QA Automation Lead (AccelQ)

Location: 100% Remote
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 6 Months
Budget: 1.0 LPM
Experience: 8 Years
Mandatory Skills:
Automation QA - AccelQ Lead - Sales Cloud CPQ - AccelQ tool is necessary

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced QA Lead - Salesforce Sales Cloud with strong hands-on expertise in AccelQ/ any other automation tool test automation. The role involves leading end-to-end QA strategy driving automation excellence and ensuring high-quality Salesforce implementations across Sales Cloud programs. The ideal candidate will combine leadership capabilities deep Salesforce functional understanding and strong automation expertise to deliver scalable and reliable testing solutions.
Key Responsibilities
1. QA Leadership & Strategy
* Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers (manual & automation).
* Define and implement test strategies frameworks and QA best practices.
* Act as the primary QA point of contact for stakeholders and drive quality initiatives.
* Ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum delivery models.
1. Automation (AccelQ) - Hands-on
* Design develop and maintain automation frameworks using AccelQ.
* Build reusable automation components (test cases datasets reusable flows).
* Drive codeless automation adoption and optimization across teams.
* Lead automation coverage for UI API and end-to-end Salesforce flows.
1. Salesforce Sales Cloud Testing
* Validate key Sales Cloud functionalities including:
o Leads Opportunities Accounts Contacts
o Forecasting Reports & Dashboards
* Test business workflows including:
o Opportunity lifecycle and validations
o Approval processes and custom flows
* Perform validation of custom objects integrations and business logic.
1. Test Execution & CI/CD Integration
* Integrate automation suites with CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins Azure DevOps Copado).
* Manage regression integration and UAT cycles.
* Analyze automation results and ensure defect tracking & closure.
1. Functional & Technical Testing
* Perform:
o Functional regression integration and system testing
* Drive API testing (REST/SOAP) for integrations.
* Validate Salesforce security models (profiles permission sets sharing rules).
1. Stakeholder Collaboration
* Collaborate with:
o Business Analysts Developers Admins Architects
* Participate in requirement analysis test planning and release cycles.
* Provide status reporting metrics and quality dashboards.
Required Skills & Qualifications
* 8-12 years of overall QA experience.
* 4 years in Salesforce testing preferably Sales Cloud.
* Hands-on experience in AccelQ automation (must-have).
* Strong knowledge of:
o Salesforce Sales Cloud data model & workflows
o Test design techniques and defect lifecycle
* Experience in API testing tools (e.g. Postman).
* Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
* Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA.
Leadership & Behavioral Competencies
* Strong team leadership and mentoring skills
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management
* Ability to drive quality ownership across distributed teams
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Preferred Qualifications
* Salesforce Certifications (Admin / Platform App Builder)
* Experience in multi-cloud Salesforce testing (Sales Service/Experience Cloud)
* Exposure to test data management and validation tools (e.g. Valgenesys)
Nice to Have
* Experience with Lightning (LWC) testing
* Knowledge of performance testing and security testing
* Exposure to large-scale Salesforce transformation programs

Required Skills:

AUTOMATIONDEVOPSSOAPAGILE METHODOLOGIESQACPQSALES CLOUDSTAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENTSALESFORCE TESTINGAGILE/SCRUMQA STRATEGYCI/CD

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1