Quality Assurance Test Lead

Agility Partners is seeking a qualified QA Test Lead to fill an open position with one of our clients. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical leadership role at the intersection of business, IT, and security, driving quality, transparency, and delivery excellence across large-scale application initiatives. You will serve as the central point of accountability for defect governance, access management, and executive-ready reporting during high-impact test and release cycles. This role offers strong visibility, cross-functional influence, and the ability to shape governance standards that directly impact delivery success. You’ll act as a bridge between business stakeholders, IT delivery teams, security, and vendors to ensure disciplined execution across testing and release phases. This role owns end-to-end defect lifecycle management, access governance, and centralized reporting, while driving alignment, accountability, and risk transparency across distributed teams. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and confident leading structured conversations during high-volume, fast-paced cycles such as SIT and UAT.Key Responsibilities• Own end-to-end defect lifecycle governance, including triage, prioritization, aging management, and phase exit readiness.• Lead daily defect triage and status forums, ensuring data integrity, clear ownership, and timely follow-through across teams.• Coordinate and track user access, roles, and permissions across systems while partnering with security and identity teams to ensure compliance.• Develop executive-ready dashboards and reporting to analyze trends, escalate risks, and support go/no-go decisions.The Ideal Candidate• Proven experience in defect management, test governance, or quality assurance leadership within complex application environments.• Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to translate technical details into clear business insights.• Hands-on experience with defect tracking and service management tools such as JIRA and ServiceNow.• Demonstrated ability to manage access governance, provisioning, and audit readiness in partnership with security teams.• Expertise in metrics, reporting, and analytics including defect trends, severity distribution, leakage, and aging analysis.• Ability to drive prioritization and decision-making during high-volume test cycles (SIT, UAT, hypercare).• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.Reasons to Love It• High-visibility role with direct impact on release quality and delivery confidence.• Opportunity to influence governance standards across enterprise-scale applications.• Strong collaboration with business, IT, security, and vendor partners.• Dynamic work supporting critical test cycles and production readiness initiatives.