Test Lead

Test Strategy & Planning

• Define the overall testing strategy, approach, and test governance framework.

• Develop test plans, test schedules, resource plans, and quality objectives.
• Establish test entry and exit criteria for releases.
• Ensure alignment of testing activities with project timelines and business goals.

Test Execution Management

• Manage functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing activities.

• Monitor test execution progress and ensure adequate test coverage.
• Coordinate defect identification, triage, prioritization, and resolution.
• Track quality metrics and provide release readiness assessments.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor QA Engineers, Test Analysts, Automation Engineers, and Test Leads.

• Allocate resources and manage testing workloads.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the testing organization.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Business Stakeholders.

• Communicate testing status, risks, quality metrics, and recommendations.
• Present go/no-go recommendations for production releases based on quality indicators.

Quality Governance & Reporting

• Establish QA processes, standards, and best practices.

• Ensure compliance with organizational quality frameworks.
• Develop dashboards and KPI reporting for stakeholders.

• Monitor metrics such as:

• Test coverage
• Defect density
• Defect leakage
• Automation coverage
• Pass/fail rates
• Release readiness
• Mean time to defect resolution

Note: Utilities background is preferred