Role Description - Test Planning & Design - Review business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories to design comprehensive test plans and test cases. - Define test scenarios that validate functionality, integration, regression, and end-to-end workflows. - Prepare and manage test data to support manual testing efforts. - Test Execution & Defect Management - Execute manual test cases across web, mobile, and backend systems. - Identify, log, and track software defects using a defect tracking system. - Collaborate with developers and product teams to reproduce, prioritize, and resolve issues. - Perform regression testing to validate fixes and ensure existing functionality remains stable. - Collaboration & Communication - Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Developers to ensure clarity on requirements and acceptance criteria. - Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives. - Provide clear, timely, and detailed test results and quality metrics to stakeholders. - User Experience & Quality Advocacy - Validate that software meets usability, accessibility, and customer experience standards. - Act as an advocate for the end user, ensuring that defects and gaps are addressed before release. - Provide feedback to improve application design, functionality, and performance. - Continuous Improvement - Contribute to refining QA processes, templates, and best practices. - Stay current on industry trends and testing techniques to improve effectiveness. - Support test documentation, knowledge sharing, and cross-training within the QA team. Qualifications - Required: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience). - 2–4 years of experience in manual software testing. - Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and best practices. - Experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, Azure DevOps). - Familiarity with SDLC and Agile development environments. - Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and documentation ability. - Preferred: - ISTQB or other QA certification. - Experience testing across multiple platforms (web, mobile, API, desktop). - Familiarity with SQL for basic data validation and back-end testing. - Exposure to accessibility and usability testing. - Understanding of automation concepts and willingness to collaborate with automation teams.

• Lead and coach QEs and SDETs across multiple product teams to ensure alignment with the quality engineering strategy. • Enable consistent application of risk-based exploratory testing by supporting charter creation, context gathering, and story-driven test design. • Drive automation maturity by guiding SDETs in the lifecycle of checks, curation of suites, and ownership responsibilities. • Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to align quality activities with delivery goals and risk tolerance. • Partner with automation architects, framework teams, and contract regression staff to ensure layered and sustainable automation coverage. • Establish practices for effective workflow management, including environment lifecycle support, governance, compliance, and incident response. • Tell the quality story through metrics, coverage mapping, and outcome-driven reporting that highlights risk, confidence, and delivery impact. • Mentor team members to develop both technical skills (automation, test design, observability) and strategic skills (risk framing, CAS, quality storytelling). • Foster a culture of responsible testing, innovation, and collaboration across engineering. • Champion responsible AI-assisted quality practices across the SDLC to improve test design, automation opportunities, coverage analysis, and quality artifact generation.

• Provide scientific leadership for QC GMP activities, including method transfer, qualification, validation, and lifecycle management for drug substance (DS) and drug product (DP). • Serve as a QC subject-matter expert supporting release and stability testing, including data review, trending, and interpretation. • Lead or support investigations of deviations, OOS, and OOT results, including root cause analysis and development of corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs). • Collaborate closely with Analytical Development and CMC teams to ensure successful method transfers to QC laboratories and external CMOs. • Provide oversight of QC activities conducted at contract testing laboratories and manufacturing partners, including review of data packages and ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory requirements. • Contribute to the development and execution of control strategies for small-molecule drug substance and drug product. • Author, review, and approve QC-related documents, including methods, specifications, protocols, validation reports, and regulatory submission content. • Support regulatory inspections and audits, including preparation, response, and follow-up activities. • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in QC processes, technologies, and compliance practices. • Mentor junior staff and serve as a technical resource across functional teams.

• Define strategy, plan, and execute tests throughout the development lifecycle • Create, maintain, and evolve documentation of test scenarios and test cases • Perform exploratory testing focused on identifying defects and risks • Analyze and interpret software requirements, ensuring the quality and consistency of deliverables • Validate and verify the implemented scope, ensuring adherence to business rules • Act critically in requirements analysis, proposing continuous improvements • Execute End-to-End (E2E) tests, ensuring full application flows function correctly • Perform API testing, validating integrations and service contracts • Collaborate with development and product teams to promote quality from conception