QA Release & Lead - QARL 26-04316
Posted Today by Compu-Vision Consulting, Inc.
Negotiable
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Remote
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Summary: The QA Release & Lead role focuses on overseeing quality engineering and release governance for insurance platform implementations. The position demands extensive experience in QA leadership, particularly within the insurance domain, and the ability to manage complex releases in a client-facing environment. The candidate will be responsible for defining QA strategies, leading teams, and ensuring comprehensive testing and quality management. This is a contract position based in a remote setting across the USA and Canada.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and implement end-to-end QA strategy aligned with business and technology goals
- Establish quality standards, governance frameworks, and best practices
- Lead, mentor, and manage distributed QA teams across onshore and offshore locations
- Oversee testing across core insurance modules such as Policy, Billing, and Claims
- Ensure comprehensive test coverage for business workflows, integrations, and data flows
- Validate complex cross-system scenarios and third-party integrations
- Own release planning, coordination, and execution across multiple teams
- Drive Go/No-Go decisions based on quality metrics and risk assessment
- Manage release schedules, dependencies, and stakeholder communication
- Identify and assess risks early in the lifecycle
- Develop and execute risk-based testing strategies
- Participate in design reviews to ensure quality and testability
- Govern defect lifecycle including triage, RCA, and resolution
- Lead war-room discussions for critical issues
- Track and report quality metrics, defect trends, and leakage
- Collaborate with teams to enhance UI, API, and integration test automation
- Promote CI/CD integration and shift-left practices
- Drive adoption of modern QA tools and AI-driven testing approaches
- Ensure readiness and stability of test environments
- Define and manage test data strategies using masked production-like datasets
- Handle dependencies across upstream and downstream systems
- Support production deployments and hypercare
- Monitor production quality metrics and user feedback
- Drive continuous improvements based on production insights
Key Skills:
- 10+ years of QA experience with strong leadership exposure
- Hands-on experience with insurance platforms (Policy, Billing, Claims)
- Strong knowledge of P&C or Life Insurance domain
- Expertise in end-to-end testing across integrated systems
- Proven experience in release management and governance
- Experience with test automation (UI/API), Agile, and DevOps practices
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: QA Release & Lead
Location: USA / Canada (Remote)
Duration: 6+ Months
Type: Contract
Experience: 11 12 Years
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced QA Release & Lead to drive end-to-end quality engineering and release governance for insurance platform implementations. This role requires strong domain expertise in insurance, hands-on QA leadership, and the ability to manage complex, multi-system releases in a client-facing environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. QA Strategy & Leadership
- Define and implement end-to-end QA strategy aligned with business and technology goals
- Establish quality standards, governance frameworks, and best practices
- Lead, mentor, and manage distributed QA teams across onshore and offshore locations
2. Functional & Integration Testing
- Oversee testing across core insurance modules such as Policy, Billing, and Claims
- Ensure comprehensive test coverage for business workflows, integrations, and data flows
- Validate complex cross-system scenarios and third-party integrations
3. Release Management & Governance
- Own release planning, coordination, and execution across multiple teams
- Drive Go/No-Go decisions based on quality metrics and risk assessment
- Manage release schedules, dependencies, and stakeholder communication
4. Risk-Based Testing & Quality Assurance
- Identify and assess risks early in the lifecycle
- Develop and execute risk-based testing strategies
- Participate in design reviews to ensure quality and testability
5. Defect & Quality Management
- Govern defect lifecycle including triage, RCA, and resolution
- Lead war-room discussions for critical issues
- Track and report quality metrics, defect trends, and leakage
6. Test Automation & Innovation
- Collaborate with teams to enhance UI, API, and integration test automation
- Promote CI/CD integration and shift-left practices
- Drive adoption of modern QA tools and AI-driven testing approaches
7. Environment & Data Management
- Ensure readiness and stability of test environments
- Define and manage test data strategies using masked production-like datasets
- Handle dependencies across upstream and downstream systems
8. Production Readiness & Monitoring
- Support production deployments and hypercare
- Monitor production quality metrics and user feedback
- Drive continuous improvements based on production insights
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of QA experience with strong leadership exposure
- Hands-on experience with insurance platforms (Policy, Billing, Claims)
- Strong knowledge of P&C or Life Insurance domain
- Expertise in end-to-end testing across integrated systems
- Proven experience in release management and governance
- Experience with test automation (UI/API), Agile, and DevOps practices
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in onshore-offshore delivery models
- Exposure to data migration, cloud environments, and microservices architecture
- Familiarity with AI-driven testing tools
- ISTQB or equivalent QA certification