Senior Automation Tester

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By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use.  I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge. Job Description The Future Begins Here At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet. Bengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.   At Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team About the role: As a Senior Automation Tester in the Donor Engagement Platform (DEP) space within the Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) business unit, you will play a critical role in driving quality assurance initiatives and ensuring software products adhere to the highest standards and business requirements. In addition to hands-on testing responsibilities, you will provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA team members, helping establish robust testing methodologies, best practices, and standard operating procedures. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders including development, product, business, and infrastructure teams to design, review, and execute comprehensive testing strategies covering functional, non-functional, integration, performance, and negative test scenarios across DEP systems. By leading the planning, execution, coordination, and reporting of testing activities, this role directly contributes to PDT’s ability to harness data effectively, improve decision-making capabilities, and maintain a competitive advantage in the market. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and modern testing methodologies to help Takeda drive innovation, scale quality engineering practices, and continuously evolve in an ever-changing business and technology landscape. This role will also serve as a team lead, providing guidance to junior testers, driving delivery excellence, ensuring alignment across QA teams, and supporting strategic quality initiatives. This position will align to the Testing and Validation Chapter of the ICC and initially report to the Functional Delivery Lead for strategic direction as well as day-to-day management. How you will contribute: • Lead and independently own end-to-end testing activities across multiple projects and releases. • Mentor, guide, and support junior QA team members while ensuring adherence to quality standards, best practices, and high-quality deliverables. • Develop comprehensive test strategies, detailed test plans, and optimized test scenarios covering functional, integration, regression, performance, API, and negative testing based on business and technical requirements. • Design, develop, review, and maintain automation frameworks and test scripts for Web, Mobile, and API testing while driving automation initiatives to improve test coverage, execution efficiency, and release quality. • Execute manual and automated test cases, report defects, track them to closure, and analyze automation failures to ensure stability and reliability of test suites. • Perform automation code reviews and provide recommendations to improve script scalability, maintainability, reusability, and overall framework effectiveness. • Lead Web and Mobile automation testing activities using tools/frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, or equivalent technologies. • Define test success and failure criteria, establish monitoring and validation approaches, and analyze application, system, and infrastructure logs to support troubleshooting and root cause analysis. • Collaborate closely with development, product, business, and infrastructure teams to ensure quality standards are consistently met across all deliverables. • Maintain detailed documentation of test plans, automation coverage, execution results, defect reports, and QA metrics. • Perform regression testing to validate that new enhancements do not adversely impact existing functionalities. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives in testing processes, automation frameworks, QA workflows, and adoption of emerging testing tools and AI-driven testing practices. • Communicate testing progress, risks, quality metrics, and recommendations effectively to stakeholders and leadership teams. • Coordinate effectively across multiple QA teams to ensure alignment with project goals, timelines, release activities, and delivery expectations. • Support release planning, production validation, and post-release quality assurance activities. 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