Test Strategist and QA Team Lead

Test Strategist / Test Lead

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Test Strategist / Test Lead

Enterprise Applications | Travel Technology

Manage and mentor a team of 5 QA engineers (Automation + Functional) supporting enterprise applications. Define test strategy, ensure high automation coverage, improve release quality, and drive continuous improvement across UI, API, and integration layers. Travel Management Company (TMC) or Travel Technology background highly desirable.

What You'll Do

Test Strategy & Planning

• Define overall test strategy across functional, UI automation, API automation, regression, and integration testing,Develop release-level test plans and quality gates
• Define entry/exit criteria and automation roadmap,Ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum methodology

Team Leadership (5-Member QA Team)

• Manage and mentor 5 QA engineers,Allocate tasks across automation and functional testing,Review test cases, automation scripts, and defect reports
• Conduct performance reviews and provide technical guidance,Drive skill development in automation and domain expertise

Automation Governance

• Oversee Selenium automation framework health,Improve automation coverage and reduce manual regression
• Ensure REST API automation coverage,Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines. Reduce flaky tests and improve test stability

Functional & Domain Oversight

• Ensure complete test coverage for complex workflows and integration flows. Support SIT, UAT, and production validation
• Maintain strong requirement-to-test traceability (RTM)

Defect & Risk Management

• Lead defect triage meetings.Analyze defect trends and identify systemic issues
• Ensure minimal production defect leakage,Define risk mitigation strategies for high-impact releases

Stakeholder Communication

• Act as primary QA point of contact for Product, BA, and Engineering teams. Provide quality metrics and dashboard reporting
• Present automation progress and release readiness. Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD optimization

TMC / Travel Domain Advantage

• Experience in Travel Management Company (TMC) environments. Understanding of booking lifecycle platforms and mid-office/back-office systems
• Knowledge of ticketing, exchanges, refunds workflows. Experience with reconciliation and financial validations.Familiarity with GDS integrations (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport)

What We're Looking For

Automation & Technical

• Strong knowledge of Selenium WebDriver. REST API automation experience (REST Assured preferred)
• Framework design experience. CI/CD integration (Jenkins / Azure DevOps). SQL for backend validation.Experience with JIRA & Confluence

Leadership & Soft Skills

• 2–4 years' experience leading QA teams. Strong planning and coordination ability
• Excellent stakeholder communication. Ability to manage parallel releases.Risk identification and mitigation mindset

Experience Requirements

• 8–12 years total QA experience. 4+ years of hands-on automation experience
• 2+ years leading or mentoring QA teams. Experience in enterprise or product-based environments. TMC / Travel domain experience preferred
• Willing to work 2nd shifts (3:00 PM–12:00 AM IST) and occasional weekends. Willing to work from Bangalore office minimum 3 days/week

Success Metrics

• Increased automation coverage (%), Reduced regression cycle time
• Low production defect leakage, On-time release readiness
• Improved team productivity,Stable CI/CD test execution

     

Location

Bangalore, India

     

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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Experience Level

Senior Level