Saliha Jamal

Quality Assurance Team Lead| Agile PM| Problem Solving| Strategic| Scrum| Lean Thinking| Leadership| Project Management

Kerala, India

About

QA & Release Lead with over 11 years of experience delivering scalable, zero-defect releases for global QSR brands across the GCC — including KFC, Pizza Hut, Hardee’s, and Wimpy. Proven expertise in managing end-to-end QA and release cycles for mobile SuperApps with millions of downloads and 4.5+ ratings, across multiple countries in the Gulf region. Specialized in: Aggregator integrations (Talabat, Careem, Deliveroo) System architecture migrations Cross-functional release leadership As an active member of the Change Advisory Board (CAB), I play a key role in assessing risk, impact, and delivery timelines — ensuring stable, stakeholder-approved releases across frontend and backend environments. Known for calm execution under pressure, clear stakeholder communication, and QA strategies that align with business goals. I lead with empathy, clarity, and ownership. 🌍 Currently open to QA Leadership / Release Management roles in Dubai Seeking a space where integrity, quality, and delivery excellence are valued.

Experience

  • QA Lead at Kellton
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Quality Assurance Team Lead at Americana Restaurants
    Sep 2020 - Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • Leading the Quality Assurance Build/Optimize/Operate team for Most complex Super App for leading brands in Americana Restaurants (KFC, PizzaHut & Wimpy). • Increased the applications rating to 4.5+ in Appstore/Playstore for all brands within a year. • Defect Density rate increased to 85% by including detailed Analytical test cases. • Leads teams and efforts to ensure effective execution of periodic risk assessment and drive integration of remediation efforts with risk management process. • Proactively managed risks by identifying Risk triggers and issues to ensure the delivery of the projects on time, and with high quality. • Providing collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching, supporting the Scrum Team and the Scrum process. • Defining the vision for the team's product, creating the product road map based on this vision. • Mobile Testing, Cross functional Testing, While, Gray, Black box testing, Microsoft Azure Cloud, CI/CD Pipeline, CMS, Jira, Test Planning & Strategy, Payment Eco System & Service, Test Management

  • Senior QA Engineer at XILLIGENCE
    Jul 2018 - Nov 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Soft Skill Trainer at Self employed
    Oct 2016 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • A position as a freelance Trainer that will utilize strong teaching abilities to create a nurturing, motivational, and stimulating learning environment to help fresh graduate achieve their potential.

  • Accenture (On-site)
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Aug 2013 - Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Software Engineer
      Apr 2013 - Aug 2013 · 5 mos

    • Associate Software Engineer
      Jun 2012 - Apr 2013 · 11 mos

      • Improved efficiency and reduced test cycle by increasing auto-mating test script execution by 70%. • Increased test artifact documentation more than 100% across all applications supported. • Efficiently handled client interactions and proactively resolved their problems/queries by obtaining feedback and ensuring proper coordination. • Defining and owning testing component project plans, fully understand all project and testing assumptions, dependencies, and associated risks. • Web Application, Oracle Applications, HP ALM, HP QTP, VB Scripting, Big Data Storage products