We are looking for a dynamic and hands-on Lead QA / Agile Project Manager to oversee the end-to-end testing lifecycle and drive Agile delivery for a small, focused development and QA team. This hybrid role combines strong quality assurance leadership with Agile project management to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of integrations, reports, and platform migration components.
Key Responsibilities:
Quality Assurance Leadership (Hands-On):
- Define and lead the end-to-end testing strategy, including functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
- Be hands-on in test planning, test case creation, execution, and defect management.
- Lead testing efforts for Charles River IMS and SimCorp based systems, ensuring platform-specific workflows and data validations are thoroughly tested.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to ensure test coverage aligns with business and technical requirements.
- Ensure all deliverables meet the Definition of Done and are free of P0/P1/P2 defects before release.
- Manage test data preparation, environment readiness, and test reporting.
Agile Project Management:
- Act as Scrum Master for a 4-member development and QA team.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Maintain and manage JIRA boards, sprint backlogs, and burn-down charts.
- Track team velocity, identify blockers, and ensure timely delivery of sprint goals.
- Collaborate with program management and stakeholders to align sprint deliverables with project milestones.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with at least 3 years in a QA leadership role.
- Proven experience in Agile project management or Scrum Master roles.
- Strong understanding of testing methodologies, test lifecycle management, and defect triage.
- Hands-on experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, TestRail, or similar.
- Experience with integration testing, ETL validation, and report testing (SSRS, Power BI).
- Hands-on testing experience with Charles River IMS and SimCorp systems.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in financial services or asset management domain.
- Exposure to data migration testing and platform transition projects.
- Certification in Scrum (CSM/PSM) or Agile Project Management is a plus.