Director of Quality Assurance

About us:Soar is a global fintech startup that specializes in financing and investment. Currently headquartered in Saudi Arabia, Soar is growing throughout the region with a mission to help people achieve their financial goals with innovative financial and property investment solutions and tools through its multi-purpose platform, designed to offer a simple and seamless user experience.Role Summary:As the QA Director at SOAR, you will be responsible for leading, mentoring, and scaling a team of quality assurance professionals. You will define and implement comprehensive QA strategies, ensuring our mission-critical applications are robust, reliable, and performant. This is a leadership role for someone who thrives under pressure, can track progress with precision, and makes timely, effective decisions that directly impact our success.Key responsibilities:Team Leadership: Lead, manage, and mentor a team of QA engineers to increase overall productivity and output. Foster a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.Strategy & Process: Develop and execute a scalable QA strategy, defining best practices and processes across the entire software development lifecycle.Progress Tracking: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track team progress, project health, and product quality. Report on these metrics to leadership on a regular basis.Decision-Making: Make quick, informed, and correct decisions under pressure, ensuring that quality gates are maintained without hindering release schedules.Quality Assurance: Oversee the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test plans, test cases, and automation scripts for our web and mobile applications.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product management, engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is a shared responsibility and is integrated into every stage of development.Risk Management: Proactively identify potential quality risks and create mitigation plans to ensure the stability of the application.Qualifications & Skills:Proven experience ( 7+ years) in a QA management or leadership role, preferably within a fintech, proptech, or other mission-critical software environment.Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams.Expertise in a variety of testing methodologies (functional, regression, performance, security, etc.) and a deep understanding of the full software development lifecycle.Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.Exceptional problem-solving abilities and the capacity to make sound, data-driven decisions quickly.Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.This role is open worldwide/remote, however if the candidate is based in Cairo, Egypt or Riyadh, KSA then it is Hybrid since we have offices there.