Experienced QA Team Lead with a strong focus on manual testing and remote QA operations across web, mobile, and enterprise applications. Proven ability to lead distributed teams, ensure high-quality releases, and drive efficient testing processes in Agile environments. Core Strengths: • Remote QA Leadership: Managing and mentoring QA teams in remote/hybrid setups, ensuring productivity, accountability, and clear communication • Manual Testing Expertise: Functional, regression, sanity, UAT, and exploratory testing across multiple platforms • Release Validation: Hands-on validation of builds in staging environments to ensure production readiness • Defect & Test Management: End-to-end defect tracking, prioritization, and reporting using JIRA, Xray, Azure DevOps, and similar tools • Web & Mobile Testing: Cross-browser and cross-device testing (iOS, Android) with strong attention to usability and user experience • Agile Collaboration: Active participation in sprint ceremonies, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups with distributed teams • Stakeholder Communication: Clear reporting of test results, risks, and blockers via Slack, MS Teams, and Confluence • Enterprise Systems Testing: Experience in AEM (Adobe Experience Manager), Salesforce, and AS400 backend validation • Test Documentation: Creation and maintenance of detailed test cases, test plans, and QA reports Additional Capabilities: • Basic SQL for data validation • API testing using Postman • UX/UI collaboration using Figma and InVision • Process improvement and risk mitigation
