# QA Manager

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/qa-manager

A QA Manager leads a quality assurance team, setting test planning and strategy while overseeing the adoption of test automation frameworks across projects. They report on quality metrics to stakeholders and integrate testing practices into Agile/Scrum development cycles. This role is filled by an experienced quality professional who balances hands-on technical oversight with people management responsibilities.

Top skills: [Team Leadership](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/team-leadership)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Quality Assurance Associate](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/quality-assurance-associate), [Software QA Lead](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-qa-lead), [Test Automation Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/test-automation-engineer)
- Often leads to: [Director of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-engineering)

## Similar roles

[Quality Control Analyst](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/quality-control-analyst), [Software Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineering-manager), [Software QA Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-qa-engineer), [Test Automation Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/test-automation-engineer)

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