Quality Engineering Test Lead

Staff Domain Inc

Eastern Manila District

Remote

PHP 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Staff Domain Inc. is seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Test Lead to guide a team of QA professionals supporting the delivery of a SaaS insurance platform.

This leadership role combines hands-on testing leadership with people leadership responsibilities, driving AI-assisted testing practices and automation adoption. You will partner with Australian delivery teams while building and maturing offshore QA capability in the Philippines, balancing current delivery excellence with shaping the

Qualifications

8+ years software testing experience.
2+ years leading testing teams.
Experience delivering testing within Agile environments.
Strong knowledge of test planning and execution.
Proven stakeholder management experience.
Experience managing offshore or distributed teams.
Experience using Jira and Confluence.
SaaS platform experience preferred
Insurance domain experience preferred
Playwright/Fitnesse experience preferred
Automation framework experience preferred
API testing experience preferred
JMeter experience preferred
AI-enabled testing tool experience preferred
DevOps or CI/CD exposure preferred

Responsibilities

Lead testing activities across multiple projects and product releases.
Own quality outcomes for assigned initiatives.
Develop and oversee test strategies, plans and schedules.
Ensure adequate test coverage across functional, integration, regression, performance and UAT activities.
Monitor testing progress and manage risks.
Provide quality status reporting to project managers and stakeholders.
Support release readiness reviews and production deployments.
Lead and mentor a team of QA professionals.
Conduct performance reviews and development planning.
Assist with recruitment, onboarding and capability development.

Skills

Software testing

Team leadership

Agile testing

Test planning

Stakeholder management

Offshore teams

SaaS testing

Insurance domain

AI testing

CI/CD awareness

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Playwright

FitNesse

JMeter

Job description

Setup and Location: Work From Home | Ortigas

Work Schedule: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM AEDT Sydney | 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Manila

Employment Type: Full Time

Ready to do work that actually excites you?

Our client is seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Test Lead to lead a team of QA professionals supporting the delivery of our SaaS insurance platform. This role combines hands‑on testing leadership with people leadership responsibilities. You will be accountable for quality outcomes across projects, coaching and developing team members, improving automation adoption, and driving AI‑assisted testing practices.

You will play a key role in building and maturing Monvia's offshore Quality Engineering capability while partnering closely with Australian‑based Product, Delivery, and Engineering teams.

This is a leadership role for someone who can balance operational delivery excellence today while helping shape the future of testing through automation, continuous quality, and AI‑enabled ways of working.

What You’ll Do

You’ll be the kind of person who:

Test Leadership & Delivery
Lead testing activities across multiple projects and product releases.
Own quality outcomes for assigned initiatives.
Develop and oversee test strategies, plans and schedules.
Ensure adequate test coverage across functional, integration, regression, performance and UAT activities.
Monitor testing progress and manage risks.
Provide quality status reporting to project managers and stakeholders.
Support release readiness reviews and production deployments.

People Leadership

Lead and mentor a team of QA professionals.
Conduct performance reviews and development planning.
Assist with recruitment, onboarding and capability development.
Develop career pathways for testers and automation engineers.
Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and collaboration.
Build and maintain a high‑performing Philippines QA capability.

Automation & Quality Engineering

Drive automation adoption across projects.
Define automation roadmaps and priorities.
Improve automation coverage and efficiency.
Review and approve automation frameworks and standards.
Identify opportunities to reduce manual testing effort.

Desired technology exposure:

FitNesse; Playwright; Selenium; API Automation; CI/CD Pipelines; Git; AI & Innovation Leadership; Champion the use of AI to improve productivity and quality outcomes.

Examples include:

AI-generated test scenarios
AI-assisted test script development
Defect analysis and classification
Requirements quality reviews
Regression optimisation
Automated release impact assessments
Quality metrics and predictive analytics

Expected outcome:

Reduced testing effort
Increased automation coverage
Faster release cycles
Improved quality outcomes

Stakeholder Management

Partner with Australian delivery leaders.
Collaborate with Product & Project Managers, Business Analysts, Architects and Developers.
Participate in Sprint reviews and planning activities.
Provide leadership through major releases and production issues.
Support client‑facing quality discussions when required.

Key Accountabilities

The Test Lead will be accountable for: Delivery Quality; Defect leakage; Test coverage

Release readiness; Production quality outcomes; Team Performance; Team utilisation

Capability development; Employee engagement; Staff retention

Automation Uplift

Automation coverage %
Regression reduction
Automated execution ratesContinuous improvement initiatives

Operational Excellence

Estimation accuracy
Reporting quality
Process compliance
Risk management

Requirements

What You Bring

We’re looking for someone who:

8+ years software testing experience.
2+ years leading testing teams.
Experience delivering testing within Agile environments.
Strong knowledge of test planning and execution.
Proven stakeholder management experience.
Experience managing offshore or distributed teams.
Experience using Jira and Confluence.
SaaS platform experience preferred
Insurance domain experience preferred
Playwright/Fitnesse experience preferred
Automation framework experience preferred
API testing experience preferred
JMeter experience preferred
AI‑enabled testing tool experience preferred
DevOps or CI/CD exposure preferred

Leadership Competencies

People Leadership:Coaches and develops others;Holds team members accountable.; Provides constructive feedback; Builds strong team culture.
Ownership: Takes accountability for quality outcomes; Escalates issues proactively; Drives resolution.
Continuous Improvement: Challenges inefficient practices; Promotes automation‑first thinking; Encourages innovation; Strategic Thinking; Looks beyond immediate project needs; Builds scalable testing capability; Supports organisational transformation goals; Success Measures (12 Months)

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