QA Test Lead – Strategy, Quality Assurance

Calleo Australia; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Calleo Australia is seeking a Lead QA professional to drive process improvements across the development lifecycle in Canberra and Sydney. You will liaise with stakeholders to define measurable acceptance criteria for new or enhanced software features and collaborate with development teams to understand architecture, constraints, and downstream impacts of change.

You will design, maintain and execute comprehensive test strategies, manage defects with rigorous analysis and re-testing, ensure

Qualifications

• Lead QA process improvements across the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define measurable acceptance criteria for new or enhanced software features.
• Work with development teams to understand system architecture, constraints, and downstream impacts of change.
• Design, maintain and execute comprehensive test strategies, plans and test cases, including regression testing.
• Manage defect identification, analysis, logging, prioritisation and verification of fixes through re-testing.
• Ensure full traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, test scenarios and test cases.
• Select, apply and document appropriate test techniques and methodologies to support effective test coverage.
• Produce and maintain high-quality test artefacts, including test plans, reports and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA process improvements and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the development lifecycle.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to understand business risks and impacts, and to define clear, measurable acceptance criteria for new or enhanced software features.
• Collaborate with development teams to understand system architecture, integrations, constraints, infrastructure, risks and downstream impacts of change.
• Design, maintain and execute comprehensive test strategies, plans and test cases, including regression testing to ensure ongoing system stability and quality.
• Manage defect identification, analysis, logging, prioritisation and verification of fixes through re-testing.
• Ensure full traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, test scenarios and test cases.
• Select, apply and document appropriate test techniques and methodologies to support effective test coverage.
• Produce and maintain high-quality test artefacts, including test plans, reports and metrics.

Skills

QA process improvement

stakeholder liaison

test strategy design

defect management

traceability

test techniques

test artefacts

Job description

Calleo Australia is seeking a Lead QA professional to drive process improvements across the development lifecycle in Canberra and Sydney. You will liaise with stakeholders to define measurable acceptance criteria for new or enhanced software features and collaborate with development teams to understand architecture, constraints, and downstream impacts of change.

You will design, maintain and execute comprehensive test strategies, manage defects with rigorous analysis and re-testing, ensure