Job Description

M-Tech Systems is an established, rapidly growing, and industry-leading international software development company based in Atlanta. Retaining and recruiting outstanding team members are critical components of our ongoing success.

M-Tech Systems offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, a great working environment that fosters collaboration, comfortable facilities, exceptional IT tools, training, professional growth, and ongoing opportunities to work with upper management and executive leadership.

MTech is constantly expanding while adding remarkable talent to its workforce. If you share our passion for information and technologies in a pleasant, dynamic, multicultural, multidisciplinary, relaxed yet committed work environment with colleagues and projects, apply today.

Role Overview

The QA Manager is a leadership role responsible for owning quality strategy, execution, and people management across multiple products and teams. This position leads a large, multi-layered QA organization and plays a critical role in delivery readiness, release quality, risk management, and continuous improvement.

This role combines strategic ownership with strong execution oversight, acting as the primary QA leader for cross-functional initiatives and a key partner to Engineering, Product, and Program Management.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Strategy & Governance

· Define and own the QA strategy, standards, and best practices.

· Ensure consistent test strategy, test plans, and traceability.

· Drive risk-based testing and define quality KPIs.

· Provide clear quality status and risk reporting to stakeholders.

People Leadership & Team Management

· Lead, develop, and manage QA Team Leads, QA Engineers, and QA Testers.

· Own performance management, career development, hiring, and onboarding.

· Ensure capacity planning, workload balance, and team sustainability.

· Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Delivery & Execution Oversight

· Ensure QA execution aligns with sprint goals and release timelines.

· Participate in release readiness, go/no-go decisions, and escalations.

· Proactively identify risks and define mitigation plans.

· Ensure quality criteria are part of the Definition of Done.

Automation, AI & Technical Direction

· Own the QA automation and AI roadmap.

· Drive adoption of automation-first and AI-assisted testing strategies.

· Oversee integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps).

· Ensure automation stability, coverage, and maintainability.

Cross-Functional Leadership

· Act as the primary QA point of contact for Product, Engineering, and DevOps.

· Influence decisions using data, metrics, and impact analysis.

· Ensure transparent communication during high-pressure releases.

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

· 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, with 5+ years in leadership or management roles.

· Advanced certifications or management training.

· Proven experience leading and developing QA teams across multiple initiatives or products.

· Demonstrated, hands-on experience applying AI to testing, including areas such as:

o AI-assisted test creation and maintenance

o Intelligent automation and self-healing tests

o AI-supported defect analysis, prioritization, or risk identification

· Strong background in manual testing, automation strategy, and Agile delivery.

· Experience working with CI/CD environments and global stakeholders.

· Fluent English (spoken and written).