Test Lead - Quality Governance & Reporting - W2 position

VTekis Consulting LLP; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

VTekis Consulting LLP in New York seeks a Test Lead specializing in Quality Governance and Reporting. You will define testing strategy, manage execution, and lead QA teams to ensure release readiness.

This role requires coordinating with PMs, BAs, developers, and stakeholders, developing dashboards, tracking metrics such as defect density, coverage, and MTTR, and driving automation within CI/CD. Candidates with strong leadership and a deep QA background will thrive in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall QA/testing experience.
• Utilities background preferred.
• Experience leading QA teams and testing governance.
• Ability to align testing with project timelines and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Define testing strategy, approach, and governance framework.
• Develop test plans, schedules, resource plans, and quality objectives.
• Lead QA Engineers, Test Analysts, Automation Engineers and Test Leads; allocate resources.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers and Stakeholders.
• Develop dashboards and KPI reporting for release readiness and quality metrics.
• Drive test automation strategies and CI/CD integration.

Skills

QA Leadership

Test Automation

CI/CD

Agile/DevOps

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

CI/CD Tools

Job description

Test Lead - Quality Governance & Reporting - W2 position

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We provide Recruitment and Staffing services to many industries and domain through our innovative and customized solutions and passionate commitment to research. Ability to understand the hiring strategies, availability of talent and compensation benchmarking makes us proud hiring partner for various industries. We work as trusted business partners and always strive to deliver the most value and highest return on investment for our clients. We are highly trained business professionals with strong understanding of clients need. We work closely with the leading staffing trade associations, training, and research organizations to ensure we are knowledgeable of thustry trends and technologies.

Overall 10yrs
Note: Utilities background is preferred

Job Description:

Test Strategy & Planning

• Define the overall testing strategy, approach, and test governance framework.
• Develop test plans, test schedules, resource plans, and quality objectives.
• Establish test entry and exit criteria for releases.
• Ensure alignment of testing activities with project timelines and business goals.

Test Execution Management

• Manage functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Monitor test execution progress and ensure adequate test coverage.
• Coordinate defect identification, triage, prioritization, and resolution.
• Track quality metrics and provide release readiness assessments.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor QA Engineers, Test Analysts, Automation Engineers, and Test Leads.
• Allocate resources and manage testing workloads.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the testing organization.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Business Stakeholders.
• Communicate testing status, risks, quality metrics, and recommendations.
• Present go/no-go recommendations for production releases based on quality indicators.

Quality Governance & Reporting

• Establish QA processes, standards, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with organizational quality frameworks.
• Develop dashboards and KPI reporting for stakeholders.
• Monitor metrics such as:
• Test coverage
• Defect density
• Defect leakage
• Automation coverage
• Pass/fail rates
• Release readiness
• Mean time to defect resolution

Automation & Continuous Testing

• Drive test automation strategies and framework adoption.
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support shift-left testing and Agile/DevOps practices.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.