Director of Quality Assurance @ Soar
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About Soar
Soar is a global fintech startup specializing in financing and investment. Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, Soar is rapidly expanding in the region with a mission to provide innovative financial and property investment solutions through a multi-purpose platform offering a simple and seamless user experience.
Role Summary
As the Director of Quality Assurance at Soar, you will lead, mentor, and scale a team of QA professionals. You will define and implement comprehensive QA strategies to ensure our mission-critical applications are robust, reliable, and performant. This leadership role demands precision in tracking progress, effective decision-making, and working under pressure to directly impact our success.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of QA engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
- Strategy & Process: Develop and execute scalable QA strategies with best practices and processes spanning the software development lifecycle.
- Progress Tracking: Establish KPIs and metrics to monitor team progress and product quality, reporting regularly to leadership.
- Decision-Making: Make quick, sound, data-driven decisions to maintain quality without hindering release schedules.
- Quality Assurance: Oversee design, development, and execution of test plans, cases, and automation scripts for web and mobile applications.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product management, engineering, and DevOps teams to integrate quality across all development stages.
- Risk Management: Identify potential quality risks and develop mitigation plans to maintain application stability.
Qualifications & Skills
- 7+ years in QA management or leadership, ideally in fintech or related environments.
- Strong leadership skills and experience building high-performing teams.
- Expertise in various testing methodologies and a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.
- Exceptional problem-solving and data-driven decision making abilities.
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.
Key skills/competency
Quality Assurance, Leadership, Strategy, Testing, Automation, KPIs, Fintech, Risk Management, Process Improvement, Collaboration
How to Get Hired at Soar
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Customize your resume: Tailor it to showcase QA leadership and fintech expertise.
- Highlight key metrics: Emphasize KPIs and process improvements in prior roles.
- Research Soar: Understand their mission and growth in fintech.
- Prepare for technical interviews: Review testing tools and automation frameworks.
- Show leadership impact: Demonstrate team-building and risk management skills.