[Hiring] Quality Engineering Test Lead @Staff Domain Inc.

Role Description

Ready to do work that actually excites you? Our client is seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Test Lead to lead a team of QA professionals supporting the delivery of our SaaS insurance platform. This role combines hands-on testing leadership with people leadership responsibilities. You will be accountable for quality outcomes across projects, coaching and developing team members, improving automation adoption, and driving AI-assisted testing practices.

You will play a key role in building and maturing Monvia's offshore Quality Engineering capability while partnering closely with Australian-based Product, Delivery, and Engineering teams. This is a leadership role for someone who can balance operational delivery excellence today while helping shape the future of testing through automation, continuous quality, and AI-enabled ways of working.

What You’ll Do

• Test Leadership & Delivery
  • Lead testing activities across multiple projects and product releases.
  • Own quality outcomes for assigned initiatives.
  • Develop and oversee test strategies, plans and schedules.
  • Ensure adequate test coverage across functional, integration, regression, performance and UAT activities.
  • Monitor testing progress and manage risks.
  • Provide quality status reporting to project managers and stakeholders.
  • Support release readiness reviews and production deployments.
• People Leadership
  • Lead and mentor a team of QA professionals.
  • Conduct performance reviews and development planning.
  • Assist with recruitment, onboarding and capability development.
  • Develop career pathways for testers and automation engineers.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and collaboration.
  • Build and maintain a high-performing Philippines QA capability.
• Automation & Quality Engineering
  • Drive automation adoption across projects.
  • Define automation roadmaps and priorities.
  • Improve automation coverage and efficiency.
  • Review and approve automation frameworks and standards.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce manual testing effort.
• Desired technology exposure:
  • FitNesse; Playwright; Selenium; API Automation; CI/CD Pipelines; Git; AI & Innovation Leadership.
  • Examples include:
    • AI-generated test scenarios
    • AI-assisted test script development
    • Defect analysis and classification
    • Requirements quality reviews
    • Regression optimisation
    • Automated release impact assessments
    • Quality metrics and predictive analytics
• Expected outcome:
  • Reduced testing effort
  • Increased automation coverage
  • Faster release cycles
  • Improved quality outcomes
• Stakeholder Management
  • Partner with Australian delivery leaders.
  • Collaborate with Product & Project Managers, Business Analysts, Architects and Developers.
  • Participate in Sprint reviews and planning activities.
  • Provide leadership through major releases and production issues.
  • Support client-facing quality discussions when required.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery Quality
• Defect leakage
• Test coverage
• Release readiness
• Production quality outcomes
• Team Performance
• Team utilisation
• Capability development
• Employee engagement
• Staff retention
• Automation Uplift
• Automation coverage %
• Regression reduction
• Automated execution rates
• Continuous improvement initiatives
• Operational Excellence
• Estimation accuracy
• Reporting quality
• Process compliance
• Risk management

Requirements

• 8+ years software testing experience.
• 2+ years leading testing teams.
• Experience delivering testing within Agile environments.
• Strong knowledge of test planning and execution.
• Proven stakeholder management experience.
• Experience managing offshore or distributed teams.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence.
• SaaS platform experience preferred.
• Insurance domain experience preferred.
• Playwright/FitNesse experience preferred.
• Automation framework experience preferred.
• API testing experience preferred.
• JMeter experience preferred.
• AI-enabled testing tool experience preferred.
• DevOps or CI/CD exposure preferred.

Leadership Competencies

• People Leadership: Coaches and develops others; Holds team members accountable; Provides constructive feedback; Builds strong team culture.
• Ownership: Takes accountability for quality outcomes; Escalates issues proactively; Drives resolution.
• Continuous Improvement: Challenges inefficient practices; Promotes automation-first thinking; Encourages innovation; Strategic Thinking; Looks beyond immediate project needs; Builds scalable testing capability; Supports organisational transformation goals.

Success Measures (12 Months)

• KPI Target
• Team Engagement >80% favourable
• Automation Coverage +30% increase
• Regression Effort -25% reduction
• Production Defects Reduced YoY
• Utilisation >80% productive utilisation
• Staff Retention >90%
• Team Capability: All staff have automation and AI development plans
• AI Adoption: Measurable productivity gains across QA function

Benefits

• HMO, Dental, and Life Insurance for you and one free dependent from day one (with the option to enroll additional dependents).
• Paid Leaves: Birthday, Vacation, Medical, and Maternity (up to 6 Vacation Leaves are convertible to cash on your anniversary).
• Employee Engagement Activities: Year-End Party, Family Day, Team Building, and more!

Let’s Talk

If you’re thinking “this sounds like me”—it probably is. Click apply. We can’t wait to meet you.