Quality Assurance Manager
Silicon Stack · Pune, Maharashtra
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Are you an experienced QA professional who enjoys not only finding defects but also building strong testing processes, mentoring QA engineers, managing releases, and driving product quality across teams? Silicon Stack® is hiring a Quality Assurance Manager in Pune, Maharashtra, offering an opportunity for experienced QA leaders to take ownership of quality strategy, automation, manual testing, team development, and stakeholder management. Location: Pune, Maharashtra Role: Quality Assurance Manager Experience: 8+ Years Focus: Manual Testing + Automation Testing + QA Leadership Work Location: Pune About Silicon Stack Silicon Stack is an Australian-headquartered technology and software development company founded in 2016, with teams across Australia, India, Vietnam and other locations. The company works across software development, strategic consulting, digital transformation, integrations, APIs, cloud, cybersecurity and software testing. Its technology and delivery experience spans industries such as automotive, agriculture, finance, ERP, retail, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing and AI. The company's Pune operation is an important part of its global delivery network. For an experienced QA Manager, this environment can provide exposure to multiple technologies, domains, client projects and distributed engineering teams rather than limiting the role to one application or testing stack. Why Is This Role Good for Experienced QA Professionals? This is not a traditional QA Manager position focused only on assigning test cases. The JD combines QA strategy, automation, manual testing, release management, team leadership, process improvement and stakeholder communication. You could be responsible for defining regression and smoke suites, improving CI/CD testing practices, mentoring QA engineers, reviewing quality metrics and working directly with development and leadership teams. For someone targeting positions such as QA Head, Senior QA Manager, Quality Engineering Manager or Test Practice Lead, this role can strengthen both technical and managerial capabilities. The cross-platform responsibility covering backend, web and Android/iOS applications also makes the role attractive for professionals with broad testing experience. Expected Interview Rounds at Silicon Stack The exact process can vary depending on the project and hiring team, so candidates should treat the following as an expected structure rather than a guaranteed process. Based on publicly reported Silicon Stack interview experiences, candidates have encountered an HR discussion followed by technical/project-focused rounds and an HR/final discussion. For a QA Manager, expect something closer to: Round 1 – HR/Recruiter Screening: Experience, notice period, location, compensation expectations and leadership background. Round 2 – QA Technical Round: Manual testing strategy, automation frameworks, API testing, database testing, regression planning, defect lifecycle and CI/CD. Round 3 – QA Leadership/Managerial Round: Team management, mentoring, hiring, performance management, conflict resolution, stakeholder communication and delivery ownership. Round 4 – Client/Leadership Discussion: Depending on the project, expect scenario-based questions around release risks, customer escalations, quality metrics and handling difficult delivery situations. Public interview reports also mention detailed project-related questioning, so be prepared to explain your previous projects deeply. Salary Range The job post does not specify a salary package. As a market reference, publicly reported Silicon Stack salary data shows approximately ₹19–21 LPA total pay for QA Lead/Manager-level positions in Pune. For an 8+ year QA Manager with strong automation and people-management experience, a reasonable discussion range could be around ₹18–25 LPA, depending on technical depth, leadership scope, current compensation and client/project requirements. This should be considered an indicative range, not an official salary commitment. Skills Required Candidates should be strong across: QA Strategy & Test Planning Manual & Automation Testing UI, API and Database Testing Functional, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing Mobile Application Testing Web Automation CI/CD & Continuous Testing Release & Environment Management Defect Lifecycle Management Test Metrics & Quality Reporting Agile/Scrum Stakeholder Management Team Leadership & Mentoring Hiring & Performance Management Root Cause Analysis Risk-Based Testing Test Automation Frameworks Experience with Selenium, Playwright, REST APIs, Postman, SQL, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar technologies can further strengthen your profile. Preparation Tips Don't prepare only for automation questions. For this position, prepare a complete QA leadership story. Be ready to explain how you would create a regression strategy for a product containing web, backend and mobile applications. Prepare scenarios such as: A critical defect is discovered one day before production — what do you do? Automation execution is unstable — how do you improve reliability? Developers and QA disagree about release readiness — how do you resolve it? Your team repeatedly misses testing deadlines — what process changes would you introduce? Leadership asks for a quality report — which metrics would you present? Also prepare examples demonstrating mentoring, hiring, stakeholder escalation, release ownership and automation framework improvements. Resume Tips for This QA Manager Role Your resume should immediately communicate leadership + technical QA ownership. Instead of writing: ❌ "Responsible for testing applications." Use achievement-oriented statements such as: ✅ "Led a QA team responsible for web, API and mobile testing across multiple releases." ✅ "Defined regression, smoke and sanity strategies and integrated automated suites into CI/CD pipelines." ✅ "Mentored QA engineers on automation frameworks and functional/non-functional testing strategies." Include measurable achievements wherever possible: team size, automation coverage, regression reduction, release frequency, defect leakage, execution time and productivity improvements. Make sure keywords such as QA Strategy, Test Automation, Manual Testing, API Testing, Mobile Testing, CI/CD, Release Management, Stakeholder Management and Team Leadership are clearly visible. How to Apply Interested candidates can DM to Ragnee Rajput and share updated resume if their experience matches the job requirements. Interested candidates should apply through Silicon Stack's careers channel and look for relevant Pune QA/Quality Engineering opportunities. Silicon Stack Careers: Check the company's current openings and submit your updated resume. If you have 8+ years of QA experience and enjoy combining hands-on testing expertise with people leadership and quality strategy, this could be a strong opportunity to take the next step toward senior QA leadership. Good luck to everyone applying!