Head, Quality Assurance & Testing Centre
Summary
Leads Polaris Bank's QA and testing function, overseeing four disciplines (functional, automated, performance, and security testing) through specialist teams to ensure reliable, high-performing, and secure software releases. Directs test automation within CI/CD pipelines, enforces OWASP security standards, and coordinates cross-functional quality across the bank's software delivery lifecycle.
About the
Role
The Head, Quality
Assurance & Testing Centre ensures Polaris Bank's software ships reliably,
performs under load, and is free of critical defects and security
vulnerabilities before reaching production. This role directs four testing
disciplines — Functional, Automated, Performance, and Security Testing —
through specialist leads and engineers.
Key
Responsibilities
Functional
Testing Oversight
- Ensure comprehensive functional,
regression, and system integration testing across all releases
- Set test case design and defect
tracking standards
Automated
Testing Oversight
- Direct the build-out and maintenance
of test automation frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines
- Drive toward the bank's target
automation coverage to enable faster, safer release cycles
Performance
Testing Oversight
- Ensure systems are validated for
performance, scalability, and load capacity before major releases
- Oversee performance monitoring
practices that catch degradation before it affects customers
Security
Testing Oversight
- Ensure security assessments,
vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing are performed on all
releases
- Escalate and track remediation of
identified vulnerabilities in coordination with security architecture and
engineering teams
Core
Competencies
- Test strategy and quality leadership
across manual, automated, performance, and security testing disciplines
- CI/CD-integrated automation practices
- Working knowledge of application
security testing methodology (OWASP)
- Cross-functional coordination with
engineering, architecture, and security teams
Familiarity
With Tools (used by the function's teams)
JIRA, TestRail,
Zephyr; Selenium, Cypress, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, Postman, RestAssured,
Jenkins, GitHub Actions; JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, BlazeMeter; Burp Suite,
OWASP ZAP, Nessus, Snyk, Veracode
Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
or related field; ISTQB or equivalent certification an advantage
- Demonstrated track record leading
QA/testing functions in a fast-release software environment, ideally
banking or fintech