Senior Lead QA Analyst
IQVIA · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hospitals and Health Care · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Define and execute AI testing strategies for agentic and AI-driven solutions while leading testing activities for models, prompts, and agent workflows. Manage test planning, execution, and defect triage while collaborating with cross-functional teams including engineering and data science.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires over 6 years of automation testing experience with a strong focus on AI/ML concepts and non-deterministic system behavior. Candidates must possess hands-on experience with Python-based frameworks, CI/CD integration, and AI-assisted development tools like Cursor.
Full description
Location: India (Bangalore preferred) Experience: 6+ years of overall automation testing experience with leadership exposure
Job Summary: We are seeking Test Lead who will be responsible for leading testing activities for AI/Agentic AI solutions, ensuring quality, reliability, and compliance across releases. The role requires strong automation skills, understanding of AI systems, team leadership capability and close collaboration with cross‑functional teams. Testing Agentic AI or LLM based systems are the primary skills for the role.
Key Responsibilities: Define and execute AI testing strategy for agentic and AI‑driven solutions Lead testing activities of models, prompts, agent workflows, and AI outputs Manage test planning, execution and evidence tracking using Test Management Tool. Drive automation coverage using Python‑based frameworks and ensure maintainable test suites Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines. Use Cursor AI as a primary tool to design, generate, refactor and maintain automated test scripts Drive defect triage, risk assessment, and release readiness decisions Collaborate with Product Owner, Engineering Leads, Data Science and Business teams Mentor testers and promote best practices in AI and prompt‑based testing Cursor AI as a primary tool to design, generate, refactor, and maintain automated test scripts
Required Skills: Experience in test leadership and QA governance Knowledge of AI/ML concepts and non‑deterministic system behavior Strong hands‑on experience with UI/API automation, AI workflow automation and building scalable Python test frameworks. Hands-on experience in Models, prompts, scoring logic, regeneration workflows, Agent decision flows and multi‑agent coordination Experience with functional, Non Functional, Regression and UAT testing Experience building CI/CD QA pipelines. Experience in using ALM, JIRA, LangSmith and Data Dog Tools Experience with AI-assisted development and testing tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot etc Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Skills: Experience testing Agentic AI or LLM‑based systems Experience with AI‑assisted testing setup using Playwright MCP in VS Code Exposure to AI testing techniques such as scenario‑based or metamorphic testing Performance/Load Testing and related tools.(Load Runner Tool)
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
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