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Lead QA

The Lead QA position combines technical and managerial responsibilities. He/she directs the tests while coordinating the teams to ensure that the products meet the required standards.
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Role of the QA lead

The Lead QA (Quality Assurance) is both a technical expert and a team leader, capable of managing projects while supporting the QA engineers' skills development. As a technical leader, he or she supervises the coverage of manual or automated tests. He/she develops test strategies, manages quality indicators and ensures that functionalities meet the standards defined before going into production.

In addition to his technical responsibilities, the QA Lead is a mentor for his team. He or she guides testers in acquiring new skills and mastering testing tools.

This job belongs to the IT testing .

Lead QA tasks

  • Participates in the design and architecture of test programmes and automated scenarios.
  • He/she contributes to the development of the test strategy with the QA and Scrum team.
  • Suggests improvements to optimise QA processes.
  • He/she provides technical guidance and supports the development of his/her team's skills through training.
  • Ensures that test plans are up to date and that functional acceptance campaigns are carried out.
  • He/she analyses identified bugs and coordinates their resolution with the development team.
  • He/she writes test reports to ensure product quality.

Key contacts

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Product Owner

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QA Tester skills

Technical skills

The QA Lead must be able to design, plan and execute integration, validation and non-regression tests. In order to be able to automate these tests, they need to be familiar with automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, Pytest, or TestComplete. In addition, their knowledge of Java, Python and SQL programming languages enables them to create test scripts and interpret the results.

In addition, the Lead QA is familiar with test management tools such as Cucumber and GhostInspector, as well as the ability to manipulate databases (BDD) and use data libraries such as Pandas.

Soft skills

The Lead QA must show empathy by putting themselves in the place of the end user, while having a strong sense of priorities and a great ability to adapt to urgent situations. They are rigorous and organised, and know how to work as part of a team, avoiding blaming the developers.

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Studies and training of Lead QA

To become a QA lead, you need to have completed between 3 and 5 years of higher education in IT.

  • Professional degree in computer systems and software
  • Engineering school in computer programming
  • Professional Master 2 in IT

CFTL/ISTQB certification is appreciated, as it attests to the candidate's credibility in testing.

Before taking up this position, a minimum of 6 years' experience as a Tester is required.

Possible career paths for Lead QA

The possible career paths for a QA Lead depend on the company and its needs. With experience, a QA Lead can become a Quality Manager or Quality Director. They may also move into project management or Product Owner positions.