Senior QA Lead / QA Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior QA Lead / QA Manager

• Focus: Test leadership for manual + automated testing

Description

Lead and coordinate a team of manual and automation testers on large projects by defining the test strategy and priorities based on risk, business impact, and delivery dates. Represent the testing process with customers and stakeholders, clearly communicating progress, risks, and quality status. Over time, you can grow into the company’s central QA authority by setting QA processes and standards and building a testing community.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a team of manual and automation testers on large projects

• Quickly understand complex systems and business domains

• Define test strategy and test plans (scope, levels, types, environments, entry and exit criteria)

• Set and manage testing priorities based on risk, business impact, and delivery dates

• Plan test capacity and allocate testers to workstreams

• Track quality metrics and report test status, risks, and quality levels

• Represent the testing process in customer meetings; explain strategy, progress, risks, and quality status to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Negotiate scope, priorities, and trade-offs with customers and internal teams

• Review test strategies, test cases, and automation approaches; guide test design, risk-based testing, and automation architecture

• Step in for hands-on work when necessary to unblock critical areas or perform reviews

• Later phase: build a community of testers and define/refine testing processes, guidelines, and standards

• Coach and develop testers, supporting career growth and skill development

Requirements

• Several years of software testing experience, including 2–3 years in a lead or management role

• Strong manual testing experience (test design, test strategy, risk-based testing, defect management)

• Solid understanding of test automation (frameworks, tooling, CI/CD integration, and trade-offs between manual and automated testing)

• Proven experience leading and managing testers on large or multi-stakeholder projects

• Ability to quickly grasp large systems and define a testing approach

• Confident communicator able to present test status and risks to customers and senior stakeholders

• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills under pressure

• English: daily use

Benefits

• Hybrid work from home and office

• Bonus system (yearly bonus possibility)

• Opportunity to work with a wide range of modern technologies

• Flexibility and independence; international projects

• Modern offices in Prague and Brno

• Friendly team and company activities

• Additional benefits: language courses, Multisport card, Pluralsight training, sick days, coffee and snacks