Test Lead

We are looking for a QA Test Lead to join our product development team and take ownership of quality across our projects. You will lead and mentor a QA team, ensuring high testing standards, structured processes, and continuous improvement of our quality practices.Your responsibilities:Team Leadership:Lead and mentor a QA team, including delegating tasks, providing regular feedback, supporting professional growth, and fostering a collaborative and accountable team culture.  Conduct regular 1:1s, support onboarding of new QA team members, and ensure sustainable workload and capacity management.  Test Strategy & Quality Ownership:  In alignment with the Program Manager – define and maintain test strategy and test plans aligned with project scope, timelines, and client expectations.  Define quality gates, entry/exit criteria, and ensure effective execution of all testing levels (functional, regression, exploratory, UI/UX, UAT).  In alignment with the Program Manager  - own QA processes, documentation standards, reporting, and traceability of test results.  Monitor quality metrics and drive continuous improvement.  Hands-on QA & Automation Support:Perform hands-on testing activities when required, including manual functional, regression, exploratory, sanity, and smoke testing.  Review requirements and user stories to ensure clear and testable acceptance criteria.  Validate new features, systems, and software versions against specifications.  Support test automation and CI/CD integration in collaboration with QA Automation Engineers, Developers, and DevOps teams.  Defect Management & Collaboration:Own the defect lifecycle, including triage, prioritization, retesting, and closure.  Perform root cause analysis and communicate quality risks to stakeholders and clients.  Act as the primary QA point of contact in sprint ceremonies and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Dev, PO, PM, UX, DevOps).  Ensure compliance with client and domain standards (e.g., ISO, GDPR, WCAG), when applicable.  We are looking for you, if you have:3+ years of experience in manual testing within the software development lifecycle.  Strong leadership skills, including the ability to mentor and develop team members, delegate effectively, and take ownership of quality outcomes.  Strong knowledge of Jira and cloud-based applications.  Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is an advantage.  Independent, detail-oriented, and strong communication skills.  We offer:Participation in interesting and demanding projectsFlexible working hoursA great, non-corporate atmosphereStable employment conditions (contract of employment or B2B contract)Opportunities for development and promotionAttractive package of benefitsWork model: remote or hybrid (2 days per week from the office)