{"id":107894,"date":"2026-08-14T09:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/qa-lead-test-manager\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:39:07","slug":"qa-lead-test-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/qa-lead-test-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"QA Lead \/ Test Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"QA Lead \/ Test Manager\", \"description\": \"Role Purpose\\nOwns end-to-end execution of System Integration Testing SIT for\u00a0 Mobile Banking Apps and holds broader quality-oversight responsibility across the full programme, including phases executed by other teams and partner organisations.\\nKey Responsibilities\\nOwn the Master Test Strategy and keep it current as programme understanding evolves.\\nChair daily defect triage; own defect severity and root-cause classification discipline.\\nMaintain full traceability from source requirement through test case to defect resolution.\\nDeliver weekly status reporting with RAG status and top risks to the CTO and Product Owner.\\nLead formal sign-off against Exit Criteria before User Acceptance Testing UAT begins.\\nLead UAT execution across business participants from partner organisations, via a dedicated UAT Coordinator.\\nProvide quality oversight of programme phases outside direct execution \u2014 customer experience review, migration, performance\/load testing, security penetration testing, compliance checks, environment stabilisation, and go-live.\\nOwn selection and ongoing validation of vendor-sourced specialist roles security, architecture and code review, performance, DevSecOps.\\nChair a weekly cross-phase coordination sync with all phase owners.\\nRequired Qualifications & Experience\\nProven track record leading QA\/test management for digital banking, fintech, or large-scale financial-services platforms.\\nExperience with concurrent\/continuous testing models \u2014 testing alongside active development, not gated behind a code-freeze milestone.\\nDemonstrated ability to own both hands-on execution and cross-team quality oversight simultaneously.\\nExperience managing vendor\/contractor relationships for specialist technical roles.\\nRequired Skills & Tools\\nTest management, banking\/fintech domain knowledge, stakeholder communication, defect-tracking tooling administration e.g. Jira, release governance.\\nWhat Success Looks Like\\nSIT signs off on schedule with zero open Critical\/High defects; UAT completes with clean business sign-off; every downstream phase has current, accurate visibility into SIT's findings.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-13\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Tezza Business Solutions Ltd\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-27T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Tezza Business Solutions Ltd<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-27<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Role Purpose<br \/>Owns end-to-end execution of System Integration Testing SIT for\u00a0 Mobile Banking Apps and holds broader quality-oversight responsibility across the full programme, including phases executed by other teams and partner organisations.<br \/>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Own the Master Test Strategy and keep it current as programme understanding evolves.<br \/>Chair daily defect triage; own defect severity and root-cause classification discipline.<br \/>Maintain full traceability from source requirement through test case to defect resolution.<br \/>Deliver weekly status reporting with RAG status and top risks to the CTO and Product Owner.<br \/>Lead formal sign-off against Exit Criteria before User Acceptance Testing UAT begins.<br \/>Lead UAT execution across business participants from partner organisations, via a dedicated UAT Coordinator.<br \/>Provide quality oversight of programme phases outside direct execution \u2014 customer experience review, migration, performance\/load testing, security penetration testing, compliance checks, environment stabilisation, and go-live.<br \/>Own selection and ongoing validation of vendor-sourced specialist roles security, architecture and code review, performance, DevSecOps.<br \/>Chair a weekly cross-phase coordination sync with all phase owners.<br \/>Required Qualifications &#038; Experience<br \/>Proven track record leading QA\/test management for digital banking, fintech, or large-scale financial-services platforms.<br \/>Experience with concurrent\/continuous testing models \u2014 testing alongside active development, not gated behind a code-freeze milestone.<br \/>Demonstrated ability to own both hands-on execution and cross-team quality oversight simultaneously.<br \/>Experience managing vendor\/contractor relationships for specialist technical roles.<br \/>Required Skills &#038; Tools<br \/>Test management, banking\/fintech domain knowledge, stakeholder communication, defect-tracking tooling administration e.g. Jira, release governance.<br \/>What Success Looks Like<br \/>SIT signs off on schedule with zero open Critical\/High defects; UAT completes with clean business sign-off; every downstream phase has current, accurate visibility into SIT&#8217;s findings.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Tezza Business Solutions Ltd on tezzasolutions.catsone.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1305899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-27 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Tezza Business Solutions Ltd Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-27 Job Description Role PurposeOwns end-to-end execution of System Integration Testing SIT for\u00a0 Mobile Banking Apps and holds broader quality-oversight responsibility across the full programme, including phases executed by other teams and partner organisations.Key ResponsibilitiesOwn the Master Test Strategy and keep it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1425,1413,1412,1617],"class_list":["post-107894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-tezza-business-solutions-ltd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}