Test Automation Manager - Salesforce

Intellect Design Arena; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellect Design Arena in Chennai is seeking a Test Manager to lead a test team and define quality governance and automation direction across multiple projects.

You will own test strategy, manage resources, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery with strong quality metrics. The role requires hands-on automation experience and a track record of leading 15–40 testers.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years in software testing with 5+ years in test lead/management.
• Strong Functional QA / Manual Testing background with domain testing.
• Domain-agnostic logic
• Hands-on automation experience designing and guiding UI and API frameworks with CI/CD integration
• Proven experience leading 15–40 testers across multiple projects.
• Strong test strategy, planning, governance, traceability and defect management.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own test strategy, plans and governance across projects and workstreams.
• Guide the team on business-driven test design, regression and UAT support.
• Set the automation roadmap and guide framework design, standards and CI/CD integration.
• Manage delivery, estimation, resourcing, risks and escalations to ensure timeliness and quality.
• Manage clients, stakeholders, offshore teams and 3rd parties; provide regular status and quality metrics.
• Mentor and develop the team across functional and automation skills; drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Test Management

Functional QA

Test Automation

CI/CD Integration

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Agile & DevOps

Tools

JIRA

ALM

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST Assured

Postman

Job description

Job Description

Lead a team of 15 to 40 testers and own functional quality governance and test automation direction

across projects in a Programme. We need a Test Manager with strong business and domain testing

logic, backed by practical automation framework knowledge.

Requirements (Must Have):

• 10 to 15 years in software testing, including 5+ years in test lead / test management roles
• Strong Functional QA / Manual Testing background with sound business and domain testing
• logic (domain agnostic)
• Hands-on test automation experience: able to design, review and guide frameworks (UI and API) and integrate them with CI/CD
• Proven experience leading and mentoring teams of 15 to 40 across multiple projects
• Strong in test strategy, planning and functional governance (traceability, defect management, quality gates)
• Experience with Agile and DevOps; strong stakeholder management and communication

Key Responsibilities:

• Own test strategy, test plans and functional test governance across projects and workstreams
• Guide the team on business-driven test design, regression and UAT support
• Set the automation roadmap and guide framework design, standards and CI/CD integration
• Manage delivery, estimation, resourcing, risks and escalations to ensure timeliness and quality
• Manage clients, stakeholders, offshore teams and 3rd parties; provide regular status and quality metrics
• Mentor and develop the team across functional and automation skills; drive continuous improvement

Skills Required:

• Test management tools and ALM / JIRA (traceability, execution, defects, reporting)
• Automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured or Postman, with scripting in Java, Python or JavaScript
• Delivery across Functional, Non-Functional, Automation and Web Services Testing
• Strong analytical skills and test metrics / KPI reporting

Good to Have:

• Working awareness of AI / GenAI-assisted testing tools
• Exposure to financial services (Insurance, Life & Pensions, Wealth, Banking)
• Knowledge in Sales-force and Marketing Cloud.
• ISTQB / ISEB certification

Working Style:

• Motivator and team player who drives high performance
• Professional, and able to work effectively both upward and downward
• Aligns the team to the Test Strategy and corporate goals