Quality Assurance Team Lead

3 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Ryan Specialty Full time
Job Summary

The Quality Assurance Team Lead is a critical role that oversees the design and development of test plans and approaches. This individual will lead the team through testing of all internal and external applications before they are released. The Quality Assurance Lead will participate in planning and refinement meetings, as well as consult with product owners and software engineers in an agile environment to ensure software quality while maintaining speed-to-market.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work with product owners to obtain and analyze development requirements and coordinate a clear and transparent testing and quality strategy.
  • Coordinate and advocate for the design, development, and execution of high-quality manual and automation testing of the product.
  • Quality leader for releases.
  • Lead the team throughout the test planning and execution based on software requirements/technical specifications.
  • Constantly fine-tune testing processes and best practices.
  • Provide technical leadership and support to other Quality Assurance Analysts.
  • Clearly and regularly communicate with QA colleagues, Business Owners, Development, Management, and Customer support colleagues.
  • Recommend process and quality improvements to ensure strong product quality and optimization of resources.
Requirements
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Software Quality Engineering with a Bachelor's degree.
  • Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred; Software Engineering, Computer Science degree is preferred. Any other related discipline or commensurate work experience considered.
  • Prior software quality assurance experience required.
  • Proven leadership through different quality assurance processes and testing phases including functional, system integration, regression, and exploratory testing.
  • API automation testing knowledge is desirable.
  • Ability to set up test environments and data sets and leading others through similar exercises when needed.
  • Analyze user requirements (stories) and convert requirements to test approach and plans.
  • Experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium or Playwright etc.
  • Basic understanding of fundamentals of programming.
  • Able to work and lead with a quality focus in a dynamic, fast-moving company environment.
  • Ability to multi-task while consistently maintaining strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to meet designated deadlines with a strong sense of urgency.
  • Experience with Agile development techniques and supporting tools desirable.
  • Prior experience in the property and casualty insurance industry is desirable.
Benefits

Ryan Specialty offers a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps employees achieve their physical, financial, and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick, and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services, and more.

Company Overview

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions.



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