Job Description: QA Lead

The QA Lead establishes metrics, mentors team members and manages outside resources, as well as developing test programs. Evaluate your next hire with the help of this sample job description.


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From G.1440 | Oct 21, 2010

The attached document is a typical job description for a Quality Assurance (QA) Lead. The accompanying document was provided by IT Staffing and Tech Recruiting firm G.1440.

Typical job responsibilities for this position include:

  • Establish and evolve formal QA processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices.
  • Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
  • Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
  • Lead and mentor QA team members, as well as manage outside contract testers.
  • Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).

The attached Zip file includes:

  • Intro Page.doc
  • QA Lead.doc
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