Senior QA Lead: Strategy, Automation & Team Growth

Placements24; Kimberley; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Performance bonuses

Health and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative environment in Kimberley

Job summary

Placements24 in Kimberley is seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance Lead to oversee QA operations. You will lead a team of QA engineers, develop test strategies, and drive best practices across multiple projects.

The role requires 5+ years in QA, strong SDLC knowledge (Agile/Waterfall), test automation experience (Selenium, Appium, JUnit), and mentoring skills. Offshore/distributed teams experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and testing methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Experience developing and executing test plans, cases, and scripts.
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (Selenium, Appium, JUnit).
• Proficiency with defect tracking tools (JIRA, Bugzilla).
• Experience with performance/load testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner).
• Knowledge of API testing techniques.
• Excellent leadership, communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, driving quality culture.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, plans and cases.
• Oversee all testing lifecycle aspects: functional, regression, performance and security.
• Define and track key quality metrics and provide progress reports.
• Collaborate with development, product management and stakeholders to embed quality.
• Implement and manage test automation frameworks to improve efficiency.
• Identify, document and track defects meticulously.
• Stay updated with QA best practices and tool improvements.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to SDLC improvements from a quality perspective.

Skills

QA leadership

Test strategy development

SDLC knowledge

Agile/Waterfall

Mentoring team

Stakeholder collaboration

Test automation

Performance testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Appium

JUnit

JIRA

Bugzilla

JMeter

LoadRunner

API testing

Job description

Placements24 in Kimberley is seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance Lead to oversee QA operations. You will lead a team of QA engineers, develop test strategies, and drive best practices across multiple projects.

The role requires 5+ years in QA, strong SDLC knowledge (Agile/Waterfall), test automation experience (Selenium, Appium, JUnit), and mentoring skills. Offshore/distributed teams experience is a plus.