing deliverables completeness on test scope coverage• Ensure program testing schedule is realistic• Ensure traceability on program requirement to test cases & result• Perform root cause analysis and create pattern to identify frequently occurring defects• Arrange review finding walk-through sessions, publish detail review findings• Provide corrective actions/recommendations/best practices in reducing defect trend• Track closure of review findings and implementation of actions/recommendations• Ensure program testing risks and assumptions are clearly articulated• Create and publish program quality dashboard