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# Test Lead

- **Company:** Vigna Inc
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Code Coverage, Test Execution Engine, Strategies of Testing
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1c3da27e-7c8a-44ea-babb-ec81bf94923d

## About the Role

Note: Utilities background is preferred

## Description

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


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