Priyadharshini R

QA Manager

North Goa, Goa, India12 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a 36-member QA organization to success.
  • Reduced regression cycles by 30% through strategic initiatives.
  • Certified Scrum Master with a focus on Agile governance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Delivery and Quality Leader in the Digital Products industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Delivery ManagementRelease GovernanceOperational Excellence

Other Skills

LeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipQuality strategyRisk and MitigationDefect ManagementStakeholder ManagementAnalytical SkillsAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesSDLC OptimizationOrganizational ScalingRelease ManagementApplication TestingRelease StrategyPlaywritingLinux

About

I am a Delivery & Quality Leader with 12 years of experience building stable, high-velocity engineering organizations. Throughout my career at IBM and HT Media Labs, I have specialized in the intersection of Agile Governance, Release Strategy, and Risk Mitigation. My focus is on the 'Big Picture', ensuring that complex products reach the customer on time and without critical failures. I have successfully managed cross-functional organizations of 36+ members, serving as the final 'Go/No-Go' authority for major production deployments. By implementing metrics-driven quality gates and removing delivery roadblocks, I’ve helped teams reduce regression cycles by 30% and defect leakage by 20%. As a Certified Scrum Master, I believe that great engineering is driven by great process and even better people management. I thrive in remote-first environments where I can lead the transformation of chaotic workflows into predictable, high-performing delivery pipelines. Core Expertise: Delivery Management: Scaling organizations, Resource Planning, & Agile maturity. Release Governance: Strategic 'Go/No-Go' decision-making & Deployment stability. Operational Excellence: Reducing TTM (Time-to-Market) & Process optimization. Strategic Leadership: Managing managers, Stakeholder alignment, & Team health.

Experience

12 yrs
Total Experience
6 yrs
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Ht media group

QA Manager

May 2022May 2025 · 3 yrs · Remote

  • Led the QA function end-to-end for multiple digital product teams, owning quality strategy, team leadership, automation alignment, and delivery governance for a 36-member QA organization (internal + vendor).
  • Key Contributions:
  • Built the QA organisation from scratch — hiring, onboarding, process setup, and team structure.
  • Defined QA strategy across: quality gates, regression planning, documentation standards, automation fitment, and release governance.
  • Acted as Final Release Gatekeeper, owning UAT sign-off, risk visibility, and go/no-go decisions.
  • Improved automation coverage by 15% and reduced regression cycle by 30%.
  • Introduced Quality Quest Initiative, reducing defect leakage by 20% across sprints.
  • Strengthened stakeholder alignment across Product, Engineering, UAT, and Business.
LeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipQuality strategyRisk and MitigationRelease GovernanceDelivery Management

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2 roles

SDET

May 2020May 2022 · 2 yrs · On-site

Analytical SkillsAgile & Waterfall Methodologies

Software Engineer In Test

May 2013May 2020 · 7 yrs · On-site

Analytical SkillsAgile & Waterfall Methodologies

Education

BMS College Of Engineering, Basavangudi

ENGINEERING — Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

National College, Jayanagar

P.U.C

Jan 2006Jan 2008

Cathedral High School

ICSE

Jan 1994Jan 2006

B. M. S. College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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