QA Team Lead
Description
At Aristocrat, we focus on delivering world-class gaming experiences that bring happiness to life through the power of play. As we grow and innovate, we're seeking a dedicated and ambitious QA Team Lead to join our dynamic team. This role is crucial for ensuring the flawless quality of our products. You will have the chance to be part of something outstanding within our organisation. If you are passionate about quality assurance and excel in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is ideal for you!
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage a QA team, ensuring effective task allocation
- Own planning, prioritization, and execution of QA activities
- Monitor team performance, provide regular feedback, and support career development
- Maintain high product quality by applying effective testing approaches (functional, integration, regression, etc.)
- Define, implement, and enforce QA standards, methodologies, and guidelines
- Identify quality and delivery risks and drive proactive mitigation
- Continuously improve QA processes to increase efficiency and scalability
- Manage communication with key collaborators (internal and external teams)
- Support delivery of new products, features, and integrations
- Participate in hiring, development, and retention of team members
- Accountable for QA quality and testing outcomes
- Ensure adherence to timelines, processes, and internal standards
- Coordinate team workload while minimising risks of excessive burden and attrition
- Maintain transparency and bring up issues to management in a timely manner
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and business teams
- Maintain regular communication with direct manager
- Provide reporting on progress, quality, and risks
Requirements
- Proven experience in leading and managing QA teams
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- Excellent planning, organisational, and communication skills
- Experience with different kinds of testing (functional, integration, regression)
- Capability to recognise and address risks efficiently
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with agile methodologies and software development life cycle
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of relevant experience in a QA role
- Familiarity with test automation tools and frameworks is a plus