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Winona is hiring a Head of QA

About the Role

This position leads the development and execution of quality assurance strategies across all product domains, ensuring robust, scalable, and user-centered testing practices are integrated throughout the software lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy and execution of quality assurance across all product lines
  • Build and manage a team of QA engineers and automation specialists
  • Define QA processes, tools, and best practices aligned with development workflows
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to integrate quality early in the development cycle
  • Establish metrics to measure test coverage, defect detection, and release stability
  • Drive automation frameworks to improve testing efficiency and speed
  • Oversee end-to-end testing, including functional, regression, and performance testing
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
  • Mentor team members and support professional development
  • Evaluate and implement new testing tools and technologies
  • Work closely with DevOps to integrate QA into CI/CD pipelines
  • Lead root cause analysis for critical production issues
  • Promote a culture of quality across engineering teams
  • Manage QA for both web and mobile platforms
  • Coordinate testing efforts across distributed teams
  • Develop scalable QA processes as the organization grows
  • Ensure testing environments mirror production accurately
  • Guide manual testing efforts where automation is not feasible
  • Oversee third-party vendor testing when applicable
  • Maintain documentation for test plans and results
  • Support release readiness assessments
  • Advocate for user experience consistency through testing
  • Align QA goals with business objectives
  • Respond to evolving product requirements with agile testing strategies
  • Ensure accessibility and internationalization testing are included

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in a technical or management discipline
  • Experience in healthcare or similar highly regulated sector
  • Certifications in software testing or quality management
  • Hands-on coding experience in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
  • Prior work in startups or high-growth companies
  • Public speaking or conference presentation experience
  • Contributions to open-source testing tools
  • Knowledge of AI/ML applications in testing
  • Experience with compliance frameworks such as HIPAA or GDPR
  • Leadership in remote-first organizations

Compensation

Competitive salary with equity and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility based on team needs

Team

Part of the engineering leadership team driving product quality and delivery standards

Our QA Philosophy

We believe quality is a shared responsibility across teams, not just a final checkpoint. QA leadership ensures quality is embedded from design through deployment, using automation, data, and collaboration to prevent defects before they reach users.

Growth Opportunities

This role offers the chance to shape the future of QA at scale, build a team from the ground up, and directly influence product reliability and customer trust as the company expands.

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
TypeScriptJavaScriptPostmanGitHub ActionsJenkinsGitLab CITest StrategyTeam LeadershipAPI TestingCI/CD
About company
Winona
Winona is one of the leading telemedicine companies providing HRT for women in menopause. They have built all technology in-house including an EHR, patient care admin system, patient portal, website, and marketing technology. Winona has two compounding pharmacies and a team of in-house physicians providing world-class care via a fully vertically integrated business model.
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Posted 8 months ago