Project Manager
First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026.
Job Description : Project Manager (QA Domain)
Experience : 6 - 8 Years
Location : Kochi
Work Mode : Work From Office (WFO)
Shift : 2nd Shift - 3 : 00 PM to 12 : 00 AM IST
About the Role :
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with strong QA/Software Testing domain experience to lead and deliver technology projects from initiation through successful completion. The ideal candidate should have strong project management expertise along with a good understanding of QA processes, software testing, UAT, defect management, release cycles, and quality assurance practices. This is a Project Management role, not a hands-on QA/Test Engineer position.
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead and manage projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring project objectives, timelines, and quality expectations are met.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements, objectives, and project priorities.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and delivery timelines.
- Assign and monitor tasks across cross-functional teams, including QA, development, business analysis, and other technical teams.
- Track project milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.
- Coordinate and host project meetings, document discussions, and circulate meeting notes with clear action items and timelines.
- Provide regular project status reports to stakeholders and management.
- Monitor project progress across all phases and proactively address delays, risks, and dependencies.
- Coordinate with QA/testing teams to ensure appropriate test planning, execution, UAT, defect resolution, and release readiness.
- Understand and monitor QA processes including functional testing, regression testing, UAT, defect management, and quality gates.
- Facilitate communication between QA, development, product, business, and client teams.
- Ensure testing and quality-related activities are aligned with project schedules and release milestones.
- Manage stakeholder communication regarding project status, changes, risks, issues, defects, and delivery milestones.
- Manage resource capacity and project budget.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes, tools, and delivery practices.
- Conduct post-project reviews, capture lessons learned, and implement process improvements.
Mandatory Skills & Experience :
- 6 - 8 years of strong Project Management experience.
- Strong experience managing software/IT projects in the QA, Software Testing, or Quality Assurance domain.
- Experience working with QA/testing teams and software delivery teams.
- Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, QA processes, UAT, defect management, and release management.
Tech Stack :
- JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Office, SharePoint
- Strong experience in project planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, risk/issue/dependency management, and stakeholder management.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum or other project management methodologies.
- Strong communication, coordination, and client/stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing resource capacity and project budgets.
- Must be willing and able to work in the 2nd shift : 3 : 00 PM - 12 : 00 AM IST.
Preferred Profile :
- Candidates with experience as a Project Manager, QA Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Delivery Manager, or Test/QA Manager with strong project management responsibilities are preferred.
Note :
- This is not a hands-on QA/Test Engineer position. The requirement is for a Project Manager who has substantial experience managing projects involving QA/testing teams and software quality processes.
Skills
Project Management, Testing, Project Manager - Testing, STLC Process, SDLC, Defect/Bug Tracking System, Jira, Confluence