Principal QA Lead - Functional QA and Release Quality Management

At OneSpan, we specialize in digital identity and anti-fraud solutions that create exceptional and secure experiences.

We are seeking a Principal QA Lead - Functional QA and Release Quality Management who owns all QA activities within the release from planning to go-live, providing data-driven quality status, metrics, and release readiness recommendations. This role requires a hands-on QA candidate who is involved in all phases of the QA process in addition to overseeing/mentoring junior QA members and validating the quality of team deliverables. The ideal candidate should be well-versed in functional and automation testing techniques along with being a strong advocate for QA best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own QA execution and quality for ongoing releases

• Design complex test strategies and failure scenarios

• Analyze complex issues across Linux, AWS, and container platforms

• Drive sanity, regression, and end-to-end testing across teams

• Lead database testing for consistency and edge cases

• Define and report QA metrics for release readiness

• Guide and mentor QA team members

• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Release teams

• Communicate release readiness, risks, and go/no-go recommendations

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of overall experience in QA including mobile, API Testing, functional testing and test automation

• 5+ years of technical mentorship and lead experience

• Proven QA Lead or release ownership experience

• Strong understanding of QA metrics and reporting

• Hands-on experience across web, mobile, API, DB, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes

• Strong stakeholder communication and leadership skills

• Experience using AI-based productivity tools

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