Test Lead

We are looking for a QA Test Lead to join our product development team and take ownership of quality across our projects. You will lead and mentor a QA team, ensuring high testing standards, structured processes, and continuous improvement of our quality practices.

Your responsibilities:

Team Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a QA team, including delegating tasks, providing regular feedback, supporting professional growth, and fostering a collaborative and accountable team culture.  

• Conduct regular 1:1s, support onboarding of new QA team members, and ensure sustainable workload and capacity management.  

Test Strategy & Quality Ownership:  

• In alignment with the Program Manager – define and maintain test strategy and test plans aligned with project scope, timelines, and client expectations.  

• Define quality gates, entry/exit criteria, and ensure effective execution of all testing levels (functional, regression, exploratory, UI/UX, UAT).  

• In alignment with the Program Manager  - own QA processes, documentation standards, reporting, and traceability of test results.  

• Monitor quality metrics and drive continuous improvement.  

Hands-on QA & Automation Support:

• Perform hands-on testing activities when required, including manual functional, regression, exploratory, sanity, and smoke testing.  

• Review requirements and user stories to ensure clear and testable acceptance criteria.  

• Validate new features, systems, and software versions against specifications.  

• Support test automation and CI/CD integration in collaboration with QA Automation Engineers, Developers, and DevOps teams.  

Defect Management & Collaboration:

• Own the defect lifecycle, including triage, prioritization, retesting, and closure.  

• Perform root cause analysis and communicate quality risks to stakeholders and clients.  

• Act as the primary QA point of contact in sprint ceremonies and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Dev, PO, PM, UX, DevOps).  

• Ensure compliance with client and domain standards (e.g., ISO, GDPR, WCAG), when applicable.  

We are looking for you, if you have:

• 3+ years of experience in manual testing within the software development lifecycle.  

• Strong leadership skills, including the ability to mentor and develop team members, delegate effectively, and take ownership of quality outcomes.  

• Strong knowledge of Jira and cloud-based applications.  

• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is an advantage.  

• Independent, detail-oriented, and strong communication skills.  

We offer:

• Participation in interesting and demanding projects

• Flexible working hours

• A great, non-corporate atmosphere

• Stable employment conditions (contract of employment or B2B contract)

• Opportunities for development and promotion

• Attractive package of benefits

• Work model: remote or hybrid (2 days per week from the office)