QA Pillar Lead

Role Summary

Drives quality from a pillar-wide perspective by defining strategies, planning tests, and coordinating communication across squads. Partners closely with EMs and PMs to balance workloads, mitigate cross-squad quality risks, and continuously improve SDLC practices and product quality.

Core Responsibilities

Lead a team of 6–7 QA engineers (hybrid roles: manual + automation).

• Define and maintain test strategies and test plans within the pillar (domain).
• Drive automation initiatives and lead efforts to reduce technical debt.
• Proactively identify gaps in test coverage and drive automation improvements.
• Plan and prioritize automation scope in collaboration with the Automation Core Team.
• Balance QA workload across squads (Scrum teams) to ensure efficiency and quality.
• Drive a shift-left approach to surface issues early in the SDLC and TDLC.
• Hold regular 1:1s with pillar QAs, the QA Manager, ...