Qa Lead/manager

TEKsystems; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 157,597,000 - 229,233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead to oversee test planning, coordination and hands-on execution for Do it Best projects. You will manage offshore teams across time zones, mentor analysts, and drive KPI metrics to ensure release readiness.

Collaboration with BAs, PMs, and developers is essential to identify risks and ensure comprehensive QA coverage. The role emphasizes hands-on testing, sprint ceremonies, and establishing consistent QA practices across functional, integration, and

Qualifications

• Expert QA Lead with hands-on testing and offshore teams experience.
• Experience validating requirements with BAs and PMs to ensure testability.
• Coordinate testing across time zones, vendors, and delivery milestones.
• Identify risks early and drive high quality across releases.

Responsibilities

• Own QA activities for assigned projects from initial planning through test completion and release support.
• Define testing scope, estimates, resource needs, milestones, and entry/exit criteria based on business risk.
• Assign testing work, balance workloads, and set clear ownership and completion dates.
• Track test preparation and execution progress, identify schedule risks, and escalate capacity constraints or priority conflicts.
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria with Business Analysts to identify gaps and ensure testability.
• Develop and peer-review test plans, scenarios, scripts, and data for functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test coverage, execution results, and defects.
• Perform hands-on testing, review evidence, and ensure critical workflows receive coverage.
• Retest fixes, assess regression needs, and document remaining risks before QA completion.
• Coordinate testing across business and technology teams, external partners, and offshore QA resources.
• Facilitate QA working sessions focused on progress, blockers, decisions, and next steps.
• Resolve unclear requirements and dependencies with Business Analysts and developers.
• Communicate testing status and business impacts clearly, including blockers and defects.

Skills

Quality assurance

Automation

Selenium

Quality assurance testing

Manual testing

Agile

Test case

Test script

Test plan

Manual

Tools

Selenium

Job description

Description

The Quality Assurance (QA) Lead is responsible for leading test planning, coordination, and execution for assigned projects and business applications at Do it Best. This role owns the quality and completeness of QA deliverables and ensures testing validates business requirements, system integrations, and operational workflows. The QA Lead independently manages assigned work, provides day-to-day direction to QA analysts, and performs hands-on testing. The role works closely with Business Analysts, project managers, developers, architects, and business stakeholders to resolve gaps, coordinate testing dependencies, and provide clear recommendations on release readiness. The role requires experience managing offshore testing teams, including coordinating work across time zones, setting clear delivery expectations, creating and managing KPI and testing metrics and understanding vendor contracts, scope, and responsibilities. In addition to delivering testing, the QA Lead mentors team members, reviews test plans and scripts, and helps establish consistent QA practices. The role identifies risks early, maintains accurate progress reporting, and focuses testing on areas with the greatest business impact. The QA Lead actively participates in Scrum ceremonies to understand requirements and proposed solutions, identify testing needs and prerequisites, and ensure QA considerations are addressed throughout development.

Skills

Quality assurance, Automation, Selenium, Quality assurance testing, Manual testing, Agile, Test case, Test script, Test plan, Manual, Test automation

Top Skills Details

Quality assurance,Automation,Selenium,Quality assurance testing,Manual testing,Agile,Test case,Test script,Test plan,Manual

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Responsibilities include: QA Delivery Ownership

• Own QA activities for assigned projects from initial planning through test completion and release support.
• Define testing scope, estimates, resource needs, milestones, and entry and exit criteria based on business risk.
• Assign testing work, balance workloads, and make ownership and expected completion dates clear.
• Track test preparation and execution progress, identify schedule risks, and elevate capacity constraints or priority conflicts.
• Confirm testing prerequisites, including environments, access, test data, and dependencies, with the responsible teams. Test Planning and Execution
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria with Business Analysts to identify gaps and ensure requirements are testable.
• Develop and peer-review test plans, scenarios, scripts, and data for functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test coverage, execution results, and defects.
• Perform hands-on testing, review evidence, and ensure critical workflows, exception paths, and downstream impacts receive appropriate coverage.
• Retest fixes, assess regression needs, and document incomplete testing and remaining risks before recommending QA completion. Cross-Functional Leadership
• Coordinate testing across business and technology teams, external partners, and onshore and offshore QA resources.
• Facilitate QA working sessions focused on progress, blockers, decisions, and agreed next steps.
• Resolve unclear requirements, dependencies, and ownership with the appropriate Business Analysts, developers, and project managers.
• Communicate testing status and business impacts clearly, including preparation progress, execution results, blockers, and open defects.

Experience Level

Expert Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Dallas, TX.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $80.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Dallas,TX. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Oct 2, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems And TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-Stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.