Director of Quality Assurance

Soar Software Development Company

About us:

Soar is a global fintech startup that specializes in financing and investment. Currently headquartered in Saudi Arabia, Soar is growing throughout the region with a mission to help people achieve their financial goals with innovative financial and property investment solutions and tools through its multi-purpose platform, designed to offer a simple and seamless user experience.

Role Summary:

As the QA Director at SOAR, you will be responsible for leading, mentoring, and scaling a team of quality assurance professionals. You will define and implement comprehensive QA strategies, ensuring our mission-critical applications are robust, reliable, and performant. This is a leadership role for someone who thrives under pressure, can track progress with precision, and makes timely, effective decisions that directly impact our success

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Key responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership: Lead, manage, and mentor a team of QA engineers to increase overall productivity and output. Foster a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
2. Strategy & Process: Develop and execute a scalable QA strategy, defining best practices and processes across the entire software development lifecycle.
3. Progress Tracking: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track team progress, project health, and product quality. Report on these metrics to leadership on a regular basis.
4. Decision-Making: Make quick, informed, and correct decisions under pressure, ensuring that quality gates are maintained without hindering release schedules.
5. Quality Assurance: Oversee the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test plans, test cases, and automation scripts for our web and mobile applications.
6. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product management, engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is a shared responsibility and is integrated into every stage of development.
7. Risk Management: Proactively identify potential quality risks and create mitigation plans to ensure the stability of the application.

Qualifications & Skills:

1. Proven experience ( 7+ years) in a QA management or leadership role, preferably within a fintech, proptech, or other mission-critical software environment.
2. Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams.
3. Expertise in a variety of testing methodologies (functional, regression, performance, security, etc.) and a deep understanding of the full software development lifecycle.
4. Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.
5. Exceptional problem-solving abilities and the capacity to make sound, data-driven decisions quickly.
6. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
7. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.