QA Manager (AI‑Driven Automation)

Job description

Please note looking for someone who can join immediately and work out of our office in Hi-Tech city.SimplifyVMSis a next-generationVendor Management System (VMS)andContingent Workforce Management Platformdesigned for global enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

Our multi-tenant, cloud-native SaaS platform helps organizations manage contingent labor, SOW engagements, and service procurement with agility, compliance, and intelligence.With customers acrossNorth America, EMEA, and APAC , SimplifyVMS is building a scalable, secure, and globally compliant platform that supportsmulti-region data storage, GDPR compliance, multi-currency transactions, and localizationacross multiple hierarchies and organizational levels.SimplifyVMS powers complex, highly configurable enterprise workflows across multiple countries, currencies, and languages.

We’re looking for a hands‑on QA Manager who ownsend‑to‑end product quality outcomes , brings anAI‑first testing mindset , and can scale rigorous, automation‑heavy quality practices for a global platform.What you’ll doOwn the quality barfor a multi‑tenant, configuration‑rich B2B SaaS platform; define the test strategy and ship-readiness criteria for every release.Lead and developa team of 7–8 QA engineers (hiring, coaching, 1:1s, growth plans, performance reviews) while remaining hands‑on with complex investigations.Scale automationacross UI, API, services, data pipelines, and integrations; drive shift‑left testing with developers and SDETs.Apply AI natively : use LLMs/AI tools to generate test cases, expected outcomes/oracles, test data, and regression summaries; build AI‑assisted validation flows for edge cases and configuration explosions.Design thousands of scenariosand combinatorial suites that challenge functionality, security, performance, and reliability across locales, currencies, time zones, and user roles.Performance & load testing : establish SLAs/SLOs, capacity models, soak tests, and failure budgets; partner with DevOps to run scalable, repeatable load tests in CI.Data privacy & compliance testing : validate features against international data laws (e.g., GDPR, DPDP Act, CCPA) and customer data‑residency requirements; champion privacy‑by‑design and secure test‑data practices.Configuration & rules testing : build frameworks to validate complex business rules, rate cards, workflows, and approvals across countries/clients with feature flags and tenant configs.CI/CD quality gates : own build health, flaky‑test reduction, and release quality metrics; automate go/no‑go signals.Cross‑functional leadership : partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Compliance, and Customer Success; coordinate enterprise UAT and post‑release validations.What you’ll bring10+ years in software testing forglobal B2B SaaS , including3–5+ years leading QA teams ; HR Tech/VMS, HCM, ATS, or fintech/payroll domain is a strong plus.Proven track record testinghighly configurable, multi‑tenantplatforms withmulti‑currency and multilingualsupport.Deeptest automationexpertise (framework design, code reviews, quality of asserts, maintainability).

Hands‑on with at least two of: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium/WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, RestAssured, Pact (contract testing).AI‑first mindset : practical experience using AI tools (e.g., Testim/Mabl/Functionize/TestSigma, or custom LLM workflows) to author/maintain tests, generate data, and flag anomalies.StrongAPI, integration, and data validationchops (REST/GraphQL, webhooks, message queues; SQL proficiency; test data management; schema evolution).Performance/Load testingat scale using JMeter, k6, Gatling, or Locust; ability to read APM metrics and bottleneck profiles.Familiarity withsecurity and complianceimplications in HR Tech: PII/PHI handling, RBAC/SoD, audit trails, retention, DPIAs, cross‑border data transfers.CI/CD and DevOps collaboration (GitHub/GitLab Actions, Jenkins, Docker/K8s); cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure) and observability (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana).Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and crisp documentation skills.What you’ll own (outcomes & metrics)Release quality KPIs (P0/P1 escape rate, change failure rate, pass rate, flaky rate).Coverage across critical user journeys and tenant configurations; measurable reduction inconfig‑driven regressions .Time‑to‑detect/resolve for defects (MTTD/MTTR) anddefect containmentprior to UAT/production.Performance SLAs (latency, throughput, error budgets) validated per release.Nice to haveExperience in contingent workforce/VMS, SOW procurement, timesheets, rate management, compliance workflows.Contract testing, consumer‑driven contracts, and test data virtualization.Prior success in maturing QA from manual‑heavy toautomation‑firstwith AI‑assisted authoring.How we workOnsite from ourHyderabadoffice; collaboration with global stakeholders across time zones.High‑trust, high‑accountability culture focused on outcomes and continuous improvement.Interested?Send your resume and a short note on an AI‑driven test strategy you’ve implemented, including tools used and impact (metrics).

Required Skill Profession

Software Development