QA Lead - Product Development (Healthcare & Compliance Focus)
- Vadodara, Gujarat
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Define the QA roadmap for the product (automation, performance, compliance testing strategies).
- Establish “shift-left” testing: ensure HIPAA, Medicaid, SOC2, and 508 acceptance criteria are in every user story.
- Partner with Product Owner to ensure compliance requirements are prioritized in backlog grooming.
- Team Leadership
- Lead a team of QA engineers/testers across product squads.
- Mentor team on secure coding, test automation, accessibility, and compliance-driven QA practices.
- Define QA KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
- Process Ownership
- Integrate automated compliance and security checks into CI/CD pipeline.
- Ensure traceability between regulatory requirements, test cases, and product features.
- Own test strategy for API integrations (e.g., Medicaid data, MCO systems, HL7/FHIR).
- Collaboration
- Partner with Engineering Lead to ensure security/privacy are considered in architecture.
- Collaborate with Compliance QA Specialist on the implementation side for handoff and release validation.
- Liaise with external auditors/regulators when needed for product-side validation.
7+ years in QA (with 3+ in leadership/management).
- Strong background in test automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and secure software testing.
- Deep familiarity with HIPAA, SOC2, Medicaid compliance requirements, and Section 508 accessibility.
- Experience managing QA in a regulated healthcare environment.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder communication skills.
- % of features with compliance acceptance criteria embedded before dev starts.
- Reduction in compliance-related defects found post-release.
- QA automation coverage (% of regression/compliance suite automated).
- % of successful compliance test handoffs to Implementation QA Specialist.
- Accessibility compliance scores during development (not just post-release).