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Gurugram, Haryana, India
Hybrid
About Gartner IT
Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build innovative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the belief that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.
About this role:
Lead QA position responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of manual and automated testing solutions for web and API applications. You will architect and develop test automation frameworks, drive quality assurance initiatives, and leverage AI tools to enhance testing capabilities and accelerate delivery timelines. This role requires strong technical skills, leadership skills, and a collaborative approach in a fast-paced Agile environment.
What you’ll do:
Design, plan, execute, and automate software testing activities throughout the software development lifecycle.
Develop and maintain quality assurance plans, test data, procedures, and scripts.
Lead the creation and ownership of test specifications, strategies, and automation for Agile scrums, including the definition and implementation of long-term QA strategies aligned with organizational goals.
Provide input on high-level test scenarios, risks, challenges, resource needs, and test estimates during planning sessions; proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.
Collaborate with technical leaders, architects, and cross-functional teams to understand new product requirements and coordinate work across multiple project phases or complex assignments.
Lead quality assurance initiatives using available test frameworks and tools, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.
Champion innovation by integrating new technologies and driving process improvements through best practices, tools, and methodologies to enhance test efficiency and effectiveness.
Own the automation strategy: build and optimize automation frameworks, develop libraries and tools, simulate user stories, and leverage existing tools for both new feature testing and ongoing maintenance.
Ensure adherence to testing best practices, standards, and provide process guidance and governance for software product testing.
Establish and track relevant QA metrics to measure team performance, test coverage, and product quality; contribute to management reporting by providing actionable test metrics.
Mentor, coach, and motivate QA team members, fostering a high-performing team environment, supporting career development, and conducting code reviews.
Demonstrate strong leadership, decision-making skills, attention to detail, and the ability to balance quality, timelines, and resource constraints to deliver high-quality products.
Utilize AI tools and technologies to strengthen test automation, increase efficiency, and accelerate delivery timelines.
Drive process improvements and champion the adoption of new technologies within the QA function.
Must Have:
6 - 8 years of experience in IT or business environments testing highly scalable applications, with significant experience designing automation platforms and writing automated tests.
Proficiency in Selenium and Cucumber.
Strong Java programming skills.
Extensive experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, SOAPUI), including the ability to write code for test creation.
Ability to independently manage projects and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
Experience in estimation, prioritization, planning, and coordination of testing activities within a Scrum environment.
Nice to have:
Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes) and integrating test suites with tools in DevOps/CICD pipelines.
Experience in writing SQL queries, procedures, and function.
Who you are:
Graduate/Postgraduate in BE/BTech, ME/MTech, or MCA is preferred.
Excellent communication and prioritization skills.
Owns success – takes responsibility for successful delivery of solutions.
Strong desire to improve skills in software development/testing, frameworks, and technologies.
Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
Exceptional communication skills, able to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
Excellent organization, multitasking, and prioritization skills.
Responsive, flexible team player who is self-motivated, self-starting, and enthusiastic.
Able to work independently or within a team proactively in a fast-paced AGILE-SCRUM environment.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.
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At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.
Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.
Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.
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Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.
We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.
Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.
We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.
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At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.
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What do we offer?
Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.
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