QA Lead should have following skills:-
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Should be experienced to handle multiple projects.
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Should be a strong leader and capable to motivate team.
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Should be a good analyst, quick thinker and capable to processes testing strategies.
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Should be able to work under pressure.
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Should have strong communication skills and technical skills.
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Should have ability to manage team, manage test life cycle process and testing activities.
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Excellent knowledge to understand requirements then convert into test cases scenarios.
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Good understanding of users stories and use cases.
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Good understanding of requirements traceability matrix.
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Capability to implement talent of team members.
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Excellent capability to maintain relationships.
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Capable to prioritize work and divide tasks in team.
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Strong capability to maintain the quality of releasing build/product.
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Good monitoring skill to all QA process.
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Good knowledge to handle interview process and provide training to team members.
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Ability to implement latest technical automation testing tools and concepts.
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Strong exposure to develop and execute QA strategies to meet requirements.
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Should have good knowledge to create test plan and phases of testing cycle.
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Excellent knowledge about validation processes.
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Capability to define risk management process.
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Excellent skill to work with the development team to get quality of software.
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Strong knowledge about End To End Testing Strategies. Note:- There may be many more challenging tasks so keep learning.