PMO QA

Job Description – PMO + QA Analyst Role: PMO + QA Analyst Experience: 1–3 Years Location: Bengaluru Employment Type: Full-time About the Role We are looking for a PMO + QA Analyst who can work across Project Management and Quality Assurance functions. The role requires a combination of QA execution, project coordination, release management, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and quality governance . The candidate will work closely with Product, Engineering, QA, and Business teams to ensure features and projects are delivered on time and with the expected quality . The ideal candidate should be comfortable managing multiple workstreams, tracking project progress, identifying risks and dependencies, coordinating with stakeholders, and independently driving QA activities for assigned features/releases. Key ResponsibilitiesPMO & Project Management
- ​Track project, sprint, feature, and release timelines.
- ​Maintain project trackers, sprint trackers, dashboards, and action-item trackers.
- ​Monitor progress against planned timelines and highlight deviations.
- ​Track risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and blockers (RAID) .
- ​Coordinate with Product, Engineering, QA, and other stakeholders to ensure timely completion of activities.
- ​Follow up on pending tasks and ensure closure of action items.
- ​Coordinate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, release discussions, and project meetings.
- ​Track feature readiness across different stages of the SDLC.
- ​Monitor dependencies between Product, Development, QA, vendors, and other teams.
- ​Prepare and circulate regular project/sprint status reports.
- ​Escalate risks, blockers, and timeline concerns to relevant stakeholders.
- ​Support planning and tracking of multiple projects/releases simultaneously.
QA & Quality Assurance
- ​Review PRDs, user stories, functional requirements, and acceptance criteria .
- ​Identify requirement gaps, ambiguities, edge cases, and dependencies before development/testing.
- ​Prepare and review test scenarios and detailed test cases.
- ​Execute and coordinate functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, and end-to-end testing .
- ​Perform API testing using tools such as Postman .
- ​Validate UI, API responses, business rules, validations, and end-to-end workflows.
- ​Log detailed defects in JIRA with clear steps to reproduce, expected vs actual results, severity, and supporting evidence.
- ​Track defects through the complete lifecycle and coordinate with Development/Product teams for resolution.
- ​Perform defect retesting and regression after fixes.
- ​Validate fixes across relevant environments.
- ​Monitor QA progress and identify testing risks or gaps.
- ​Maintain QA metrics such as test execution status, defect status, open blockers, and release readiness.
- ​Support production issue investigation and RCA activities.
- ​Ensure adequate regression coverage before releases.
Release & Production Readiness
- ​Coordinate QA activities for planned releases.
- ​Track feature readiness across Development, UAT, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
- ​Ensure required QA activities and documentation are completed before release.
- ​Track test execution, open defects, blockers, and pending dependencies before release.
- ​Coordinate QA sign-off/release readiness with relevant stakeholders.
- ​Support production deployment validation and post-release verification.
- ​Track production issues and ensure appropriate RCA and closure.
- ​Maintain release documentation, test reports, and sign-off records.
Quality & Process Improvement
- ​Identify gaps in existing QA and project execution processes.
- ​Recommend improvements to testing, tracking, documentation, and release processes.
- ​Ensure standard QA and PMO processes are followed across projects.
- ​Identify recurring defects, process gaps, and quality risks.
- ​Contribute to improving test coverage and release quality.
- ​Help establish and maintain project and QA metrics.
- ​Support implementation of quality gates and production-readiness checks.
Required Skills
- ​ 1–3 years of experience in QA, PMO, Project Coordination, or a combination of these.
- ​Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, and software delivery lifecycle .
- ​Hands-on experience with functional and regression testing.
- ​Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools.
- ​Good knowledge of JIRA and project/task tracking.
- ​Strong knowledge of Excel / Google Sheets and reporting.
- ​Good understanding of defect lifecycle and release management.
- ​Ability to review requirements and identify gaps.
- ​Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- ​Ability to manage multiple projects, features, and priorities simultaneously.
- ​Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- ​Excellent documentation and follow-up skills.
Good to Have
- ​Knowledge of SQL/MongoDB .
- ​Experience with automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, Karate, or REST Assured .
- ​Basic understanding of performance/load testing.
- ​Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.
- ​Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Kibana.
- ​Experience working with API-driven products.
- ​Experience in FinTech, Banking, SaaS, or enterprise technology products .
- ​Understanding of production-readiness and release-governance processes.
Key Competencies
- ​ Ownership: Takes responsibility for assigned features, releases, and deliverables.
- ​ Coordination: Effectively works with Product, Development, QA, and Business teams.
- ​ Attention to Detail: Identifies requirement, testing, and process gaps.
- ​ Communication: Clearly communicates progress, risks, blockers, and dependencies.
- ​ Problem Solving: Investigates issues and drives them toward resolution.
- ​ Planning: Can prioritize and manage multiple activities simultaneously.
- ​ Quality Mindset: Focuses on preventing issues rather than only identifying defects.
- ​ Execution: Ensures planned activities are tracked through completion.
Success in This Role The person should be able to independently:
- ​Drive QA activities for assigned features/releases.
- ​Maintain accurate project and QA trackers.
- ​Identify and escalate risks, blockers, and dependencies.
- ​Coordinate effectively with Product, Engineering, QA, and other stakeholders.
- ​Ensure testing and release activities are completed on schedule.
- ​Provide clear visibility into project status, quality status, and release readiness .
- ​Contribute to improving the overall QA and project execution process.