Quality Assurance Leader · Hong Kong

Rajesh VairapandianPMP®

I turn QA into a strategic enabler of business value.

20+ years leading quality for banks, insurers, telecom and energy companies, from 80-person teams on global banking programmes to AI-augmented test automation today.

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Experience
20+ years
Domains
BFSI · Telecom · Energy
Certified
PMP · ISTQB Adv · AI
Now
Infosys · client CLP
Based in
Hong Kong (PR)
20+years in quality assurance
80+largest QA team led
50+team members mentored globally
6professional certifications
Programmes delivered for
Lloyds Banking GroupStandard BankFWD InsuranceCLPArgoLRQAM800

Through employers including Infosys, HCL Technologies and Wipro.

Selected work

Four programmes, one approach

Each project follows the same path: the problem, the plan, the work, and what changed.

QA-01

AI-augmented automation for an insurer

FWD Insurance · 2025–2026
Insurance · team 20+
Challenge

Many in-house applications to test, with automation that broke whenever the user interface changed and too much manual effort.

Strategy

Bring AI into the test cycle: automation that adapts to change by itself, and AI insights to speed up defect handling.

Execution

Built Robot Framework automation with AI-based self-healing locators and DOM-adaptive scripts, added predictive test analysis, and used AI insights for defect triage.

Results

More stable automation, less maintenance and manual effort, wider coverage and faster defect resolution.

QA-02

Automation-first QA and a Testing Center of Excellence

Elevate (LRQA) · 2021–2024
Risk & assessment · team 20+
Challenge

QA for every in-house application relied on manual testing, which limited coverage and slowed releases.

Strategy

Move to an automation-first model and set one standard for testing through a Testing Center of Excellence (CoE).

Execution

Introduced Robot Framework and set up the automation environment, created the CoE, and built and mentored a team across onsite and remote locations.

Results

Higher test coverage, shorter time to market, lower cost of quality and better customer satisfaction.

QA-03

Head of QA and ISO certification

M800 · 2017–2019
Telecommunications · team 40+
Challenge

A multi-location team of onsite and offshore testers, and an R&D department that needed ISO certification.

Strategy

Define one QA strategy with clear processes and workflows, and a testing model that could scale across teams.

Execution

Automated key testing processes, set best practices for manual and automated testing, and drove the ISO certification process for R&D.

Results

ISO certification for R&D, on-time releases, fewer post-release issues and higher customer satisfaction.

QA-04

Large-scale banking and insurance programmes

HCL Technologies · 2010–2017
Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Bank, Argo, FWD · teams up to 80+
Challenge

Regulated wealth management, core banking and insurance programmes with large teams and strict compliance requirements.

Strategy

Clear test governance: one strategy, plan and execution model for functional and non-functional testing.

Execution

Directed end-to-end QA delivery, led manual and automation teams of up to 80+, and scaled resources as programmes grew.

Results

Automation regression suites that improved coverage and cut cycle time, and multiple client commendations for delivery excellence.

Core expertise

Technical depth with leadership range

Hands-on in manual, automated and AI-driven testing, with oversight of programme delivery, budgets, stakeholders and vendors.

Strategy and governance

  • QA strategy and transformation
  • QA policies, processes and best practices
  • Metrics, KPI dashboards and executive reporting
  • Stakeholder and multi-vendor governance

AI and automation

  • Self-healing, AI-augmented regression suites
  • Agentic AI and autonomous test agents
  • Intelligent test generation and failure analysis
  • Shift-left and continuous quality

Delivery and people

  • Test delivery: Agile, Waterfall and hybrid
  • Onsite, near-site and offshore delivery models
  • Budgeting, resource planning and cost control
  • Building QA Centers of Excellence and teams
Industries
BankingFinancial servicesInsuranceTelecommunicationsEnergyERPESGRisk and assessment
Tools and platforms
Robot FrameworkSeleniumUFTPostmanSOAP UIGatlingTestRailJIRAConfluenceAzure DevOpsAWSAzurePythonGitLabSAPLifeAsiaAS400eBao
Career

Two decades in quality

  1. 2026 – nowInfosys, Hong KongTesting & Project Manager, client CLP (energy)
  2. 2025 – 2026FWD Insurance, Hong KongQuality Assurance Manager
  3. 2021 – 2024Elevate (LRQA), Hong KongIT Quality Assurance Manager
  4. 2019 – 2020AMP Credit Technologies, Hong KongQuality Assurance Manager, cloud credit automation
  5. 2017 – 2019M800, Hong KongHead of Quality Assurance
  6. 2010 – 2017HCL Technologies, Hong KongQuality Assurance Manager
  7. 2005 – 2010CLC, Wipro, NIC (India)Test Engineer to Senior Test Engineer
Credentials

Certified and qualified

PMP®Project Management Professional
ISTQBFoundation and Advanced levels
AICertified in Artificial Intelligence
AgileAgile certified
Six SigmaSix Sigma trained
IIBFIndian Institute of Banking & Finance
MCAUniversity of Madras, 2004
BScComputer Science, MS University, 2001
Beyond work

Writer and builder

Published writer

A writer in Tamil and English, with multiple published works across genres. Writing brings creativity, depth and perspective into everything I do.

DefectScout

A QA tool I designed and launched with AI. Site check tests a web page for broken links, slow loading and accessibility problems. Spec check reviews a requirement for gaps and writes the test cases. Open the app

Contact

Need a QA leader who makes quality a business advantage?

Open to conversations about QA leadership roles, AI in testing, transformation programmes and test automation strategy.

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Email: svprajesh@gmail.com · Phone: +852 9340 1575