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, and pillar leadership (Director/PM...