About the role
About the Role Own the quality of our LAP product line across LOS and LMS. You will lead the testing team, set the automation direction, and decide when a release is fit for Production. Key Responsibilities • Lead, coach and appraise Senior and Junior testers; plan capacity against sprint and release commitments. • Own sprint test delivery and escalate risks and dependencies early to delivery and business leadership. • Design the master regression automation strategy (UI, API, DB) and embed it in CI/CD pipelines. • Chair defect triage with Product, Development and Business; drive root-cause analysis and prevention. • Act as primary gatekeeper for Production deployments: own go/no-go, release readiness and post-deployment verification. • Define and publish QA metrics: defect leakage, test coverage and defect density. • Set test governance and standards for audit-readiness on RBI-regulated flows. Must-Haves • 8+ years in QA, 3+ years leading teams, in Indian lending (LAP preferred) • Hands-on exposure to Finone, Finnaxia, Nucleus, Pennant, Lentra or similar LOS/LMS • Strong grasp of the LAP lifecycle, NACH/e-Mandate flows and RBI digital lending norms • Proven automation strategy and CI/CD experience Good-to-Haves Jenkins/GitLab, Jira/Confluence, SQL, Selenium/RestAssured/Playwright/Cypress. Scope Boundary Does not own day-to-day case execution or scenario design; that sits with the team.