QA Lead (Local to Minnesota)

Job Title: Quality Analyst Lead

Duration: 6 months contract-to-hire

Location: Hybrid Minnetonka, MN/ Madison, WI

Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced IT QA Lead to join our team and drive quality assurance efforts across critical Salesforce technology initiatives. In this role, you will lead QA strategy, execution, and continuous improvement for new technology that supports our health care products and salesforce platform.
• This role is essential to ensuring quality in the CRM Salesforce instances including Sales Cloud, Health Cloud, and Marketing Cloud. The primary focus is developing a greenfield environment with a fast-paced team, incrementally delivering value to the Sales teams so that they can effectively sell our products.

Summary of Role

• Provide advanced level of quality assurance expertise and leadership of a team of 10-20 QAs by providing guidance and mentoring to the testing team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design, and execution of test strategies for complex initiatives
• Plan for all testing aspects including functional, non-functional, regression, exploratory, UI, End to End, and working closely with the business on UAT
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and business owners to ensure quality is built into every step of the delivery process
• Provide leadership and guidance to automation specialists to automate test scenarios, reduce manual activities, and find bugs as early as possible
• Manage defect tracking and resolution processes
• Mentor QA team members and promote best practices in testing and quality assurance
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements
• Continuously improve QA processes, tools, and metrics
• Track progress using dashboards and other industry standard QA tools
• Leverage emerging AI technologies

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in software quality assurance, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior role
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools, especially in the Salesforce ecosystem
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development environments
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Experience in the health care or insurance industry
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with performance and security testing tools
• ISTQB or similar QA certification
  

The projected hourly range for this position is $60-70/hr.
On-Demand Group (ODG) provides employee benefits which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance. ODG is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.